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Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… of the ticket booth at the Braden Theatre on Main Street in Presque Isle, one would see a “cornerstone” of the Braden Theatre placed when the…"

Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"… 1968Hubbard Free Library In Hallowell, Maine, is represented a 19th century riverport that has retained, in remarkably complete form, its…"

Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Lasting Legacies

"Webber, Sr., an individual partner Nowhere in Maine is so much history and life packed into such a small, accessible and inviting environment."

Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"… Free Library Natural resource development in Maine's early history relied on raw materials, ease of processing and convenient transportation."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Braden Theater

"… X The Braden Theater opened in April 1950 on Main Street in Presque Isle. The 900 plus seat theater was named after John R Braden, a famous local…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"Squire Morgan -- A Maine Franklin. Jonathan Morgan, a young lawyer, came from Portland around 1800 “to grow with the town.” A man of great talent and…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - CONTACT

"… HERITAGE PROJECT c/o McArthur Public Library 270 Main Street Biddeford, Maine 04005 U.S.A. BY EMAIL: reference@mcarthur.lib.me.us *Please include…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"Cohen School. Images are from the Bangor Historical Society. Who was Shep Hurd? Shep Hurd was born in Liberty, Maine."

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Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"Hubbard Free Library The Cotton Mill's main textile was fabric. The Cotton Mill made jeans, sheeting, coat lining, and prints."

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"… peak production in the Cotton Mill in Hallowell, Maine. The mill employed young children and had to meet Hallowell School Board standards at its…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… New York was warm, so they bought their ice from Maine. In 1826, the ice industry rose in popularity and employed thousands of people over the next…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… New York was warm, so they bought their ice from Maine. In 1826, the ice industry rose in popularity and employed thousands of people over the next…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"… farming family, on March 27th, 1851, in Appleton, Maine.  They attended local schools in Appleton, but Richardson Johnson had to give up school…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"Mohney Maine Public Library Profile 2008 http://www.state.me.us/msl/libs/statistics/fy2008/profile.htm Text by Thomas C. Bennett"

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"The first Anti-Slavery Society in Maine was organized here in 1833, and a Temperance Society exerted a strong influence for many years."

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"The first automobile in Maine was made in Hallowell in 1858. It was made in the McClench Machine Shop on Water Street."

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

"… 1850 to 1857 Map of Waterfront, Thomaston, Maine 1855Thomaston Historical Society In 1853 Alexander McCallum and E."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… Fales, born October 11, 1834 lived in Thomaston Maine. He was a mason soldier of the 4th Me. He was the son of Samuel H., and Sylvanus C."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… lime at the quarry on what is now the former Maine State Prison site on Main Street in Thomaston, and he operated kilns on the bank of the river…"

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

"… and proceeded up Knox Street to what is now Main Street, and from there to a wood near Mill River, where Knox’s tomb was located under his favorite…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"Morse Shipyard, Water Street, Thomaston, Maine c 1940Thomaston Historical Society Charles A. Morse of Friendship, established Morse Boatbuilding Co."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Cheese Factory

"Located on Upper Main Street, the cheese factory operated for several years, starting in 1871. This factory had been organized by local farmers, and…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… in the Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Maine. John Pickering Thomas (1886-1944) was born in Portland in 1886 and grew up on Deering Street…"