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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The confluence of the Kenduskeag River with that of the Penobscot River beckoned development. Yet, it would be more than a hundred and fifty years…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Old Bill, gundalow crossing Penobscot River, Bangor, 1846

"Old Bill, gundalow crossing Penobscot River, Bangor, 1846 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"John Martin's Journal John Martin in Spanish cloak, Bangor, 1846Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum In 1864, when he began writing…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin Sr. home, Ellsworth, 1823

"… Squaw Point, Cards Mill, Austin's Cove, the Union River, and his father's tailor shop. View additional information about this item on the Maine…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin dream house, Bangor, 1866

"… south of Bangor on the east side of the Penobscot River in an area known as Ball Hill. He indicated on the drawing where the Bangor & Bucksport…"

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

"Resources Bergquist, David. “Life on a Tidal River.” Life on a Tidal River - Narrative, Maine Historical Society…"

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

"… encamped overlooking the Potomac and Alexandria Rivers near Franconia, in Fairfax County, Virginia two months after their involvement at Bull Run."

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

"… resulted from the fire, both from across the river in Brewer. George Abbott, a Brewer fireman, was killed when a chimney from a house on Penobscot…"

Life on a Tidal River - Resources

"9, 1943, Print. Gilman, Robert;, and John Heide. Home Front America: Popular Culture of the World War II Era. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1995."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Revenue gunboat "Mahoning," Bangor, 1864

"… that it was the first gunboat in the Penobscot River. He said it brought a group of Congressmen on an excursion to Bangor and the Maine coast."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hampden Town House, 1849

"… the british soldiers were on the banks of the River ready for action when our Soldiers receivd orders that the first Man that fired a round should…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Site Resources

"Print. Haley, John West. The Rebel yell & the Yankee hurrah: the Civil War journal of a Maine volunteer. Camden, Me.: Down East Books, 1985."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"… up lumber and other material along the Penobscot River, a clam voyage to Cape Jellerson, saving a man at the eddy at Carls Point, a failed romance…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… Hamlin, Stephen King, Charlotte Blake Brown, and John B. Curtis are among this group of noted Bangorians."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"One prisoner named Michigan John Ransom wrote in his diary: “There is so much filth about the camp that it is terrible trying to live here."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes diving off wharf, Hampden, ca. 1840

"Raynes' half-brother, John Martin (1823-1904) drew an illustration of Raynes diving. It appears on page 286 of the journal Martin began writing in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fish weir, Ball Hill Cove, Hampden, ca. 1832

"… weir that residents constructed on the Penobscot River. The illustration appears on page 47 of the journal and Martin describes the process of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865

"… Parish, made the excursion down the Penobscot River on August 10, 1865. Martin wrote, "My family as a whole had never been down river before and I…"

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

"Print. Young, John. F. The Great Bangor Fire: April 30, 1911. [poem] Broadside. Special Collections, Fogler Library, Univ. of Maine, Orono. Print."

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

"John M. Shalikashvili (right), U.S. Army. Photo courtesy of the Department of Defense. X Cohen was sworn in as the twentieth Secretary of Defense…"

Historic Hallowell - John Calvin Stevens House

"John Calvin Stevens House John Calvin Stevens House X John Calvin Stevens, Portland, ca. 1930Maine Historical Society The Wil C."

Historic Hallowell - Dr. John Hubbard

"Dr. John Hubbard Dr. John HubbardHubbard Free Library Dr. John Hubbard (1794-1869) was born in Readfield, Me., to Dr. John and Olive Hubbard."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"John River Boundary survey, 1843-1844Maine Historical Society How the long-fixed line of 1842 was created can be examined in extraordinary detail…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 3 of 5

"… along with “Great Agumagus” or Moxus, a Kennebec River leader, and Sheepscot John, a Wabanaki leader on the coast."