Maine Memory Network

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

"… Why were so many people willing to invest their life savings and even mortgage homes to become participants in this scheme? The Lubec Herald…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"… the Guilford Memorial Library would have new life. In 1998, Linda began a campaign to raise funds to build an addition to the library."

Prince Memorial Library

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Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"Pike spent the last year of his life before his 1991 death organizing a foundation with the goal of building the Gary Pike House."

Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis

"… philosophy that extends into art, fashion, and life. One of Maine’s earliest punk bands, The Same Band of Brunswick, held a mirror to society."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… men brought their families to create a better life than the ones they had left behind. “Conditions were critical along the coast for many months."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Life for an early settler in this region was harsh and unforgiving in that they survived at the subsistence level."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"Life seemed more blessedly relaxed than the established watering sites of Long Island’s Hamptons, Newport, even Bar Harbor."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… the more than 5,600 residents who take tremendous pride in their small town—residents who truly believe Maine’s motto, “The way life should be!”"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… home to Maine, although for the rest of his life he suffered from malaria that he probably contracted during the war. Charles came home, too."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… was convinced unemployment and damage to family life resulted. 4. Perspectives on Owners and Managers Sardine Company Factory A Employees…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… he received instead were some great lessons in life as he saw first hand what it was like to deal with men who were not honest or ethical."

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

"History Persists through our Roads Though modern life has changed Cumberland and North Yarmouth, the history of the two towns comes alive by…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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