Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - The Hallowell Union Fire Club

"After horrible fires were fought, firefighters and local citizens would get together and use music in a parade going up and down the streets to…"

Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895

"The other half happily awaited the end of this horrible storm. Mr. Perkins was awakened by the noise of the cracking timbers. At the end of it all Mr."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"Horrible. I can remember my father in the winter staring the kitchen window at the thermometer and waiting."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"Horrible. I can remember my father in the winter staring the kitchen window at the thermometer and waiting."

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

"The damage was not as horrible as the fire, but misfortune it was. The Bath Opera House was struck yet again on Saturday, September 11, 1954, by…"

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

"… realized going through the heart of town the horrible change we would find. It was so light when we got [to] the tin bridge that we didn't need…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"The conditions were horrible. Prisoners had to sleep on the cold ground in small tents or pens. A small stream, called The Stockade Branch, was the…"