Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place ~ Once Again

"To those that remain, the very few of the great number she has sent out, I say you have a dear old town left to you, filled to the brim with memories…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"Augusta, ME: Burleigh & Flynt, 1909. Next steps in the stroll through Hallowell ~ A Great Hotel!"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

"Liberty Men and Great Proprietors. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1990. "A Bay State Exodus" Page 62 Wormser, Baron."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"Many men came with their families to find a job driving lumber in the heavily forested Maine woods. However, with this great expansion in population…"

Life on a Tidal River - Project Process

"One great thing about the Maine Community Heritage Project is that it is only the beginning. In future years, other classes and organizations can add…"

Historic Hallowell - Our Work and Our Team

"… Area Board of Trade striving to make our city a great place to live, learn and do business and the Firemen’s Association committed to not only…"

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"Hallowell was the location of the great sorting boom for down-river mills. These men made up rafts of logs for the several owners by laying them…"

Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

"… retail throughout the country and as far away as Great Britain and Africa. The volume of packages and circular letters sent from his Water Street…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"They achieved many great things and have worked to shape the lives and cultures of both Maine and the nation."

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"… declared the electrophone a success with a great demand for them. The Johnson Shoe Factory was started in 1887 by the Johnson twins, William C."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Mary did not live in Bangor her whole life. Her great desire to right brought her to Manhattan, New York as a suffragette."

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"Bass purchased a great deal of adjacent farmland, and, upon his death in 1919, bequeathed a large amount of the land to the park with the agreement…"

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"pag.   "Handtub Info - Great Midwestern Handtub Fire Enjine Expo." Aurora Regional Fire Museum. Aurora Regional Fire Museum, 26 June 2004. Web."

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"… the stream after another economic fall during The Great Depression. After this, large industrial companies, such as mills, began to set up shop…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"The ships built here were great vessels of enormous size, such as the Hallowell. The Hallowell was built in 1810 by Ebenezer Mayo, and this ship had…"

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… application and aspirations, accomplish great things.” For example, the “former student of our Garland Street School is now the fourth-ranking…"

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

"Although Grant was the guest of honor, a great collection of dignitaries were on hand: the proprietors of the railroad, the Governor of Maine, the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"The flood of workers, as many as 3,000 for the Texas Steamship yard and 1,400 for BIW, brought Bath’s daytime population to an estimated 20,000, a…"

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

"The water flooded up to stage level, and flooded the first 14 rows of seats. It also filled the orchestra pit and covered the piano."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"The most destructive of the floods, however, had nothing to do with the lakes when the mettle of Lincoln residents was tested again on June 30, 1947."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"… around 1980 and suffered great damage during the flood of 1987. Lovell's Guilford Hardware still occupies the site today."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"The great flood of 1987 dealt a devastating blow to the operation, ruining tons of inventory other than finished goods, and damaging machinery and…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

"This seemingly mundane feature offers a great look into the lives of regular people. An article from the Evening Express in April 1927 that featured…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… store was lost in a fiery spectacle, and the ’79 flood caused severe damage at Pride Manufacturing and destroyed the Chase & Kimball Oil Co."