Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - The Hallowell Union Fire Club

"The Hallowell Union Fire Club Union Fire Club, Fire Bucket, Hallowell, 1805Hubbard Free Library The Union Fire Club of Hallowell, Maine…"

Rockland Historical Society

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Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… the Republican, was a fraternal organization of union Civil War veterans. The youngest would have been 60 in 1911, assuming a 14 year old fighting…"

Historic Hallowell - Historic Hallowell Homes

"… Gilman House, Academy Street, Hallowell, 1968Hubbard Free Library Joshua Wingate House, Union Street, Hallowell, 1968Hubbard Free Library"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Business District - 1857 to 1880

"… Historical Society Just a few years later, the Union Block was built in 1857 at the Lower Corner, Thomaston’s business section at the intersection…"

Bangor Historical Society

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Ellsworth Public Library

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Historic Hallowell - Blizzards in Hallowell

"Blizzards in Hallowell Blizzard, Union Street looking west, Hallowell, 1952Hubbard Free Library The blizzard of 1952 took place throughout the…"

Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"… document read in part: Joshua Wingate House, Union Street, Hallowell, 1968Hubbard Free Library In Hallowell, Maine, is represented a 19th…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"… the popular major general, who reorganized the Union troops in 1861. By 1863 seven ships were sent down the ways, one of them named “E."

Greater Portland Landmarks

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Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"In 1801 the first community fire company, the Union Fire (Club) Association, was established and its rules required each member to keep ready at…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Funeral

"… stabbed by a gentleman who, upon returning to his Union home, discovered Knox dining with the gentleman’s wife."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… Woman’s Club, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, the Maine Temperance Union, and the Christian Civic League were all pro-Temperance…"

Life on a Tidal River - About Us

"Hill House 159 Union Street Bangor, Maine 04401 207.942.1900 info@bangorhistoricalsociety.org William Cook, Local History and Special Collections…"

Skowhegan Free Public Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"Ransom E. Gilkey providing “rare qualities of patience, tact, vision, and judgment that cemented the union and started it on a firm basis.” In 1917…"

Thomaston Historical Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… secessionists and looked, if at all, upon a Union soldier with scorn. As soon as we took possession, the blacks were set to work on the street…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… In 1934, organizers attempted to establish a union at the mill. Tensions ran high on both sides of the issue and finally, the National Guard was…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"It was called the Union Grove Association. The First Baptist Church was first known as the Chapel Association, organized in 1888."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… a small airfield from two farms on outer Union Street. Bangor would not be left behind in the age of the aircraft! Commercial flights began by 1931…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… the Civil War era, her father served in the Union Army. While she was treating his injuries, she found her interest in the medical field."