Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 604-650

"Littlefield Bangor Girls First Select School Third Parish Church Prof. George Shepard First Baptist Church Thomas A. Hill"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 22-71

"… racing Dramatic Club of Brownville John French George Knowles John Pomlow Electric street railroad, Bangor Col. John Black Dr."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"George River-- possibly after King George of his native England. Up until the early 20th century, the river played an important role in Maine’s…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"Ship Samuel Watts, Georges River, Thomaston, Maine 1870Thomaston Historical Society D&E also competed in the shipbuilding business. Thomas W."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… Early Shipbuilders - 1780s Map of the Georges River, Thomaston, Maine 2009Thomaston Historical Society By the time Thomaston was…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"Knox’s Wharf (successively known as Vose’s, Knox’s, Boynton’s, Foster’s, Green’s, O’Brien’s, and Dunn and Elliot’s Wharf) on Wadsworth Street had…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 452-534

"… Pendleton & Ross Eliab Metcalf Daniel Chaplin George W. Merrill Thomas H. Shaw Hatch House Tavern Norumbega Hall Isaac W. Patten Edwin Patten"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 4 of 7

"… meeting at the Royall Exchange Tavern on King Street in Boston. X While claiming ownership to hundreds of thousands of acres in Maine, most of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"Referred to as Ft. George (the area later known as Fort Wharf), the fort was located at the southeastern side of lower Knox Street, currently the…"

Patten Free Library

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… of Wadsworth and Main Streets, in which the new George's National Bank and Georges Insurance Offices were installed."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"Great timbers were transported back to England for use as masts in the King’s ships. Captain George Waymouth arrived in 1605 and left a cross where…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… was an absentee landlord who lived on Wimpole Street London. He acted as the company agent in London."

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"It was created by George Robinson and backed by Justin E. Smith, John P. Flagg, Eben G. Dole, C.D. Bachelder and Captain Lawson Watts."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… contributed by Mexico Historical Society When George Ridlon arrived in 1894 and realized the economic possibilities of the Oxford Paper Company…"

Ellsworth Public Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"… Records "The Early History of Dixfield Maine", DHS and Dixfield Bicentennial Committee, 1976 George J. Varney, "A Gazetteer of Maine", 1881"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Braden Theater

"… the theater was owned by Mark Tuner and George Barnes of Presque Isle, and Newell Smith and Charlie Brooks of Ashland."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"… Maine coast, the site had desirable access by the Georges River. One of its most desirable features was the presence of a limestone quarry, a…"

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

"… French, Park and Center Streets were rebuilt, along with a synagogue on Center Street. Franklin Street, Bangor, 1911Bangor Public Library"

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"Hill, supplied the money to build the automobile. George McClench, Frank McClench, and Charles L. Spauding were the builders of the first automobile…"

The General Henry Knox Museum

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NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site

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Historic Hallowell - City Marshals

"Fitz Morris was a son of William George Fish. He was born on April 17, 1873. Fitz Morris was taught in a public school in Hallowell."