Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"B.J.'s General Store in Mattawamkeag was rented out to the Army to house black soldiers who guarded the rail during that time."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 3 of 7

"… ended the possibility of credible Indigenous military resistance to colonization. The Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors, like most…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… Telegram, Sunday June 11, 1939 Big House Little House Back House Barn. Thomas C. Hubka, University Press of New England, 1984 Eastern Argus, May…"

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"… by the government, like a reserve to serve in the military. There were also volunteers who wanted to fight for the North and restore everything…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"Some of them were the fox farms on the Military Road, Transalpine Road, Route 2, and Fish Hill. Fox farms generally consisted of 200 foxes."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… honors all Cumberland citizens who served in the military during war. A large stone originally stood at the same spot with a memorial plaque noting…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 74-138

"… War Cobb Dancing School Ezekiel Hopkins Hopkins house illustration John Shey Farming Locofoco System of Free Trade Tyler Wasgatt Brick School House…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"… under his supervision, with all the precision of military drill, when by some dextrous movement order would be at once brought out of apparent…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 1, pages 000-26

"… & Sketch Book with information about the Bangor House and Franklin House, and his theme throughout much of this volume: the decline in manners and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin homestead, Bangor, ca. 1864

"in Bangor in about 1852. Martin, an accountant, shopkeeper, dance enthusiast, and gardener, drew this detailed illustration of the house and grounds…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 362-451

"He described other houses he owned, and ones he lived in, especially the Soule house, which became his family home; and his brother Alonzo's visit…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Wood pile, 130 Center St., Bangor, ca. 1864

"… pages earlier in the journal, he had drawn the house and grounds. Accompanying this illustration, he wrote, "In drawing the house & L had I been…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rufus Prince residence, Bangor, 1850

"The illustration is on page 341. The house and brick tenements and brick store were built in 1832-1833. The house was at 176 Center Street."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

"… side of the street in the rear of the Resivoir, House painted chrome yellow with yellow curtains The wood shed & out house fence Rough boards no…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 452-534

"… of his children Annie and John Martin Jr., his house and gardens on Center Street -- with illustrations, and business dealings and failures…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 278-361

"… events, and places included are: Bangor Pest House Nath Harlow Alonzo E. Raynes Rufus Prince Capt. Mitchell Cyrus Lord Cassander Cary E."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 65-83

"Coombs Eben French Court House Maine Charity School Bangor House Peter Edes Bangor-Old Town railroad Mount Hope Cemetery North Bangor (Veazie) Bangor…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations

"… State Museum When he visited Belfast and saw a house he admired, John Martin stopped to sketch it -- in great detail."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Design for rustic fence, gate, Bangor, 1867

"… all the thing beautifull and convenient a mans house barn and gates should constitute three, well the fourth, his cellar the fifth his grounds the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"… "Every available place on the bridges custom house wharves tops of store houses vessels boats rafts vessels masts were litterally jamed." The…"

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

"He had served in the Maine House of Representatives and the U.S. House and Senate. Martin wrote under the illustration, "Hannibal Hamlin in…"

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

"… bad name." He wrote that Liz and Clark rented a house and "In a short time the young men who cared but little about Character visited the house in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 121-end

"Raynes James Stratton Dr. Moses Adams Mary Adams Reed Harding Dr. Increase Sanger Hampden House Rufus Prince Clara Cary Mabelle Martin Ada Martin"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin barn plan, Bangor, 1867

"… on a main thoroughfare or connected with a house where room can be obtained on lots conspicuous." View additional information about this item on…"