Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Industry on Bombahook

"… named it after the city of Bombay India, and the hook in the Kennebec River just below the point. There is no documentation for either theory."

Historic Hallowell - Dummer House

"… the social life of the rapidly growing village at the Hook. Old Hallowell on the Kennebec, Nason, 1909."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John and Clara Martin wedding hack, Bangor, 1850

"… and silver mounted in every particular even the hook on the end of the pole and all the window trimmings the glass lamps on the side of the drivers…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… fishing practices were also adopted; around 1871 the hook and line method was replaced with seining."