Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - About Us

"… 941-6230 rbilancia@bangorschools.net William Cook Local History and Special Collections Librarian Bangor Public Library 145 Harlow Street Bangor…"

Life on a Tidal River - Flood Exhibit Work

"… four groups: one scanning artifacts with Bill Cook, Bangor Public Library Special Collections librarian, and the other three working with teacher…"

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"… and cut enough firewood to heat their homes and cook their food. During the colonial period the average homestead consumed 20-30 cords of wood per…"

Historic Hallowell - Energy

"For cooking they basically had the same things as heating. They used the wood and coal stoves, and sometimes fireplaces."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 1 of 3

"… night, the boys in the family would take turns cooking dinner. Jeremiah would usually make meatloaf or baked potatoes."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 3 of 3

"My grandmother cooked on a fire pit and got water from a well. My parents raised chickens for money and for meat."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 2 of 4

"In home economics, they would help with the cooking during spare time, doing things such as peeling potatoes."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Site Resources

"Print. Cook, Walter L. A bicentennial look at bygone Bangor: a republication from a special series about Bangor's past in the Bangor Daily News."

Life on a Tidal River - Cohen Students

"… four groups: one scanning artifacts with Bill Cook, Bangor Public Library Special Collections librarian, and the other three working with teacher…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"… high in the cans? We’d put it on the stove and cook it." Children on the steps of the Minturn Schoolhouse, Swan's Island, ca."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Harris House, Bangor, ca. 1850

"… later known as the Veazie House, was where "Clara cooked her fist meal" and was the birthplace of their first child, Ada."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"… the food, spinning and weaving the clothing, cooking and tending the children. The first physician came to Mt. Desert Island in 1799."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890

"… and, "this little girl assumed the house work cooked nice bread, meats, pies, cakes &co & found time to attend school, also washed & done up the…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"Bunk houses with adjoining cook and mess shacks were erected on rafts and anchored on the Chelsea side of the river."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… citizens relied on wood to heat their homes, cook food, build houses, and build ships. Ryan Sinclair's Interview with Captain Arthur Moore   The…"

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

"… a 16’ X 18’ front room (which contained a Hampden cook stove), a 10’ X 10’ bedroom, and an 8’ X 10’ pantry."

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"A cook accompanied the loggers, sometimes good and sometimes, well, not-so-good. The men worked under hazardous conditions the whole time -- slipping…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"… the 1960's all chain stores left Bath and went to Cook's Corner and Brunswick. The purpose of the Old City Hall was to house the city government…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… department stores left Bath for Brunswick and Cook's Corner. Also in 1959, passenger train service on the MCRR was discontinued."

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… thing everyone was inspired to do was save all cooking fats and grease. When they had saved at least a pound, they would take it to the grocer, who…"

Bridgton Historical Society

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Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… have big seafood feasts, where they would cook on hot rocks, and seaweed. The Abenakis dried their seafood they caught during the summer, and…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"… Brad Evans, Nate Aurelio, Sam Hodgdon, Jordan Cook, Pat Moran, Josh McNutt, Max Silver, and Tyler Ross, with Gary Colson as Assistant Coach, and…"