Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"The G-men were closing in on Brady and Shaffer fast. Machine guns were still pelting the street with bullets. Brady was hit and fell dead in the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"… would like to meet him, but I can’t because he’s dead, so I will have to do with what I learned. Works Cited Goodwin, Kathryn B."

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"(Later) The mill is dead, burned to the ground, at least mostly. Thankfully we got there soon enough to save the woods and some of the lumber, but…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 4 - Page 1 of 3

"A man was found dead because he was running a generator in his basement due to carbon-monoxide poisoning and that's what happened on day 4 of the…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm Poem

"This woven web of flashing silver was deadly. Trees cried out in anguish as their heavy limbs gave way to crack and separate, in turn crushing stiff…"

Historic Hallowell - Days 6 & 7

"The sources of this deadly gas turned out to be none other than a generator recently installed. The man had not yet known that this dangerous gas was…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"… on the limbs, coating them in a deep glaze of deadly ice and causing them to fall on utility lines and roads."

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"Many of the people in our town would be dead without the hospitals, which means there would be fewer jobs and workers."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"A few years later, an English settlement was established at the mouth of the Kennebec River. Known as the Popham or Sagadahock Colony, it barely…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… “Visit the sick, Relieve the distress, Bury the dead, and Educate the orphan”. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows was one the oldest and most…"

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… Island by one of Arnold's soldiers X The Dead River was mostly all swamp, hard to pass through normally, but now all the bateaux were leaky…"

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"… by today’s standards, these pictures of the dead were commonplace in mid-nineteenth century culture and were cherished as keepsakes by which to…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"He enlisted in the United States Army at Dead River Plantation. Daniel was assigned to the Company K in the 9th Maine Infantry on September 16, 1864."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… to the front, we met scores wounded, dying and dead, being carried off on stretchers. Some slightly wounded were limping off but told us to go in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… cooking, and caring for the sick, elderly, and dead. She took on these roles in an era where there were no modern services as we benefit from…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… babies come into the world, and they laid the dead to rest. Women's lives were hard and they often died young."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Father Rasle was shot dead and his scalp taken to Boston for display. Thirty natives died that day and half that many were wounded."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… me tonight, he told me that Luther Lawrence is dead and was buried yesterday with military & Masonic honors."