Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand Hains Ledge Quarry, Lithgow Hill, Hallowell, ca."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"1890Surry Historical Society Surry paid a town bounty of $22,948 to the Union cause. Eighteen Surry men served in the First Maine Heavy Artillery."

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"A town civic center was built in 1980, and six years later the Surry Elementary School, which replaced the Claude L."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… reaching back generations, retirees drawn to the town's rural character and seaside scenery, and families who appreciate the town's rural nature…"

Surry by the Bay - About The Project

"… continuing tradition of studying and sharing our town's culture and history. Leading up to Surry's 2003 bicentennial celebration, the entire school…"

Surry by the Bay - Welcome

"… much of the 2011-2012 school year researching our town's history. Using primary documents and the latest technologies, students have digitized over…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… the growth of the settlement to a village and a town; roads and houses on the hillsides in place of the retreating forest."

Surry by the Bay - Resources

"Surry Town Reports: 1951, 1966, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990. "The Early History of Newbury Neck": A Talk Given by Professor…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… of her.Surry Historical Society Resources Surry Town Records, Surry Town Office Cross Roads Cemetery, Surry Lakeview Cemetery, Brooksville, Maine…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"This was partly due to town road improvements, which eliminated the need to close school for up to five weeks during “mud” season."

Surry by the Bay - Weathervane Dispute

"… Bonsey received a letter from a disgruntled town citizen. “I am commanding you as President of the Surry School District Trustees,” Mr. Harry G."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… system brought significant change to the little town of Surry. As Cush Lane noted, when he was a child, it took two days to reach Surry from Boston."

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… 1767 Patten purchased his first 100 acres in the town, and he later purchased 100 acres at Newbury Neck and other proprietor's rights in Ward 6."

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"The town of Surry was no exception, with many families supporting themselves off the timber from its lands. Sawmill, Surry, ca."

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… young folks they drew from Surry and surrounding towns, bringing them in to fill the roles and giving them a taste of the stage."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… opera floating out of an ancient barn in a small town in Maine. However, a peek inside Walter Nowick’s “concert barn” on a Sunday evening in August…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture

"… Farmington Historical Society Several crops were bountiful, including beans and corn and were a boon for the canneries, who described business as…"

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

"… the Narrow Gauge Railroad as a means of accessing bountiful fishing and hunting grounds in the Western Maine mountains."

Historic Hallowell - Earning Our Keep

"Vocations developed taking full advantage of the bountiful natural resources; water, wood, stone. How might you have managed to get along two…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… POINT Hewes Point, south of Ryder’s Cove, facing Bounty Cove and the present Northeast Point, welcomed its first summer visitors when its landing…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… by Shubael Williams who built a log house next to Bounty Cove near the center of the island. It was originally called “Little Island,” then “Longue…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… and built a log house near what is now called Bounty Cove, mid-point on the island near the Narrows."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"This expansion was short lived, however; the bounty of land out West drew away many Maine farmers, and the Civil War (1860-1864) marked an end to the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"In 1790, a bounty was paid on bears, wildcats and wolves. The population of Mt. Desert increased quickly after the first settlers, and in 1768, ten…"