Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Martha Ballard

"Her diary in 1793 documents the appearance in town of what had to be a truly unusual event, the arrival of an itinerant "Negro woman doctor." Just…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"The main hospital building at the Aroostook Medical Center on Academy Street is named in his honor. In 1905, while searching for lumber, he found a…"

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

"Sales of other products declined and the business, which by that time had many imitators, was liquidated when Dr. Clearwater died in 1952."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 534-603

"Some of the people mentioned: Dr. Charles Snell Annie Martin Junior Martin Dr. Calvin Seavey Fiske Block Goss & Upham Hannibal Hamlin Thomas A."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"The public’s opinion of women pursuing in the medical field was mixed. But she still pursued her dreams and inspired many others."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Over the course of a few short years, numerous theaters were built and cultural organizations to advance the arts such as the Bangor Symphony…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"… after her mother died to help out How did you get medication? Doctors were around town. They would come to the house; you wouldn’t have to go to an…"