Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"She stranded on Ocracoke, North Carolina, in 1913, and was lost. Schooners were used to carrying cargo in a lot of different environments from ocean…"

Historic Hallowell - Wire, Ice, and Iron Industries

"… Free Library Milliken's Crossing, Looking north on Water Street, Hallowell, ca. 1933Hubbard Free Library They settled there because of the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"… Alexander's home was built on the knoll just north of the Sandy River. His home is now known as the Copper Horse Inn."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… ships: the Vinalhaven, Governor Bodwell, and the North Haven, served the needs of Swan’s Island. After the North Haven departed, no replacement was…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"Curriculum Kevin, grade 8 Phys ed, North Scarborough School, ca. 1900Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Over time, the curriculum for…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"Joppa Looking North, Hallowell, 1870Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner In the late 1880’s, Joppa was a waterfront section of…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ship Captains

"… his house of bricks on Second Street, two houses north of the U.S. Post Office, which is on Winthrop Street and still stands today."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"3, First Range North of Plymouth Claim, West of Kennebec River (T3 R1 NPC WKR). As settlers moved to the area, it became known as Middletown and…"

Historic Hallowell - Martha Ballard

"… reluctant to accord it any significance: James North: "brief and with some exceptions not of general interest'" Charles Elventon Nash: "trivial and…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"Vaughan Brook tumbled into the Kennebec on the north side of Sheppard's Point. The stream provided power for several mills including a sandpaper…"

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"Cotton mills in the north had to buy the supplies when the southern states were saving money with their machinery."

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"… seen working the sorting boom in a view looking north on the river from neighboring Chelsea. The river is calm and workers are dressed in pants and…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… were from New Bedford, New York, Boston, North Yarmouth, Salem, Portland, East Port, Witheren Falmouth, Fowler Salisbury, Perkins Boston, Cape Ann…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"… for his family since they lived in that area of North Freeman. Dr. Foster practiced as "a surgeon and dentist" in Freeman."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… into a bank of earth with an entrance facing the north. These houses were often located under evergreen trees or other shady locations."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… into a bank of earth with an entrance facing the north. These houses were often located under evergreen trees or other shady locations."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Kennebec River Flood, North end of Joppa, Hallowell, 1896Hubbard Free Library On March 2nd, 1896, Hallowell had its 3rd largest flood in the history…"

Lincoln, Maine - Main Street

"… Interview on Main Street Main Street Looking North, 2010 photo courtesy of Roger Stevens X Main Street Looking South photo by Roger Stevens…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"This school, which opened on 8 April 1930, was the first in the nation to offer a campus-like flying school."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Interior, John Martin store, Center Street, Bangor, 1864

"… (1823-1904) of Bangor drew an illustration of the north side of the interior of the store he operated for several years on Center Street in Bangor."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Atkins House, Jefferson Street, Bangor, 1851

"Martin drew the illustration of the west side and north end of the house as it appeared on September 25, 1851."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle’s Historic Fire Station

"… station until the current facility was built on North Street in 2001. At that time, ownership of the historic fire station was transferred to…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"Williamsburg, VA: The University of North Carolina Press, 1968. Moulton, Augustus. Grandfather Tales of Scarborough."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"MacMillan, a school friend of his. In 1897, he played one of his violins, made from parts of an old schoolhouse that had been on Ross Road, at the…"