Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"One day the Brady Gang came into his store and tried to purchase an illegal gun. Shep knew that something was wrong and tried telling the Bangor…"

City of Portland Department of Public Works

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Site Navigation Tips

"If a word is crossed out in the original, we try to discern what the word, letters, or words were, then present those with a line through them to…"

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"… lots of effort but was much more effective than trying to put a fire out using only buckets of water."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 3 of 3

"… is when the Klan paraded through Saco and tried to come to Biddeford--the story goes that the Irish blocked the Bradbury Bridge and the French…"

Greater Portland Landmarks

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 2

"… other tree crews and other cleaning crews about trying to restore the damage and clean up the mess that had taken place during day two."

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"Louise Potter who spent nine days trying to run the Suburban Pines Motel in Windham without power while housing eight relatives, then when a guest…"

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"Maine farms again try to focus on particular crops that not everyone is able to market. Maine blueberries still sell well and the maple syrup is…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"And just trying to consume all of the food that was in your freezer. At the beginning it wasn’t that cold out, but it eventually started to get…"

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… expedition is quoted as saying. Benedict Arnold tried the best he could to fix the problem, but when he realized that he couldn't, he made them…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… beverages including visiting bar owners to try to get them to stop selling and visiting the local jail to try to get prisoners to join their cause…"

Skowhegan Free Public Library

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"… wanted to cut or saw off damaged branches to try and save trees or to use for firewood to keep warm, but arborists advised them to leave the trees…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club

"… out because they used to drink and anybody who tried to get in that drank would not be able to join. The club was very strict about these rules."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"Trying out blubber, 1880Abbe Museum In cast-iron pots blackened by years of cooking on smoky open fires, muskrat stews simmered, fish sizzled in…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Marion Sanborn

"… of course it scared the horses and they started trying to pull it on its side. Well it scared me to death but it was fine, my grandfather got it to…"

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 1 of 3

"… coach was aggressive because he would have them try and steal as many bases as possible. Even though PCHS never won a state championship, they have…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"He tried selling some of his homemade products, but gave it up because his appearance was so startling that he frightened women and children."

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"She tries to find a dog that I might be able to get that is small. I've wanted a puppy for a while and I have not been able to find the right puppy."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… burned two mills and a house in the area to try and lure out the settlers, to no avail. The natives constructed a cart and filled it with…"

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

"Mrs. Titcomb’s father tried to convince them to wait until spring,warning them about the perils of traveling at that time of year, but Stephen…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"He realized that the French who had tried to complete the project before them had been using lackluster equipment so he had the rail system that they…"