Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"The Railroad Station X Text by Michael Armstrong, Alexis Judkins, Emily Love, and Otto Werwaiss 7th grade students at Bath Middle School Images…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"Dreamland and Liberty Text by Frazier Metcalf and Deion Osmond 7th grade students from Bath Middle School Images from the Patten Free Library Where…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Partners

"Project Partners Sagadahoc History & Genealogy Room: Patten Free Library and Bath Historical Society A reference room containing the resources for…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Welcome

"Welcome X X What do you get when you combine local history, curiosity, and technology with 60 seventh graders and their teachers from Bath…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources

"… Project Resources From the Sagadahoc History & Genealogy Room at the Patten Free Library Books & Manuscripts Baker, William Avery, 1973, “A…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"The Sagadahoc County Courthouse Text by Jared Gilliam, Emily Parker, and Kaitlyn Smith 7th grade students at Bath Middle School With images from…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"Lincoln Block Text by Isla Brazier, Brody Losier, Haley Scott, and Brianna Swain 7th grade students at Bath Middle School With images from the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"The Customs House Text by Kimberly Mathews, Charles Mills, Courtney Mitchell, and Ashley Rusaw 7th grade students at Bath Middle School Images from…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block Text by Alex Anderson, Justin Collander, Dylan Crowell, Matt Nelson, and Lauren Quimby 7th grade students at…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Welcome

"Welcome What do you get when you combine Bath history, curiosity, and technology with 60 seventh graders and their teachers from Bath Middle School…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"That winter, the men cut 5,000,000 board feet of lumber from the land where Mattanawcook Lake would eventually be, enough to run the three saws in…"

Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"You look, then out of nowhere two bulky men dart out in front of you and invite you to their secret meeting at the Masonic Hall."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin, Bangor, ca. 1868

"In 1855, Martin and 43 other Bangor area men started the "Dancing Fraternity," a group that studied and practiced the latest dances."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Arvida Hayford, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… imported alcohol and provided it to "Irish men & women in open defiance of the Maine law." He further charged that Hayford provided housing for…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashion in Bangor, 1865

"… He suggested that women's fashions changed when men went off to the Civil War. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Elizabeth Blowers, Bangor, ca. 1864

"… no Bonnet & with high comb." Fashion -- for both men and women -- was one of Martin's interests. Blowers may have been known as "Elizabeth Sayers"…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldier, Bangor, ca. 1860

"… on the page, he drew a soldier as "a million of men" discovered one to look like from 1861 to 1866."

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

"… already had experience working for several men, and began work for O.H. Hinkley, who operated a tavern and bar that served the stage coach…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"In September of 1825, he and a group of other men built a dam. In the winter of 1825-26, Ira and his crew put 5,000,000 feet of pine logs in the…"

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"The men that filled the room; the homeless, the jobless, the unfortunate, crowded around the stranger, filled with hope and curiosity."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 195-277

"… about working for Rufus Prince, a club of young men formed to discuss current events and other topics, the destructive freshet of 1846, a trip to…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hannibal Hamlin, Bangor, 1866

"… up three hundred thousand young good and true men to their distant & mournfull graves, and three thousand Millions in treasure to admit our…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Liz, widow Clark, Bangor, 1848

"… rented a house and "In a short time the young men who cared but little about Character visited the house in dozens and some disgracefull and noisy…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gorham L. Boynton, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… described as "among a class of risky and reckless men." Martin, who wrote and illustrated five volumes of recollections about his life and events…"