Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Joseph Mitchell and Mutual Store wagon, Bangor, 1865

"… Bangor, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904), a Bangor accountant and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857

"… Bangor, 1857 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description On Thursday, Oct."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gravenstein apple, Bangor, 1866

"… Bangor, 1866 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Under his drawing of a Gravenstein apple and a…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890

"… Iron Works, 1890 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904), who was working as…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… in Spanish cloak, Bangor, 1846Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum In 1864, when he began writing what would become his 650-page…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… Thomaston, Maine 1855Thomaston Historical Society In 1853 Alexander McCallum and E. S. Counce also moved from Warren and established a large-scale…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… the Prestile Stream Presque Isle Historical Society Presque Isle Historical Society Crossing the Aroostook River near Crouseville As…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"1882Maine Historical Society In 1884, a railroad extension from Bangor through Ellsworth connected to a new Mount Desert ferry terminal."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"… Civil War Envelope, 1861Bangor Historical Society By Dana Lippitt, Curator, Bangor Historical Society On April 15, 1861 President Abraham Lincoln…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Phippsburg Historical Society, Stories of Phippsburg, Maine, Vol. 1, 1993. Phippsburg Historical Society, Phippsburg, Fair to the Wind, 1995, Penmor…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"… from the collections of the Maine Historical Society, Lubec Historical Society, Lubec Landmarks and private individuals."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Dated 1970Farmington Historical Society The last rural school to close was the Red Schoolhouse (Briggs District) in 1958."

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

"1860Bangor Historical Society Text by 7th grade Maine Studies students of the William S. Cohen School."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Funeral

"1871Thomaston Historical Society Unfortunately for Knox, it took several years for him to find a permanent resting place."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"… Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum In October 1885, when he was 62 years old, John Martin left his…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… District of Maine map, 1795Maine Historical Society Local settlers cultivated potatoes and vegetable gardens, hunted game in nearby woods and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… Memorial Library, Prersque Isle Air Museum, Maine Historical Society, Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… Memory Network Exhibit - Suffrage in Maine, Maine Historical Society, 21 May 2017…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866

"… balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum In the book he labeled "Scrap & Sketch Book," John Martin veered…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"Miller Family Smokehouse, LubecLubec Historical Society Herring horse: Another important artifact not in the collection of Lubec Landmarks, for…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"His citations and decoration along with his burial flag now reside in the Guilford Historical Society Museum."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… from the collections of the Lubec Historical Society, the Maine Historical Society and a private collector Introducing Lubec and the Industry…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"1750Maine Historical Society Henry Knox was lured to Thomaston by the land in the Waldo Patent, a 576,000 acre tract of land in midcoast Maine that…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"Thomas, ca. 1920Maine Historical Society John P. Thomas served in the navy during World War I. After his discharge in 1919, he established his own…"