Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor parade, July 4, 1865

"Boy at Bangor parade, July 4, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description A boy in the post Civil War…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"… Museum Gothic RevivalNylander Museum 4-SquareNylander Museum Greek RevivalNylander Museum From the first humble log cabin…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… Old Orchard Beach opened the following year on 4 July 1903. The popular tourist spot was finally connected to Portland and its railroad station."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… Lindbergh attempted to fly into the airport in July 1927 while it was under construction, but dense fog prevented him from landing."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"On July 2nd they defended "Devil's Den" near Gettysburg from an onslaught of Confederate soldiers from the Forty-fourth and Forty-eighth Alabama…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"By 1880 the population had grown to 787 and 4,438 acres of the former forest were planted in grass or crops."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"… 1930Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media On July 12th, 1930, James M. Mitchell murdered his coworker, Lillian McDonald, by bashing her on the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"Frederick H. Rogers to his mother, Hannah, Iowa, July 10th, 1862Bangor Historical Society Camp Kearney July10th /62 I sent a letter to you the 7th…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"There was great excitement that July when the rails of the Biddeford and Saco Railroad Company were finally connected to those of the Portland…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… years, but finally signed an Act of Submission in July 1658 and the town was incorporated as Scarborough."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… Rumford as a great paper making center began on July 12, 1893, when The Rumford Falls Paper Company manufactured its first paper."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 3 of 4

"… between Wabanaki Leaders and Governor Belcher, July 1732Maine Historical Society Today, the State of Maine is much like the local settlers from…"

Bucksport Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - First electric railroad car in Bangor, 1889

"… first saw the electric railroad in operation on July 4, 1889 and drew this illustration of it. Martin was working at Katahdin Iron Works near…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"… Description In the evening after the July 4, 1865 parade and observances in Bangor, ten Penobscot Indians in five birchbark canoes…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 6, pages 97-113

"… Martin has a newspaper article that discusses the July 4, 1865 festivities in Bangor in some detail."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor post Civil War parade, 1865

"… and shopkeeper, wrote about a parade in Bangor on July 4, 1865 that celebrated the end of the Civil War."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods Citations

"http://www.srh.noaa.gov/sjt/?n=events-1936flood (accessed Mar. 4, 2010). Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel, Flood of 1987…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"Humphrey Pike, 2nd Lieut. John Lord, 4 Sergeants, 4 Corporals, 1 Drummer, 1 Fifer, and 36 Privates. Next..."

South Bristol Historical Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Historical Society

"… is open to the public during the months of June, July and August on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays between the hours of 2 and 4 p.m."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Circus swing, Boston, 1853

"… of a circus he attended at the Boston Commons on July 4, 1853. Martin, an accountant and shopkeeper who kept meticulous records and, probably…"

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"One fire case was on Fourth of July, 1962. The fire men were off at a muster when a fire started in a building."