Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"The mail route was established from Bangor. It went from Bangor to Birch Stream Settlement (Argyle), Kelmarnock (Medford), Maxfield, Lincoln, Sebois…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Bob's Bears

"… warm summer's afternoon, at about the time of the Bangor Fair, I think of a happening from my early days on Short Wharf Road."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"The trolley was later owned and operated by the Bangor Railway and Electric Company. The Bangor, Hampden & Winterport Electric Company trolley…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"They did this to connect the Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad and the Bangor and Katahdin Iron Works Railway."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"It was not until the arrival of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad in the 1890s that Aroostook farmers had a more direct route to markets in Boston…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Bob Marley

"(a.k.a. Bob Marley) was born in Bangor Maine, April 4th, 1967. He was the son of Robert Cochrane Marley Sr. and Marcia Marley."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"… team from to win a state championship at the Bangor Auditorium, and the boys were the last team to win a state championship at the Bangor…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"5-6. Print. Bangor Daily News. "Last Days of North Lincoln Ferry. Picturesque River Service to End When Bridge Spans Penobscot River.” Bangor, ME."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Steamships traveled from Boston, Massachusetts to Bangor, Maine. Parker Point had its own wharf where a steamship transported people to and from…"

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"The Lincoln News was printed in Bangor, then shipped to Lincoln. Some of the stories took place in Mattanawcook."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"Passengers traveling south from Vanceboro or north from Bangor were halted at Lincoln and transported the rest of the way by bus and taxi."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Benjamin Cutter of Bangor bought 66 acres east of Second Pond where he established the long running Blue Hill Copper Mining and Smelting Company."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… were shipped by rail to markets in Boston and Bangor. The business ran from 1927-1959, operated successively by Fred Morrill and Arthur Dunn."

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"Bangor became the lumber capital of the world. boat pulling logs across Moosehead Lake X Logging started with the contractor- he selected the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… Maine Charity School, but the latter was moved to Bangor and is now known as the Bangor Seminary. After the connection between the two was…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"In a recent Bangor Daily News farewell to the Auditorium article (February 2013), the Rumford High basketball team of 1977 was named as one of the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"Presque Isle Historical Society Sources: Bangor Daily Commercial, Sept 22, 1922, page 1. Bangor Daily News, April 7, 1995, page C2."

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"The Bangor Daily News called it “Maine’s most charming rustic theater.” It included a tea room and later a restaurant open everyday serving tea…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… parade formed, led by a band of 42 pieces from Bangor with the well known leader Adelbert Wells Sprague."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… the Aroostook Centre Mall, an article in the Bangor Daily News stated “there was little to support the theory that any band of Indians had ever…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… and was the son of Simeon Crosby who moved to Bangor around 1771. Their first ancestor was Simon Crosby who came with his wife, Ann, on the Susan…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"The Bangor & Aroostook Railroad tracks are on the left. The first (closest) building on the right is M. Holbrook's Pool Hall and Bowling Alley."

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"… Old Town to Lincoln, and was later expanded to Bangor. The rail was used by sports teams to go to out of town games, and the military used it to…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… travel south as far as Philadelphia or north to Bangor and beyond using connecting lines. By the late 1920s rising costs and declining business…"