Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More Permanent Settlers Arrive

"The early deeds can be found in the Lincoln County or Hancock County court houses. The original town records for the Plantation of Mount Desert --…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 4 of 4

"Print. The Bangor, Brewer and Penobscot County Directory. Boston: W. F. Stanwood, 1864. Bishop, Chris and Drury, Ian."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"The 1881 edition of Colby's Atlas – Hancock, County, Maine lists five Surry merchants and dealers selling dry and fancy goods, boots, crockery…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… together to perform the two operas at the Hancock County Auditorium. These were bare bones concerts without the pageantry of costumes, sets, or a…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"… trial drew massive crowds to the Cumberland County Courthouse and was front page news, the press took every opportunity to report on the story."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 3, pages 38-56

"… Southern sentiments Yales Mammoth Tent Penobscot County Democratic Convention Steamer, gun boat Mahoning Congressional excursion to Bangor Bangor…"

Maine State Archives

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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"… and Alexandria Rivers near Franconia, in Fairfax County, Virginia two months after their involvement at Bull Run. Fred writes: Hardtack, ca."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"… was also a selectman in Levant and a Penobscot County sheriff. The majority of the soldiers returned to Bangor on August 13, 1863."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Government chose Presque Isle’s airport as the site for the U.S. Army Air Base; the construction of the Presque Isle Air Base in 1941 kicked off a…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"In Penobscot County the road ran from Bangor, crossed the bridge into Brewer thence on to Orrington."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… on, Bangor was selected as the seat of Penobscot County. The year 1842, was the first 100,000,000 board foot year, and six years later lumber…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Millerite camp meeting, Orrington, 1844

"… about the last days of Miller doctrine in this part of the county." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dr. Charles Snell, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… practiced in Bangor and his father in Oxford County. John Martin (1823-1907) drew this sketch of the son "to show how near I can draw or represent…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Olof Nylander, 1864-1943

"He was also employed by the Canadian government and several colleges and universities to do this same type of work or to act as a guide."

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."

Nylander Museum

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

"… accountant at Katahdin Iron Works in Piscataquis County, drew this illustration of an 11-year-old girl, whose name he could not remember, who was…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"… schools, businesses, transportation systems, and the government were disrupted by the ice storm. Written by Steven Guay and Dallis Heflin"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… 1821, changing its name from Partridgetown.” New County Road New County RoadPeru Historical Society A road was originally begun from the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"… to enliven their memory perhaps in a distant county when even a person picture would suffice to give them great happiness in the absence of persons…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… timber resources in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties. In 1834, Bangor's population was booming, its port was bustling, and it became a city."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"… out for up to a year, or "sent unto, employed and governed" in a work house. In many municipalities, the local town farm was established, giving…"

Acadia National Park

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