Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… to turn quickly, were very seaworthy, and managed rough seas very well. The engine was usually a gasoline car engine."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"It was not a strong wind or even a rough sea. Some men of Pine Point, including Harold, would haul their traps by starting at Prouts Neck and…"

Historic Hallowell - Ship Parts

"… “technology” they had back then, it would have taken between seven to eleven years to be “water ready,” able to float and move in rough waters."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

"… yellow curtains The wood shed & out house fence Rough boards no paint Resivoir scuttles cast iron set in granit square blocks." View additional…"

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"In mud season it was particularly difficult. harvesting wheatSkowhegan History House As the 1800s went on, the railroad opened up the Midwest…"

Skowhegan Community History - Bloomfield Academy

"He was said to be rough in manner but was a successful teacher of the first class of 13 students. By 1820 there were 77 students. Mr."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Joseph Mitchell and Mutual Store wagon, Bangor, 1865

"… & co on patterns in their foundry a great bawling rough haram scaram man who was poor and went to the baptist meeting the poorest clod of any body…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3

"If you were going down a rough road, you could pull a lever inside the car which raised the whole car body higher off the ground."

Maine State Archives

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Baxter State Park

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824

"… with much at stake as the company laid claim to a roughly 1,500 square mile region on either side of the Kennebec River."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The "Edward O'Brien", the "Washington B. Thomas", & "Edna Hoyt"

"She was forced to put into Lisbon since she was leaking badly, and an examination of her seams showed that it would not be advisable to repair her."

Cary Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"Another road, that roughly paralleled Webb River and junctioned with the Backingdom Road went across the Thad White Bridge, past York Hill, and on to…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… virtually put an end to a century and a half of rough and tumble business. In recent years, the cleaned-up river has attracted a new type of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"It begins with genealogical information about his and his wife's families, then follows his childhood, education, friends and amusements, and various…"

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

"Village life centered around Somesville and Southwest Harbor. It is true that after two or three years, as the young men grew older, their scientific…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"It was caused by collapsed dikes and heavy rainfall, which caused flooding for 5,000 square miles. The Hallowell Flood of 1987 was caused by heavy…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… his traveling companions were thrown about very roughly. He hit his head on a broken iron projection on the coach door, opening a five inch gash…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"… hospitals, schools, churches, homes, mess halls, roughly 5,500 building total were built. The entire staff of the project was increased threefold…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"I was able to scan roughly two hundred documents and old photographs referring to Malaga and it's people."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… along the bottom of the horseshoe of Asticou Way roughly where the present home of Tom Savage at 8 Asticou Way is located."

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"Their houses were rough hewn from pine with no adequate provision for proper sanitation or ventilation."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… Gloucester, Massachusetts had followed an early rough road from the North Yarmouth shore up through Walnut Hill and north to their grant of land…"