Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… have been 60 in 1911, assuming a 14 year old fighting in 1865. Probably most in the carriages were 70 and older."

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

"… on Penobscot Street fell on him while he was fighting a fire there. The second fatality was John Scribner, a 70 year old cobbler, who was killed at…"

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

"G-men captured Dalhover without a fight. He was taken to Bangor City Hall. Gang leader Brady's burial, Bangor, 1937Bangor Historical Society…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… Maine Regiment would face some of the fiercest fighting of the war. On July 2nd they defended "Devil's Den" near Gettysburg from an onslaught of…"

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

"… as well as ever I did – we shall no doubt have A fight in short time and shall walk our way through to Richmond."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… work with some summer residents and purchase fire fighting equipment if the town would build a firehouse."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"For this and 10 days of vicious hand to hand fighting from February 19th to the 28th of 1945 his unit was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation."

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"… the Union army during the Civil War, which was fighting to keep the country together under President Lincoln."

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"… In the end, no one ended up being killed due to fighting in the war thanks to the signing of a treaty."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… at the Grange Hall to assist Finland in their fight against Russia's invasion. Local rescue teams were trained to handle injuries that might occur…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… causing seven of them to be injured while fighting the fire. The exterior and first floor of the building were saved, but losses totaled $175,000…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… the flu seemed to be just as dangerous as the fighting. Private Harvey Foster received letters from friends and family living near Portland…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… to said to have encouraged the Norridgewocks to fight against the English. The English felt that Father Rasle was stirring up the Native Americans…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… made a deal with another man that if he would fight in their son's place, they'd give him four or five acres of land."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… throughout the years, and those who didn’t fight found other ways to help war efforts. The Great Depression finished off many industries on Swan’s…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… of this town were called from their beds to fight one of the most stubborn fires that had ever been known here and which threatened to wipe out the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Lewiston and Portland quickly sent fire-fighting equipment on freight trains, which proved the salvation of the community."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… sixty-one men left Presque Isle and Maysville to fight in the Civil War; twenty-nine of these men died during the war."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… among lumbermen threatened to break out in fighting. By the late 1830s, war seemed imminent. Bangor served as the terminus for fighters should war…"

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

"… his last words were “Tell my Mother that I died fighting for my country.” Samuel Pinkham was another Cavalry soldier with ties to Strong."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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