Keywords: Thomas Hubbard
Item 29191
Dr. John Hubbard Jr., Hallowell, ca. 1850
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1850 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Item 34134
Bond House, Hallowell, ca. 1934
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1934 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
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Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
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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.
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Historic Hallowell - Dr. John Hubbard
"His son, Gen. Thomas H. Hubbard, donated $20,000 to expand the Hallowell Library and make its privileges free to all."
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Lincoln, Maine - Post Office, Lincoln, Built in 1856
"… in lumbering and owned the mills at Cold Stream (Hubbard's Mills). He was a Justice of the Peace, a Selectman, the Deputy Sheriff in 1852 and…"
