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Still Image		Signals at the Portland Observatory Maine Historical Society, Still Image A watercolor of Portland Observatory and the 24 signal flags used to let merchants know when their vessels were entering Portland Harbor. This watercolor is attributed to Lemuel Moody. (Relevance: 783) Find Similar Resources	Marine paintings Signal flags Signals and signalling -- Maine -- Portland

Text		John Dunn's Moosehead Lake 1889 diary Maine Historical Society, Text This is a diary kept by John W.G. Dunn about his hunting and fishing trip in the Moosehead Lake area from August through September 1889. His guides were Henry Tremblay and John F. Hildreth. (Relevance: 765) Find Similar Resources	Dunn, John W.G. Dunn, John W.G.(1869-1941) -- Diaries Fishing -- Maine -- Diaries Hildreth, John F. Hunting -- Maine -- Diaries Manuscripts Moosehead Lake (Me.) -- Diaries Tremblay Henry

Still Image		Saco River Lumber Co. Fogler Special Collections, Still Image Postcard, "Biddeford, Me., Saco River Lumber Co." View of a sawmill, with a river and boomed logs in the foreground. Sawmills, which processed Maine-cut lumber into boards and other wood products, are one important example of the way Maine's natural resources helped encourage industrialization. (Relevance: 755) Find Similar Resources	Industrialization Industry Lumbering Lumbering Sawmills

Text		My Debt to Maine by Theodore Roosevelt Maine Historical Society, Text Theodore Roosevelt describes his visits to Island Falls, Maine in Aroostook County when he was a boy and the Sewall family with whom he stayed. The essay goes on to describe his home, the Elkhorn, where he invited the Sewalls and the Dows of Island Falls to visit and hunt with him. (Relevance: 732) Find Similar Resources	Dow family (Island Falls, Me.) Dow, Wilmot Elkhorn (house) Hunting -- Maine -- Island Falls Katahdin (Mt.) Lumbering industry -- Maine Manuscripts Presidents -- United States -- Personal narratives Roosevelt, Theodore Sewall family (Island Falls, Me.) Sewall, Bill Sewall, Dave Showshoeing Winter -- Maine -- Island Falls Winter camping

Text		Crew wages from the Schooner Susan Maine Historical Society, Text Crew wages for the April 16, 1802 voyage of the schooner, Susan. Wages recorded for Henry Small, Glenr. Woodbury, John Fowler, Jr. Daniel Jordan, Micah Walker, Jr. William Plummer and Henry Francis. Asa Clapp, 1762-1848 was the captain for this voyage. (Relevance: 725) Find Similar Resources	Clapp, Asa Clapp, Asa, 1762-1848 Fowler, John Francis, Henry Jordan, Daniel Manuscripts Merchant ships -- Maine -- Portland Plummer, William Seafaring Ships -- Maine -- Portland Small, Henry Susan (Schooner) -- Employees -- Salaries Susan (Ship) Walker, Micah Woodbury, Glenr

Still Image		Saco & Pettee Machine Shops Fogler Special Collections, Still Image Postcard, "Biddeford, Me., Saco & Pettee Machine Shops" The location of these factories, on the edge of a canal, indicates the importance of water power in Maine's industrialization. (Relevance: 720) Find Similar Resources	Industrialization Industry Machine shops Water power

Moving Image		Trails, Rails, and Roads MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:28:01 The story of transportation in Maine is the story of the state's ongoing challenge to keep its people connected both to economic markets and to each other. Whether it's Route 113 in western Maine, US Route 1 meandering up the coast, or the once plentiful rail routes that joined every corner of the state, Maine's communities have been formed by the patterns of transportation. (Relevance: 691) Find Similar Resources	Transportation Railroads

Moving Image		Hard Times-Women and Children MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:01:16 In the late 1800s, Farm women and girls began working in factories throughout southern New England, as well as in growing in-state industrial centers like Lewiston, Portland, Saco and Biddeford. By the time of the Great Depression in the 1930s, the remaining farm families needed each other more than ever to get by. (Relevance: 680) Find Similar Resources	Depressions -- United States -- 1929 Great Depression -- 1929 -- Maine Farming/Agriculture Maine -- Social life and customs.

Text		Trip from Damariscotta Mills to Madawaska Maine State Archives, Text Pages from a journal regarding a trip from Damarariscotta Mills to Madawaska, mentioning the terrain, French settlers living along the route and their churches, Indians found living there, and conflict with representatives of the British Gov't in N.B. (Relevance: 662) Find Similar Resources	Churches Conflict-Stability: control of Maine, land disputes, French-English-Indians Surveys Waterways Native Americans Rivers Settlements Land Disputes

Text		Instrument of Protest Fogler Special Collections, Text Instrument of Protest, sworn to in Liverpool, detailing a storm in the harbor that did great damage to the Bark J. J. Hathorn, owned by the Stuart family of Richmond, Maine. (Relevance: 650) Find Similar Resources	International trade Merchant marine Shipping Shipping/Shipbuilding Storms

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