Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Around 1853 a general store was established in the village and a store/restaurant has operated in the original building ever since then."

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

"The first wave of visitors were generalized as "preachers and teachers," those who had the free time to spend an entire summer on the island."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"Dixfield East Dixfield Post Office and General Store, Wilton, ca. 1914Dixfield Historical Society EAST DIXFIELD The Next Section to be…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… downtown fire, one which consumed a clothing store, caused little more than a hiccup, as the store rebuilt immediately."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Neck) settlers, petitioned Massachusetts General Court declaring allegiance to Massachusetts and requesting that settlers be confirmed in their…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… they were called cottages, these houses were generally spacious and suited to social gatherings and gracious living."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"According to local history, Swan's close friend General Henry Knox used this structure as a model for the Knox Mansion in Thomaston."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"In Butterfield’s General Store, the men met to loan and borrow books to better themselves. Since it’s incorporation, Farmington has been without a…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… served as a selectman and representative to the General Court. Supply Belcher's Fowling Piece,c a. 1775Farmington Historical Society Mr."

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

"General stores were around as early as 1792. There were sawmills, the first built in 1803, salt factories, shoe factories, carding mills, blacksmith…"

Acadian Archives

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… with drug stores, grocers, hotels, department stores, a movie theater, bowling alley, shoe stores and other retailers providing goods and services…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… Railroad in the village, to be used as a store-house for the stores. The building is to be forty two feet deep, with a street front of fifty feet…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… year for the settlement as they petitioned the general court of the Commonwealth for incorporation as a town to be named Fluvanna."

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

"From 1765 through 1880 our climate was generally cool, interspersed with short periods of more moderate, as well as more severe, conditions."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… and hoping for a brighter future, petitioned the General Court in Boston to incorporate their plantation into a town. They asked Rev."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"In 1807, the Massachusetts General Court granted incorporation to Farmington Academy, just 13 years after the first Town Meeting."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… responsibilities of a principal included keeping general order, assigning lessons, correcting student work, hiring "monitors," maintaining safety…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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