Keywords: Mines District
Item 34807
Students in front of the Mines school, Blue Hill, 1905
Contributed by: Blue Hill Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photographic print
Item 148236
Residence of Albion Little, Western Promenade, Portland, 1887
Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-02-17 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
2009 marked the bicentennials of the births of Abraham Lincoln and his first vice president, Hannibal Hamlin of Maine. To observe the anniversary, Paris Hill, where Hamlin was born and raised, honored the native statesman and recalled both his early life in the community and the mark he made on Maine and the nation.
Exhibit
From Sewers to Skylines: William S. Edwards's 1887 Photo Album
William S. Edwards (1830-1918) was a civil engineer who worked for the City of Portland from 1876-1906. Serving as First Assistant to Chief Engineer William A. Goodwin, then to Commissioner George N. Fernald, Edwards was a fixture in City Hall for 30 consecutive years, proving indispensable throughout the terms of 15 Mayors of Portland, including all six of those held by James Phineas Baxter. Edwards made significant contributions to Portland, was an outstanding mapmaker and planner, and his works continue to benefit historians.
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron
"… go: spruce gum, several lumber mills, farming, mining of phosphate, and even gold mining, which continues today."
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History
"… Niagara One of the world’s only moontide springs Mines that once produced some of the nations’s finest mica The mine that produced the world’s…"
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
