Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - The Boston Flint Company

"… quartz but it was tougher, so its sharp edges lasted longer. They crushed the flint up so that it would be little, tiny rocks."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Working in Maine

"He did lots of paperwork. In his last ten to fifteen years of his career, he had more administrative work and a lot of reports."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"In the last quarter of the 19th century, the two major shipyards of Burgess and O’Brien and Captain Samuel Watts produced several Down Easters, a…"

L'Heritage Vivant Living Heritage

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Longfellow Garden Club

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house

"The last Atlantic Postmaster was Debbie Staples, who worked there from 1990 to 1995. Maynard and Ethel's son, Donald 'Donnie' Staples, once kept…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Joseph Mitchell and Mutual Store wagon, Bangor, 1865

"… article I have offered for sale the first and last question has ever been aint yose higher than the Mutual Store." View additional information…"

Old Berwick Historical Society

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 1 of 2

"… of the short waist bodice, tubular silhouette (last popular in the early 1800s). Visibly appearing less restrictive than earlier fashions, reform…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 4 of 4

"Last in this group, a structured black rayon taffeta theater coat associated with Marion Johnson is high waisted, featuring a dramatic wide spreading…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866

"… of the Pejepscot Proprietors by the son of the last clerk of the company, Josiah Little, a Bowdoin College classmate."

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"Stratton, and the last one in Lincoln Center was owned and operated by Mr. Harvey. The ferry ride only cost fifteen cents."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Eureka Hall, Stockholm

"The building has lasted more than 80 years and still looks much like it did long ago, except for losing one of its stories."

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

"… Willa Cather (who wrote the final draft of her last book at the house), and Mrs. W. Rodman Fay of New York."

Historic Hallowell - Martha Ballard

"… history in her diary-- a diary that covered the last 27 years of her life and included 10,000 entries over a period of 9,965 days."

Historic Hallowell - Days 6 & 7

"The storm lasted for days. Some people even died because they didn’t have heat or their heater gave off killing fumes."

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"Later it produced wooden lasts for the shoe factories. Boston Flint Company sandpaper mill beside Vaughan Brook.Courtesy of Sumner A."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"They then followed the trail to the last house, then followed a west-north-west compass route and crossed the Sandy River at about what we now call…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Incorporation

"… who was said to have the most distinctive last name in any county in England. According to a biography of Hampden (Hansord-Miller 1976) he “was…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"… events which occurred within it during the last war with Great Britain.” (History of Penobscot County Maine with illustrations and biographical…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"… sometimes known as Mimi (pronounced MIH-mee), the last living survivor who tells the story in her own voice."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 1 of 3

"There was Children’s Day, the Big Day, and the Last Day. Now the Fair is nine days. The Fair has and will always be one of Presque Isle’s favorite…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Car 70 was the last car to make the trip. In July of 1945, two diesel locomotives replaced the two electric ones."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Palmer opened a dry goods business in 1868, lasting at 94 Front Street until 1876. After he ceased business at 94 Front Street, Gershom H."