Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"It is dedicated to exhibiting and educating the public about the local maritime culture. Great Harbor Maritime Museum Friends of Island History X…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"In December 1966, a fire erupted at Wallace’s Garage on the corner of Main Street and Summit Road. Five major buildings, and several smaller ones…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… the entire structure was destroyed by the great fire that swept the island. It was never rebuilt. The Building of the Arts will be remembered as…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"According to family legend, after the 1900 fire burned the original Asticou Inn, A.C. Savage was concerned a future fire might engulf this nearby…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Fires First fire truck, Surry, 1947Surry Historical Society Surry has experienced many bad fires, including a disastrous forest fire in 1822…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"At 2:00 AM a fire alarm was set off. The Bath Fire Company responded to the fire alarm and tried their hardest to extinguish the fire and save the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… and our adventures were recounted around camp-fires in the evening.” Charles Eliot opened his own landscape architecture business and became a…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"Fire destroyed the hangar in the late 1940s and no trace of the airport remains today. Portland Flying Service, Scarborough, ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… Southwest Harbor resident Simon Sklar, after that fire “Sports died in [the] town on the schoolboy level for close to five years."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… the exposed workers abandoned their effort under fire from the men in the garrison. Despite continued skirmishes with the Indians, the second…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"The fire damaged twenty-one properties before it finally died out. The damages to the city totaled more than $200,000 dollars for all of the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Set from a spark from a horseshoe, the large fire originated at the Sagadahock House on the northwest corner of Front and Centre Street."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"… canteen unit that accompanied firemen on major fires. Somehow, Dr. Haigis also found time to play occasionally with the Don Doane Band, a local…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"The building was unusual at that time for its fire-proof construction with iron beams inside the stone walls."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… well, surviving for more than 20 years despite fires and other setbacks. Owner of Swett Drugstore, Lewis B. Swett helped build Bath's economy."

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… village on a little fertile plateau where the fires built a niche in the forest close by the banks of a beautiful bay."

Historic Hallowell - Ice; The Ice Storm of 1998; Ice Storm '98

"Crashing 1998 Written By Sam Gilbert Great ice, Great weight of ice, isn’t very nice. Crackle and crash, the ice comes down, down with a crash, a…"

Historic Hallowell - The Blizzard - Works Cited

"I wish for those days of the great blizzard Kennebec Journal Central ME: 2002 Chicago Blizzard of 1979. n.d. 10 Feb."

Historic Hallowell - Blizzards in Hallowell

"thinks it is one of the worst, The Great Blizzard of 1949, also known as The Great Death Blizzard. This blizzard lasted for seven weeks."

Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus

"… 1968Hubbard Free Library In Liberty Men and Great Proprietors, Alan Taylor observed that in the years following the Revolutionary War, "population…"

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"… from steam-powered freighters during the Great Depression. In 1941, the "Zebedee E. Cliff" and the "Maude M."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - You Can Get Here From There

"… exhibit was put together by the 2007 sixth grade at Mount Desert Elementary with the Great Harbor Maritime Museum. Click here to view exhibit."

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… According to Alan Taylor, in Liberty Men and Great Proprietors (p.68), their initiatives on behalf of their newly adopted country sometimes…"

Historic Hallowell - The Stevens Training Center Serenaders

"… His Hands   2:56 Climb Ev’ry Mountain   2:50 How Great Thou Art  6:21 Click here for copy of the lyrics and information about the writers and…"