Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs Left with no reliable connection to the mainland and few secure sources…"

Historic Hallowell - Our Journey Home

"The qualities they brought -- a spirit of enterprise, a respect for education and a recognition of the importance of living by example -- were the…"

Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Lasting Legacies

"The qualities settlers brought -- a spirit of enterprise, a respect for education and a recognition of the importance of living by example -- were…"

Lisbon Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell House

"Men of enterprise and capital formed the Hallowell House Company to finance the project. The hotel hosted legislators and famous visitors: Phillips…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"… Swan’s Island telephone company, one of his many enterprises. Another resident, Russell Burns, was the island lineman for many years."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gorham L. Boynton, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… so tangled up in the principles of reducing our enterprising yankees to a serfdom is more than any man can solve."

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"Brig Enterprise and the British Brig Boxer off of Monhegan Island. The separation movement stood at a standstill during the War of 1812, as…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… time Thomaston was incorporated in 1777, several enterprising men had started businesses in the “Crick Village” section, a cluster of buildings…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"… time Thomaston was incorporated in 1777, several enterprising men had started businesses in the “Crick Village” section, a cluster of buildings…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"… out to summer guests as part of the Asticou Inn enterprise. Rose Lane has survived as a year round home in the Asticou neighborhood but has…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… lime burning, brick making, and ship building enterprises, how much he was producing, who he was selling his products to, and how he was delivering…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"Barker Lumber and Box Co. was another such enterprise. Guilford Lumber Company Mill, ca. 1900Guilford Historical Society Guilford Lumber…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"The Scarborough complex was used for private enterprises, such as air shows and flying schools. Fire destroyed the hangar in the late 1940s and no…"

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

"… but as many received little mail interest in the enterprise soon waned and the burden of carrying the mails fell mostly to the lot of the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… the Sutton area who also were interested in this enterprise. To a large extent, these men were from the same families who had fought with him…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… “practice” science and contribute to scientific enterprise), the Champlain Society members were unique because they were the first ones who stayed…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"… as a parent organization for a series of useful enterprises for the town. The group decided these activities would include a day care, a town…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"Vol. 1. Enfield: Down East Enterprises, 1983. Print. Fellows, Dana W. History of the Town of Lincoln. Lewiston: Dingley, 1822. Print."

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"Print. The Old Town Enterprise. "Solomon-Grindell Clothing Company Inc. Lincoln, Maine." Print. Murphy, Marilyn."

Seashore Trolley Museum

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"Among the enterprises he was involved with were a brick store that he built and a share in Wheeler’s mills and the Long Wharf, located at the end of…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… the two Guilford mill properties, and two other enterprises, Sangerville Woolen Co., and Carleton Mill were acquired."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… Historical Society Shipbuilding Seafaring enterprises played a major role in Surry's economy during the nineteenth century."