Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895

"The Cyclone of 1895 Grover's Store Downtown Hallowell X Any cyclone is scary, especially if it happens in your hometown."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Unitarian Church, Presque Isle, 1895

"Unitarian Church, Presque Isle, 1895 Contributed by Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Description The Unitarian Church was erected in…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Main Street, Presque Isle, ca. 1895

"Main Street, Presque Isle, ca. 1895 Contributed by Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Description View of Main Street in Presque…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Free Baptist Church, Presque Isle, 1895

"Free Baptist Church, Presque Isle, 1895 Contributed by Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Description The Free Baptist Church (later the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - E. S. Dingley Corn Shop, Farmington Falls, ca. 1895

"Dingley Corn Shop, Farmington Falls, ca. 1895 Contributed by Farmington Historical Society Description E."

Historic Hallowell - Cyclone Poems

"Cyclone Poems Cyclones In 1895 only happened once here in this city Storms The rains are bad but the wind is always the worst umbrellas fall…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"Shettleworth, Jr. Elmer I. Thomas (1863-1895) was born in Lewiston in 1863. His father Sylvanus D. Thomas was a brick mason and building contractor…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Cities of Smoke and Soot

"From the Biddeford Weekly Standard, January 4, 1895. X The cities of Biddeford and Saco have long been a center for lumbering, textiles and…"

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

"In 1895 the colony of settlers in New Sweden became an official town of the State of Maine. Settlement and development of New Sweden, and other towns…"

Southwest Harbor Public Library

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Seal Cove Auto Museum

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Boston Public Library

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Historic Hallowell - Disasters - Natural and Man-made

"… 1952, the train wreck of 1937 and the Cyclone of 1895. Scanning X The process started by scanning photographs and learning how to catalog for…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad

"The first train arrived in January 1895. That year the Bangor and Aroostook hauled 195,000 passengers."

Turner Museum and Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 3 of 3

"… contain names of Strong High School students from 1895 to 1933, terms they were in school, and their grades,” he said."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 1 of 3

"… skirt, features a bodice with the very full 1894-1895 puffed upper sleeve, as does the collection's celadon green dress with a figured pink silk…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"Cornelia Crosby, Moosehead Lake, ca. 1895 Fly Rod fishing in front of Mt. Kineo along the shores of Moosehead Lake.Maine Historical Society The pen…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Landeen Family History

"… Annie came from Sweden when she was six in 1895. She was born in 1889. She came by boat and she celebrated her birthday at sea."

Historic Hallowell - The Information Call Script

"… YES OF COURSE WOULD YOU LIKE THE CYCLONE OF 1895? GABBY: YES. MELISSA: OK WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW? GABBY: FIRST I WOUD LIKE TO KNOW YOUR NAME…"

Historic Hallowell - Timeline of Cyclone

"During On a Tuesday morning in December, 1895, at 8:00 am, Chas A. Brown was a morning watchman on the top level of the cotton mill."

Skowhegan Community History - Lakewood Theater

"… Jones and Jaime Bacon Lakewood Theater X In 1895, the Somerset Traction Company of Skowhegan created a small amusement park on the little lake…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"Washington: Government Printing Office, 1895. Moulton, Augustus. Grandfather Tales of Scarborough. Katahdin Publishing Co., 1925 Robinson, Brian."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"1870Patten Free Library Before the fire of 1895 this part of Front Street was occupied by the Columbian Hotel."