Maine Memory Network

Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands

"He worked and lived on Sugar Island, harvesting fire wood for the Penobscot Communities on Olamon and Indian Islands."

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"… Atlantic, bringing Pennsylvania flour, West India sugar, and English cloth and hardware, returning with shingles, clapboards, hogsheads and barrel…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"Crosby and his son, John, traded in sugar, molasses, and lumber with the West Indies. In 1806 he became the first president of the Penobscot Bank in…"

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"Sugar was also important to making war weapons. The Ladies' Home Journal stated in one issue, "Sugar cane is needed to make molasses."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4

"… swaying nests, insects chew the leaves for their sugar before becoming food for hungry birds, and microscopic plants and animals drift with tide…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… locally famous blueberrying spots, as were the Sugar Loaves. From the start of the strawberry season, through blueberries, raspberries and…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"… with my father, mix Holland gin and loaf sugar and warm it up for him before he went into the puplit and after he came out."

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

"… he tapped his maple trees and made maple sugar and syrup for his family. Stephen Titcomb returned to Readfield to collect his family."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"The syrup was a staple sugar source to early inhabitants; it is believed local Indians, such as Pierpole, taught the residents how to boil sap into…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… Lump Spruce," "Licorice Lulu," "Trunk Spruce", "Sugar Cream," "Four-in-Hand," and "Biggest and Best." In 1872, Curtis decided to take up cleaning…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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