From its organization in 1900, through several decades, the social life in Jonesboro revolved around Grange meetings, public suppers and other types of Grange sponsored entertainment.
The custom of serving a public dinner on Town Meeting day was . . . — — Map (db m183787) HM
An 1836 evaluation of Maine's mineral resources found granite to be one of the state's most important commodities. Jonesboro was one of the hubs of granite production in eastern Maine. Fletcher Granite Company described granite from the Bodwell . . . — — Map (db m183769) HM
Hannah Watts was born in 1758 at about the same time that the Indian War was raging in New England. Around 1760 Captain Samuel Watts,
Hannah's father, moved his family from Haverill, Massachusetts to Falmouth, Maine. The family resided there for a . . . — — Map (db m183783) HM
Schoppee's Garage Founded circa 1928 by Harrison (Hassey) Schoppee, Schoppee's Garage was originally on the south side of the Chandler River. When he learned that construction of a new bridge would realign Rt. 1 through his business, Hassey . . . — — Map (db m183739) HM
Jonesboro Union Church was built in 1844. In 1909 Leander Higgins, a prominent architect from Portland, was chosen to design plans to remodel the church. Jonesboro Union Church is on the National History Register. A citizen from the 1900s walking . . . — — Map (db m183785) HM
In honor of the men and women of Jonesboro
who went forth to serve their country on land, on sea, and in the air in the World
Wars I and II and during the Korean Conflict
Our Roll of Honor
1917 - 1918
Alfred Bridgham ·
Carl L. . . . — — Map (db m183791) WM
Early Jonesboro, known as Chandler's River, was one of the best timbered in the area of what is now the state of Maine. A heavy growth of old pine lined its banks for miles up and down the river. In 1764 an early pioneer, Judah Chandler, built the . . . — — Map (db m183790) HM
Shipbuilding was an important enterprise in the early history of Jonesboro. The types of vessels built from 1816 through 1887 were varied and included schooners, sloops, brigs and barks. Accounts as to the number of ships built in the town of . . . — — Map (db m183782) HM
