Maine Memory Network

Bangor Public Library

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"… leading to the main entrance. Paul Revere Bell Commissioned for Thomaston Meeting House, 1797The General Henry Knox Museum Eaton describes…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm of 1998

"The ice was melting January 14,1998 •DAY 8. The final day of the storm. January 15,1998 Written by Amber Bell & Ashley Boerner"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"1880Guilford Historical Society Text by Belle-Natalie Wingert and Elaine Riitano Images from the Guilford Historical Society Before the Wharff house…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gravenstein apple, Bangor, 1866

"… out as well. The sentence continued, "and a dwarf belles early were the admiration of all visitors." Along the right side he wrote, "I trimmed…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 1 of 3

"A pair of hip hugging green denim bell bottom pants, which could have been worn with the hip length belted white vinyl pea or trench coat."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Soon a bell replaced the cannon. Three different bells ranging from 240 to 1500 pounds plus a 14-foot triangular affair like a giant old time rural…"

Historic Hallowell - Days 6 & 7

"… is what happened on days 6-7 Written by Amber Bell Ice Storm, Academy Street, Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library The Devastation of the 1998…"

Telephone Museum

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Maine Irish Heritage Center

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"The bell from the Central School is now at the Mexico Historical Society Museum. Many streets and buildings were named after the early settlers…"

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"Dear Journal, On Day 5, some crewmen from Bell Atlantic had to go to the hospital to treat their family for carbon monoxide poisoning."

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"… and he died of diarrhea on January 6, 1865 in Belle Isle Prison. Two years later, on January 12, 1867, John's widow Laura applied to the federal…"

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 3 of 3

"… scanning in process) Text By: Elaine Riitano & Belle-Natalie Wingert Eighth Grade Students at Piscataquis Community Middle School Images from the…"

First Parish in Portland

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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"Margaret Hinds Bell (class of 1942) was inspired by Kilfoil, her “mother’s cousin, and my ideal” to become a nurse and train at Mercy."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"The natives were fond of a bell that Father Rasle had. The natives wished that when they rang the bell, it sang as sweetly as it did when in father…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"Fifty years later, that bell was replaced by another, which can be seen in front of the current Hampden Academy."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"He rang the bell to warn people of the impending danger. Mrs. Chas. B. Harrington was another person to realize there was a fire, but from the inside…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Jerome and Belle (Smallidge) Knowles opened a law, real estate and insurance office at the head of Main Street in what had formerly been a boarding…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… of Islesboro  Text by Ruth Hartley School Bell, Islesboro, ca. 1880Islesboro Historical Society After incorporating as a town in 1789…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… remembered that Blue Hill granite “rang like a bell” when struck with a hammer. At the Chase quarry it was cut out of ledges at the top of the hill…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"The ringing of the Steamer bell called out the firemen and the Steamer with hose was loaded on a train… [t] he train left Bangor at ten minutes of…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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