Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Local rescue teams were trained to handle injuries that might occur from an invasion or bombing A look out station, with the code name Esther 74, was…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… Fire Company for aid, and by 7:10 p.m., a train loaded with firemen and equipment departed for Rumford."

Music in Maine - Music Makers

"… 1925, automobile tycoon Henry Ford sent a pullman train car to Norway, Maine to bring Dunham and his wife, Emma Richardson, to Dearborn, Michigan…"

Music in Maine - Sacred Music

"A cantor is a trained vocalist who leads the synagogue congregation in song and prayer, and prepares 13-year-old children for coming-of-age…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… firemen and the Steamer with hose was loaded on a train… [t] he train left Bangor at ten minutes of twelve and arrived at Lincoln about quarter…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"And a train stop was created at Mount Desert Ferry, in Frenchman Bay, from which a steamer ran to Bar Harbor."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"… $50,000 more due to the Hallowell transportation train tracks being swept away in rushing waters. Speaking of transportation issues, Hallowell had…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… to describe institutions whose purpose it was to train school teachers) first appeared in the United States in 1839, where their success influenced…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"With almost no formal training in the area he quickly began working his way up the ranks. His tasks in the field began easy at first, simply…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"The Training School Mallett Training School This school will be replaced within the next year or two Farmington Historical Society As the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… and community, the culmination of hard work and training, the beginning of school. It is an opportunity for well over 40,000 people to come…"

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

"… them with snow in boxes and shipping them by train from Ellsworth to Boston. Some farmers hung on and there were at least five commercial dairies…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… were built on Oak Street and a new mill store and training office was opened on Elm Street. In 1996, the Leonard Saulter Facility was constructed…"

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"A dough boy is a specially trained soldier who is able to fight one on one with the enemy. This is unlike most soldiers who fight in tanks or in…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… Opera Company Walter Nowick--farmer, Juilliard-trained pianist, Zen teacher, son of Russian immigrants, witness to the aftermath of the bombing of…"

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

"… dug up, placed in five caskets, then shipped by train to the Maine School for the Feeble-Minded where they were re-buried."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"This system of automobile and train ferries continued until the Carlton Bridge was built at the south end of downtown in 1927."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"The Carlton Bridge is now only used for trains, and the Sagadahoc Bridge now acts as the way to cross the Kennebec River by car, foot, or bicycle."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"Many trains stopped there each day to pick up local products, or to deliver dry goods, furniture and other items to local residents."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… Loring writes that the minister’s children “were trained to habits of industry and economy so as to be examples to those of his flock”."

Prince Memorial Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"A train from lower Maine and Massachusetts runs along the Androscoggin River the whole length of the town on its way to Rumford."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"As the popularity of train transportation grew, it allowed more isolated residents to enjoy cultural activities in other larger communities."