Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The great spring river drives down the Penobscot brought the lumber to mills lining the river's shore where it was made ready for market."

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

"The purpose of the Old City Hall was to house the city government, including a mayor's office, a treasurer's office, assessor's office and the police…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"George Abbott, a Brewer fireman, was killed when a chimney from a house on Penobscot Street fell on him while he was fighting a fire there. The…"

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

"Penobscot River Railroad The Penobscot River Railroad was a “railroad that never was”. It was chartered by the state in 1836 to go from Bucksport to…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"Cruising down the Neck minus their headlights, the drivers would secure their cargo, and slip away towards Bangor and Mount Desert Island."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… the most dramatic fires occurred in 1939 when the old Grange Hall burned at the site of the present Grange Hall and then, of course, the Bar Harbor…"

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

"Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill The Old Church on the Hill, ThomastonThe General Henry Knox Museum According to Eaton, the Old Church…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 2 of 2

"Later that year the patients of the old hospital were moved to the new one. This was the end of the beginning of the new St. Joseph Hospital."

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"Dating from the 1890s to 1918. It was a hard farming life, no doubt. One can picture the young family toting water and feed to the barn animals."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"For the next five years the settlers continued to prepare their lots for their families. Other families became interested in the area and in 1781…"

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

"The break in the line could have been fixed except the company was not willing to pay more than $100 to Mr. Samuel Purrington. A.S."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"X The last big change in crossing the Kennebec River happened in 2000 with the opening of the Sagadahoc Bridge, which was built to end the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"This statue was built by William Zorach. He has an international reputation, and a daughter named Dahlov Ipcar who is an artist that made the…"

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"In December of 1895, a violent storm ripped off a section of the roof of the Cotton Mill. It left a lot of damage such as roofs coming off, debris…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"On the map, the buildings on the property were an engine house and two other houses that were owned by J."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… THE BRAVE.” Below that the tablet says, “Erected by the City of Bath A.D. 1867," and Dedicated to, "THE MEMORY OF HER SONS, Who Died, That the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 2 of 2

"The largest portions were from Canada (25%) and Ireland (12%), two heavily Catholic countries. Prior to this there had been only one Catholic Church…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… physically shaped this stretch of the Kennebec River and the system of river-parallel ridges on which the city is situated include crustal plate…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"The permission to shut down the streets was passed by the city. The owner at the time, William Ledyard, had to buy another property to hold the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"When the Universalist Church was torn down, the Sagadahoc Club meetings were first held at the members houses, but eventually moved to a school."

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"The fares from Old Town to Winn, Old Town to Lincoln, Old Town to Howland, Old Town to Passadumkeag, Old Town Greenbush, and Old Town to Sunkhaze all…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 1 of 2

"She would bring the tub down to these sources of water and clean the laundry there. Some preferred to use buckets to bring the water to the tub."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"That surviving building is 108 Front Street which is currently housing Bohemian Rose. This fire broke out on one of the coldest nights of the coldest…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

""A Bay State Exodus" Page 62 Wormser, Baron. “The Chosen Place.” Down East-The Magazine of Maine, December 2004."