Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - King Farm, Presque Isle, ca. 1920

"… King family later sold the farm and bought a farm nearby on the Easton Road. The sprayer is hauled by two horses, which means that the pump was…"

Salmon Brook Historical Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"Surplus produce was shipped via rail to Augusta for use in other state institutions. This led to the purchase of a prison farm in nearby Warren, run…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"… so it was convenient to have these supplies nearby. Nelson Morse, Swan's Island village, ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"… from either the lower Massachusetts colony or the nearby Maritime Provinces. The town of Southwest Harbor claims many Carroll, Stanley, Reed…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"… Works." The large furnace was fueled by wood, cut nearby and turned into charcoal. Throughout the history of iron making at the site, problems with…"

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Poem

"… Three train cars jumped alone Two cars stayed nearby The third however wanted to fly Into the library with a crash The old library needed cash Now…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 5 of 13

"… Once the basket is full, it is dumped into a nearby barrel. It takes about four baskets of potatoes to fill a barrel."

Millinocket Fire Department

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 3 of 5

"Nearby Merrymeeting Bay was an English placename which recognized Wabanaki purpose. Just as multiple rivers converge in Casco Bay and Merrymeeting…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools

"… the children from Gardiner, Augusta, and other nearby towns came to learn at the Hallowell Academy. High School, Hallowell, ca."

Skowhegan Community History - Lakewood Theater

"… amusement and theatrical features to the towns nearby. A Madison Spiritualist group was one of the first groups to construct on the site."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 3 of 13

"He is ready to dump them into a nearby barrel. The motorized digger on the right was entered in the June, 2007 Mapleton Days Parade."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"At first, raw materials were plentiful. Once nearby forests were depleted, local shipyard owners purchased rights to great tracts of land for…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Looking for the Lost Cemetery

"… to as Indian Point or possibly somewhere else nearby in what is today known as Blue Hill Falls. We do know from the old records that by 1794 at…"

Museum at Portland Head

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"… Scrag Island, some in Toothacher Cove and some at nearby Frenchboro. The first deliveries of salmon smolt (baby salmon) were brought by the ferry…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"… Patten (1800-1883) lived much of his life in nearby Bath, from where he sailed vessels built by his brothers George and John Patten."

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

"… ride the passenger train to attend high school in nearby Caribou. The booming businesses in Stockholm relied on the train to transport manufactured…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… plan” of three meals, many served at the nearby Asticou Inn. The small village transitioned from a place where most of the residents were Savages…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"… recalled that during his boyhood Indians camping nearby taught him how to make snowshoes, woodsplint baskets, and a scoop net for fishing."

Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895

"… 8 inch square cotton mill roof timbers into nearby buildings. The other half happily awaited the end of this horrible storm. Mr."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of East New Portland

"… those attending the Old Red Schoolhouse that was nearby. The bridge was never painted and over time acquired its natural weather-beaten appearance."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"The grist mill proved a great convenience for nearby settlers, who otherwise had to carry their grain several miles down-river to Fort Pownal to have…"