Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… summer cottages or retirement homes along the ponds and bay. During the 1960s and 1970s, Ellsworth's commercial development provided employment…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"Toddy Pond itself was not a pond, but rather a river valley known as Eastern River until 1830 when dams were built to operate saw mills ."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"… laying a water line from nearby Day Mountain Pond. The Strong Water Company was created by an act of the Legislature on March 15, 1899."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Draining the quarry

"When the pond was drained in 2003, many treasures were found: old tools, items lost over the years by swimmers, even eels."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"… wooden boats and canoes a lot around the local ponds and lakes. The biggest trout caught during this time period was caught in Rangeley, and it…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"Some of the participants had been professional musicians, but most were amateurs, only a few of whom could read a note of music."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… Living During the Jazz Age of 1920s, Surry had some specialized schools, including a dancing school and a singing school."

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"The Playhouse offered some elegance and culture in a charming rustic setting. On cool summer evenings guests lounged in leather chairs around the…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"Some wanted to continue westward toward the more sheltered part of the bay, while others wanted to turn eastward and establish themselves on the more…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"… Pond (Little Ellis) and Silver Lake (Ellis Pond or Roxbury Pond). Before Byron was named Byron it was called Skillertown, a name the Indians had…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"Desert homestead between the freshwater pond and the fjord which now carry his name. His family traded with Wabanakis who canoed to the area to fish…"

Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Welcome to Strong

"Here we attempt to capture some of the town's core stories before they are lost in time. The Strong MCHP Team invites you to relive and revisit some…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"The crews would cut pond ice into two-by-four-foot slabs weighing about 200 pounds each and store them, packed in sawdust, in ice houses."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"Knopf, 2007 Some Civil War Soldiers of Northwestern Maine, http://www.oocities.org/barbour1048/CWsoldiers.htm Elizabeth Anne Chase Akers Allen."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"… a Porter, and through her she was connected to some of the earliest settlers in Strong. The Porter family owned and operated wood turning and…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"… guides association and a region still home to some of Maine’s finest fishing and hunting. Cornelia Thirza Crosby was born in Phillips November…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research

"For some topics it was a real challenge to find information; for other topics we found a lot of information."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 2 of 3

"… angles, and shadows that will best display some of the artifacts that the Strong Elementary School and Historical Society will upload to Maine…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"The woods about the camp are almost alive with Squirels, Hares, Phesants, with any quantity of Birds and some Snaix."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"No records document where he was raised, but some believe that he came from the Norridgewock tribe. One story claims he was captured by the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"… at this location for the next 90 years, shipping some all over New England. For a sampling of products of Starbird Lumber Co., click here Return to…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"… in small towns, to more than one thousand in some cities. Almost every veteran was enrolled, including five American presidents: McKinley…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"… mined in East Blue Hill, lumber, ice from local ponds that was shipped in sawdust to keep from melting, and fish. The Tradition Continues......"