Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… grew up in the Harbor village, and saw the daily stream of people gather at the steamboat wharf to collect the mail, visit the shops, travel, or…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"Blue Stream. Cornelia Crosby, Moosehead Lake, ca. 1895 Fly Rod fishing in front of Mt. Kineo along the shores of Moosehead Lake.Maine Historical…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Water powered sawmills were built on streams at the head of the harbor and Peters Cove. At the original settlement in Blue Hill Falls, mills were…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"A few mills still operated along Mill Stream in the center of town. Fish packing plants in South Blue Hill canned clams, mackerel, and herring."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Heading up stream in the fall of the year had its difficulties. The weather was frigid by October and provisions were diminished by the time they…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"Sawmill at Mill Stream, Blue Hill, ca. 1910Blue Hill Historical Society The shipyards were mostly located around the inner harbor, at Conary Cove…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… dangling a summer kid by his feet off the Mill Stream bridge because he would not give way to others on a sidewalk in the center of town."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… there was a steel span crossing the Presque Isle Stream. Although the steel has been removed, the concrete piers are still visible today from…"

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

"… it to settle on the north side of the Madawaska Stream. However, in 1923, the bridge was washed out by a major flood."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… travel from the Kennebec River, through ponds and streams, until they reached the Little Norridgewock to Sandy River."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… people would winter at the mouth of Presque Isle Stream. They lived in a 3 meter wide, 6 meter long birchbark Shaputuan or wigwam."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… along like a floating leaf borne by a babbling stream, always moving, always adapting. Koritsky Block Fire, Guilford, Feb."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"“The streams and forests of the Sandy River Valley originally abounded with beaver, otter, sable, and various species of animals yielding furs which…"