Maine Memory Network

Sardine carrier Mary Anne under construction, Thomaston, 1947

Contributed by: Rockland Historical Society Date: 1947 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Indian corn for the Penobscots, 1810

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1810-06-19 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper

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Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"… hardware, returning with shingles, clapboards, hogsheads and barrel staves, white oak capstan bars destined for Boston or Bristol or Jamaica."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… work; and they must be pushed to have a stock of hogsheads on hand. Our cattle must be so fed as to be able to work constantly; for this purpose…"