Keywords: New England Bank of Maine
Item 148128
Ten dollar note from New England Bank, Fairmount, 1857
Courtesy of June Contreras, an individual partner Date: 1857 Location: Bangor Media: tissue paper
Item 148129
Twenty dollar bank note from New England Bank, Fairmount, 1857
Courtesy of June Contreras, an individual partner Date: 1857 Location: Bangor Media: tissue paper
Item 151465
Galen C. Moses house, Bath, 1901
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1901 Location: Bath Client: Galen C. Moses Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.
Exhibit
George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator
George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.
Site Page
Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry
"The language and customs of three countries—Sweden, France and England—were subsequently all absorbed into the community."
Site Page
"… professionals to better paying areas in New England and elsewhere was another blow to the local & state economies as early as the 1940's, and…"
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
Story
A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker
Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference
