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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"In Bangor, he met his future wife, Clara Cary, and many young men with whom he was lifelong friends."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hampden Town House, 1849

"… Soldiers receivd orders that the first Man that fired a round should have his head cut off." He added later that the building was torn down in…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Works Cited Page

"Grant, Micheal. Interview by Peaslee D. Mason. Fire Cheif. n.d. Harlow, Doug. “Carbon Monoxide Kills Waterville Man In Home.” Storm Edition: Day 3…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"People collected fire wood so that they could burn it and stay warm without having power. Well more than 400,000 people, from Down East Maine were…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Fires First fire truck, Surry, 1947Surry Historical Society Surry has experienced many bad fires, including a disastrous forest fire in 1822…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… Southwest Harbor resident Simon Sklar, after that fire “Sports died in [the] town on the schoolboy level for close to five years."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods Citations

"… Diana Bowley of Bangor Daily News, published March 31, 2007, Lessons from the Flood of 1987…"

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"… Diana Bowley of Bangor Daily News, published March 31, 2007, Lessons from the Flood of 1987…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"1882Maine Historical Society In 1884, a railroad extension from Bangor through Ellsworth connected to a new Mount Desert ferry terminal."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Green Mountain Railway

"Frances H. Clerque of Bangor decided that he would bring the two together and create a railway to the top of the mountain."

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"… PM Hurricane Edna strikes Maine 44 miles from Bangor and is moving North North East at 48 MPH with 75 MPH winds."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Seventy-one years passed before Hampden’s first fire department opened. Hampden boasts the first Masonic Lodge in the vicinity; organized under the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… and every one almost who was of more than ordinary note. -Bangor Daily Whig & Courier, 19 August 1886. Continue to Activities for Rusticators"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Seventy-one years passed before Hampden’s first fire department opened. Hampden boasts the first Masonic Lodge in the vicinity, organized under the…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… the Whig and Courier gave a further report of the fire: The fire was discovered in the store of M.B."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… by the telegraph, had not been received by the Bangor fire department, then everything would have been in a great deal of danger."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"This time, the fire burned out the floor and did much damage to the lower room and the gym equipment, which had been purchased four years earlier by…"

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

"… travel south as far as Philadelphia or north to Bangor and beyond using connecting lines. By the late 1920s rising costs and declining business…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… schooner Fannie and Edith was headed to Bangor from Boston when the schooner parted cables, leaving the ship completely at the mercy of the wind…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… blue collar and white collar jobs in Ellsworth, Bangor and on Mount Desert Island. Surry Elementary School, which was designated a National Title 1…"

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

"A poor growing season and forest fires exacerbated the situation. Persistence and the determination to survive have been credited as the reasons the…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection contains eight such images from Bangor, Bath, Harpswell, Skowhegan, and Vinalhaven."

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"… Honors 2 Soldiers for Bravery in Somalia." Bangor Daily News (Bangor) 5 April 2010. "Gary Gordon." Web. Editorial. 23 May 1994."