Keywords: Winter fire
Item 9361
1937 Chevrolet fire truck, Presque Isle, ca. 1959
Contributed by: Presque Isle Fire Department Date: circa 1959 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print
Item 16580
Main Street looking east, Winter Harbor, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Winter Harbor Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Winter Harbor Media: Postcard
Exhibit
Looking Out: Maine's Fire Towers
Maine, the most heavily forested state in the nation, had the first continuously operational fire lookout tower, beginning a system of fire prevention that lasted much of the twentieth century.
Exhibit
A fire and two men whose lives were entwined for more than 50 years resulted in what is now considered to be "the Jewel of Portland" -- the Austin organ that was given to the city of Portland in 1912.
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford
"… Waldo Street Fire slide show The Waldo Street Fire was, and still is, Rumford’s most serious fire."
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor
"She wrote an article about the fire after her investigation into the fire. That article launched Mary's literary career."
Story
Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall
Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
