Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"… Hallowell Flood 1987Hubbard Free Library The Flood of 87 was one of the worst floods that I think ever happened in the State of Maine."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods Citations

"… River Flood, Business district, Hallowell, 1870, Hallowell ME, 1870, http://www.mainememory.net/bin/Detail?ln=29193…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"In the early 1920’s the Odd Fellows built a large Hall and operated it for ten years. The building then turned over to a string of owners, starting…"

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

"… on the battlefields and they married on April 17, 1870. Phebe was now 28. They had three children at the old Morgan Bay Road farm property: Lemuel…"

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"… River Flood, Business district, Hallowell, 1870, Hallowell ME, 1870, http://www.mainememory.net/bin/Detail?ln=29193…"

Historic Hallowell - News Article by Emily Markham

"On February 20th 1870 the flood waters of the mighty Kennebec river rose six more feet in a half an hour leaving Owners of many wreckage wondering…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"Economy By 1870, Surry was producing goods for the clothing, building, and shipping industries, plus it housed a carding mill, tannery, stave mill…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"Then in 1874, the Ferry Service was established by the City of Hallowell and Kennebec County. People in Hallowell and Chelsea used the ferry to get…"

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

"The line was surveyed in the fall of 1872, and construction began in the spring of 1873. The road opened in December of 1874, and was leased by the E…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"The people that were included in the process of making this bridge were Fred Palm, Olaf Swenson, Olaf Sodergren, Thure Larson, Anders Gunnerson, Swen…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell House

"The Hallowell Gazette, in 1841, announced "We have the pleasure of informing our readers that the Hallowell House is now a Temperance House."

Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"Established in ca.1870 by Henry Harding, the company imported huge coils of wire (1/4 inch in diameter) from Boston and Portland."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"Because of the warm winter, Massachusetts and New York had to buy their ice from Maine. The ice cutting industries in Hallowell Maine were used to…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Around 1869 and 1870, the winter weather in Massachusetts and New York was warm, so they bought their ice from Maine."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Around 1869 and 1870, the winter weather in Massachusetts and New York was warm, so they bought their ice from Maine."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Farmington Historical Society Farmington State Normal School, Farmington, ca. 1920 2nd floor of Merrill Hall."