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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"The old Queen’s Hospital buildings were kept for housing and classrooms for the 140 students then enrolled in the School of Nursing."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"In February of that year the telephone company made Lincoln the toll center for this division. This division included the towns of Olamon, which only…"

Historic Hallowell - The Fireman's Musters in Hallowell

"There were two different categories of awards: department awards and private owned awards. Department awards were awarded to the fire department with…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"During the construction of the new station, William S. Newell, the president of B.I.W., gave the station a weather vane depicting a destroyer at the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"Galen C. Moses was born August 30, 1835 and died on Monday, April 19, 1915. There were a couple of people that were not as influential as Galen…"

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"… old Town Hall building on Second Street where it exists today, making it one of the oldest continuously operating fire stations in New England."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

"The Flowering of New England, 1815-1865. Mattituck, N.Y.: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1936. Craig, Murray C."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"In 1793, the New England Conference of the Methodist Church was held at Lynn, Massachusetts, and on August 1, 1793, appointed Rev."

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"Web. unknown. <unknown>. Unknown, Unknown Unknown. "Town of Dresden Fire Fighters." Dresden, Maine. Dresden Fire Department, uknown. Web. 09 May 2011."

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"… United States and certainly is the oldest in New England. Handtubs operated by making a long pole with a piston on each end go up on one side and…"

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

"It was a popular department store used by many citizens of Bath. Bath Town Hall, ca. 1908Patten Free Library The earlier building at the Grants…"

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"… hurricane called Hurricane Carol tore through New England covering all of Connecticut, Rhode island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, part of Vermont…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"While they were doing that, the Brunswick Fire Department was on its way, soon to arrive at 10:00 AM."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… two local department stores (Senter’s and Bath Department Store), several men’s clothing stores and beauty parlors, many restaurants and a number…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… one who purchased the property that the Bath Fire Department was built on, which housed the #8 truck and the City of Bath water tanks. James C."

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"They sold out all over New England and the Mid Atlantic States. They sold beaded crafts, wooden checkers, and many more craft supplies."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"… clerk, the treasurer, the mayor, and the police department. City Hall had a courtroom, a marshal's office, a judge's office, and a police matron's…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"These offices serve all the residents of the county by enforcing laws, conducting trials, and recording wills and deeds."

Historic Hallowell - Historic Hallowell Resources and Links

"Hayward's New England Gazetteer of 1839 Hallowell, Maine http://newenglandtowns.org/maine/hallowell Historic Maps Hallowell, Kennebec Co., Maine…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… in Massachusetts, quickly followed by other New England and Midwestern states, but the need for such schools in the state of Maine was not…"

Historic Hallowell - Eastern Illustrating Company

"… crew of photographers traveled through rural New England and New York focusing their lenses on locally known landmarks, street scenes, country…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ship Captains

"Agry’s wife accompanied him on many of his voyages and experienced thrilling sites from other places on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean."

Historic Hallowell - Meeting at Koussinok

"About 40 miles from the ocean, when they reached the last point of navigation on the Kennebec, the rapids in Augusta that marked the “head of tide,”…"