Maine Memory Network

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"… and that by 1920 the United States flag will float over a nation redeemed from the home-destroying, heart-breaking curse o the liquor traffic." -…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… in the steamer filled rapidly and tugs could not float her. The damage to the cargo will be heavy.” Tragedy Strikes Abandoned following the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"Mrs. Lermond was washed overboard and her body floated to Camp Ellis. For years, lobster fishermen knew that area of Stratton Island as the old wreck."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… One doesn’t expect to hear the sounds of opera floating out of an ancient barn in a small town in Maine."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… is at a loss to comprehend the enormous wealth floating in solution in the ocean. At the lowest estimate, a cubit mile of seawater contains gold to…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… winter, it was the single source of ice which was floated downstream to Sprague’s Cove and then shipped to far off lands."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… occasional battles, and rolling along like a floating leaf borne by a babbling stream, always moving, always adapting."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… the logs were dumped into the Kennebec where they floated to the mills. Because of key players Abner and Philander Coburn, who assisted their…"