Maine Memory Network

City of Portland Department of Public Works

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Site Navigation Tips

"We type the words from the letterhead, and try to get them approximately in the right location, but don't try to duplicate the sizes or spacing."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"… articles, book entries, and newsletters, trying to learn as much as possible about their address."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"… requiring trains to back up, regain speed, and try to move forward again. Trains ran the risk of derailing. Return to Student Research"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin, Bangor, 1864

"… fashion, among many other topics, and generally tried to depict people in his drawings in the costumes they wore."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Steamer "Bangor," 1847

"… they arrived at Belfast, the owners decided to try to vessel at sea and headed for Rockland. They had not considered the tide -- and the bottom…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… beverages including visiting bar owners to try to get them to stop selling and visiting the local jail to try to get prisoners to join their cause…"

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"Maine farms again try to focus on particular crops that not everyone is able to market. Maine blueberries still sell well and the maple syrup is…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Founding of Acadia National Park

"… a certain irony here, because in a way they were trying to protect the island both for and from themselves."

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"… lots of effort but was much more effective than trying to put a fire out using only buckets of water."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 3 of 3

"… is when the Klan paraded through Saco and tried to come to Biddeford--the story goes that the Irish blocked the Bradbury Bridge and the French…"

Nylander Museum

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Greater Portland Landmarks

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Lisbon Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"Try as they might the business could not be sustained. It was purchased by a Norwegian company in 2000 and closed in 2003."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony

"The state even tried giving land to a railroad company, but that plan also failed. Several similarly-sized lots in the northern portion of Woodland…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"… flint to this day imported from Dover, England to try to make a go of the sandpaper business. Boston Flint Co. sandpaper mill, Hallowell, ca."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 2

"… other tree crews and other cleaning crews about trying to restore the damage and clean up the mess that had taken place during day two."

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"Louise Potter who spent nine days trying to run the Suburban Pines Motel in Windham without power while housing eight relatives, then when a guest…"

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"They tried to do something about it. From 1802 to 1878 laws shortened working hours, improved working conditions, and increased the age of the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"Although many residents tried to save Montpelier, in the end it was demolished to make way for progress."

Skowhegan Free Public Library

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New Sweden Historical Society

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Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… carry the pieces over the falls, and then they tried to put them back together. Due to the green wood of the boats, the pieces no longer fit…"