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Historical Items

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Item 11292

Flames, Baxter State Park fire, 1977

Contributed by: Baxter State Park Date: 1977 Media: Photographic print

Item 99397

Flames rolling though the windows of Grafton Lumber, Biddeford, 1963

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1963-03-20 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 31907

Bangor Fire, 1911

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1911-04-30 Location: Bangor Media: Postcard

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Father Rasles, the Indians and the English

Father Sebastien Rasle, a French Jesuit, ran a mission for Indians at Norridgewock and, many English settlers believed, encouraged Indian resistance to English settlement. He was killed in a raid on the mission in 1724 that resulted in the remaining Indians fleeing for Canada.

Exhibit

A Focus on Trees

Maine has some 17 million acres of forest land. But even on a smaller, more local scale, trees have been an important part of the landscape. In many communities, tree-lined commercial and residential streets are a dominant feature of photographs of the communities.

Exhibit

Most Inconvenient Storm

A Portland newspaper wrote about an ice storm of January 28, 1886 saying, "The city of Portland was visited yesterday by the most inconvenient storm of the season."

Site Pages

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Site Page

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Fires - 1849 to 1924

"Flames spread through the center and western wing of the prison, consuming offices and the guardroom, along with the Warden’s brick dwelling."

Site Page

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 2 of 2

"The mill founded flame retardant fabrics in 1974. The mill is over 150 years old. It is located on Route 15 in the center of Guilford, on the right…"

Site Page

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"Roy did his best to smother the flames, but, realizing it was beyond his control, he quickly notified the residents of the nearby Nile Block tenement."

My Maine Stories

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Story

making light
by David Johansen

My relationship with Maine and how and why I make neon lights here.

Story

Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years
by Jamison McAlister

Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years

Story

In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood

An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.