Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 2 of 5

"… century, historians and tribal scholars have turned to these documents for different kinds of evidence, including evidence of Wabanaki agency…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home

"… shortly after European settlement (1607) to the turn of the twentieth century. The project documents European settlement of northern New England…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 1 of 4

"… society: generally men hunted game which women in turn cleaned and preserved, and men cleared the fields where women planted and harvested corn."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 6 of 6

"In reality, the northeast border turned out to be quite ambiguous. The confusion grew problematic in the years that followed, as loyalists, loggers…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"… shot during the Battle of the Rim in Machias, turning the tide of the war in this area. The Treaty of Paris was written in 1783 ending the War with…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"The salmon and brook trout are occasionally stocked to make fishing even more popular. See Maine Fish Species Return to Student Research"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"The investors formed a joint stock association, with shares selling for $50 dollars each. That first year, workers produced about 15,000 pounds of…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"Strong's History Stock CertificateStrong Historical Society Getting Connected All shareholders of the privately-owned Franklin Farmers…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"… Mill, Machinery & Oil Mill, and Flint Paper Stock Isinglass & Stock for Same. Stickney & Pages Slate and Plaster MillHubbard Free Library The…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"… to lumbermen to a supplier of starch and potato stock to the eastern part of the United States. Acreage increased and more labor was needed to…"

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"In 1924, Sam Solomon also bought stock in the store. Together, Solomon and Grindell leased the building and they turned it into a store that sold…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"When that stock was depleted, fisherman would adjust to catch another variety. Men who worked making, Swan's Island, ca."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"… created this wonderful watercolor of a fully stocked bar at the Hampden House Hotel in 1840.The Mahogany paneled bar held cut glass decanters."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… on, Joseph Fairbanks lived by buying and selling stock, frequently driving cattle to Quebec City. He later moved to the “Fairbanks” area, north of…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"… novelty part which turned out candy sticks, heel stock and other things, the mill soon burned again, destroying the mill and other buildings in the…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village

"… Carrabassett Creamery, was organized as a stock company in Nov.1899. The factory was built near the bridge crossing Gilman Stream."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… the builders had the angel's red boots turned to stockings. Oliver and William V. Moses bought the church's lot and arranged the demolition of the…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"… Portland, early 20th century Courtesy of Doris Stockly This press belonged to Antonio Potenza (1891-1976) a native of Viesta, Italy who emigrated…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The idea was a hit and pledges of aid and stock subscriptions began coming in. Gould thought about the railroad idea."

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

"… jobs and opportunities went downhill when the stock market crashed in 1929. Potatoes were down from 45¢ to 15¢ a barrel."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… Tracey’s dry goods store sold clothing, fabric, stockings, and more. There was a barber shop operated by Lyman Haskell and a fish market operated…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… Greater Shows has managed the Fair's entire stock of rides, as it does for other Maine fairs. The photo on the left is of a hot air balloon that…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"The ponds were stocked with over 5000 trout. Sources: Mitchell, H. E. Cumberland and No. Yarmouth register, 1904. Reprint."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"On June 17, 1912 this mill district burned and a stock company was formed and Mr. C.H. Bartlett soon rebuilt a modern wood turning plant."