Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"Were kids affected? I think they all were. I think we might be going back there but it was quite a time."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Educator Resources

"… analysis, historical interpretation, and critical thinking. If you develop a lesson plan using information found on this website that you would…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… if not all, in downtown Hallowell closed up? A: I think any place that had a generator, I think your food stores were able to get generators."

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"I would like to think I would have made the same choice if I had been in Gary’s shoes. The man that Gary saved was Michael Durant, the pilot of the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"I think this affects my life right now because my grandfather is not here today. But, I do think he would have wanted to be here to see me going to…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2

"“It is terrible to read, hear, and think about. It was so sad to hear about all the children dying. Miriam Kelly the only survivor living today…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 1 of 3

"Dorothy thinks one thing that has changed about harness racing is racers need to go faster to even qualify to race."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - In the beginning, there were the Wabanaki…

"We think it hard that you settle the lands that God gave us without making us some consideration. -Passamaquoddy Chief Abowadwonit (1763)."

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"This, of course, was not as easy as people think. Women, such as Rena’s mother, put a lot of effort into keeping not only their clothes neat, but…"

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"If I lived back then, I think that my feelings on this would be the same. I think that I would be upset that my husband, son, nephew, or anyone in my…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Dance

"Musicians would think nothing of getting together and playing for a dance. Captain Herrick’s Ocean View Hotel in Swan’s Island Village had a well…"

Maine Central Institute

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"I think he got them all though after reviewing the photos at the Stockholm Museum. There was a plywood mill, veneer mill, baseball bat mill, clothes…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Changing Times

"… of working and living for today while always thinking and planning for the future. How very apt is the motto used by Hampden Academy which came…"

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"… own float in the 4th of July parade? S: Yes, I think so. Of course, I didn’t see the parade because I was riding on the Peacock float."

Blue Hill, Maine - Looking for the Lost Cemetery

"… better order and act on anything else they shall think proper on the Lord's Day. March 5, 1770 VOTED to work on the Burying Yard the 25th of April."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 6 of 7

"… Noyes grumbled that “there is not one of them but what think their Right superior to the Proprietors and have a long time bid Defiance.”"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"I think Thomas S. Libby was nice and kind to people. But in the olden days I think he had a hard time living the way they did."

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"That is one reason why I think it is very important that we have the postal office. The second reason is that if someone was to do a crime and not…"

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"Wood Ashes or Gold Dust? Before thinking about farming or earning a living the first settlers had to put a roof over their heads and cut enough…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Bob's Bears

"… at about the time of the Bangor Fair, I think of a happening from my early days on Short Wharf Road."

Life on a Tidal River - Fashion of the '40s

"Just think, could you ever live through the circumstances of fashion like many did during the 1940s? Fashion More examples of fashion during the…"

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew

"I don't think any of us realized how much time would go into building a website, but it's been a fun journey! Kim Colbeth X Kate Webber X…"