Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… Hike a woodland trail? Tramp across the mudflats? Rocking on the seaside ledges? Investigate tidal pools or coastal caverns? Boat the bays or lakes…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of East New Portland

"… gale that sent the heavy timbers crashing to the rocks and ice below. The structure was nearly 300' long."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"… of Louisbourg, complained that the resident committee assigned him “a lot that is nothing but a mountain of rocks and not worth a sixpence.”"

Ste. Agathe Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"… though it was said of him that he 'had a rocking chair permanently attached to his butt.' Lilla Moulden owned and operated the Ocean View Hotel…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… the islands came in with a voice of thunder. The rocks played with the water, and it dashed back on them with great mountains of spray.” “We have…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"The poem entitled “Rock Me to Sleep,” whose opening lines, “Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight, And make me a child again, just for…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"They were filled with rocks to sink them in the river. The top slanted side faced the current to deflect the ice flow."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 6 of 6

"… View from Asticou The Later Years Tilting Rock Pamphlet, Acadia National Park-Day Mountain, Seal Harbor, ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"… Ford dealership at the corner of Neighborhood and Rock End Roads. During World War II, the Crobb Box Company operated an ammunition case factory on…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 3 of 3

"Rock End Hotel, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1917Northeast Harbor Library In the 21st century, these trends have been exacerbated."

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"Rock carvings have shown several whales being surrounded by boats as if they were being whaled. During the 11th century, the Basques realized that…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"The logs sometimes got caught up on rocks, stopping the ones behind or even forcing them under. The loggers used poles, booms and even dynamite to…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"Indeed, Mrs. Knox complained that the rocking was not sufficient to lull and keep her asleep. The country was delightful and verdant as imagination…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"In 1846, in just three weeks, 2,000 elms and rock maple trees were planted throughout the village. A little over a century later, many of these trees…"

Wilson Museum

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Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"… for their characteristic of “moving” whenever the rock ran out or the operator decided on a better place."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… old saying by the locals states that there is a rock located somewhere on the Peter Holman property that designates the exact center of town."

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"The lady’s plain dress and her old rocking chair indicate a rural origin for this tintype. Tintype of woman knitting, ca."

Music in Maine - HEAR

"1985Maine Historical Society Classic rock radio station WBLM first aired on March 1, 1973 with the slogan, "We Are The BLiMp!" The radio station…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… (1883), Indian Head (1887), Kimball House (1886), Rock End Hotel (1884), Roberts House (1883), Harbourside Inn (1889), Clifton House (1885) and…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"White Wyandottes, Plymouth rocks and Rhode Island reds were the principal breeds kept, and many eggs were shipped for hatching. Shaw Bros."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… the expeditions, as well as their collection of rocks, plants, birds, and marine life, weather observations, and social activities."