Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"Elizabeth Palmer Peabody -- Hallowell Blue Stocking. Benjamin Vaughan wanted the females in his family to be well informed and exposed to liberal…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"… and today? Johnson Brothers Shoe Company, Hallowell, ca. 1900Hubbard Free Library Why did the Johnson Shoe Factory close in April of 1927…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"The Boston Flint Paper Company was started in 1890. It was located at the bottom of Greenville Street before the railroad tracks."

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

"Clearwater was born June 13, 1879 in Hallowell and was educated at the Hallowell Classical Academy. As a boy he worked for Major John Quincy Adams…"

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"I couldn't believe that the company I worked for could spend so much on the ice storm. The Salvation Army was feeding me, I was grateful that I got…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"On July 17, 1904, the Hallowell Granite Company installed the Replica of the Gettysburg’s 16th Maine Infantry Monument."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"The readily available granite, clay, and wood helped the town develop into a thriving hub. The granite provided the building blocks for early homes…"