Maine Memory Network

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

"… staunch Democrat and was the Indian agent for the Penobscot Indians in the 1840s for several years. Martin, a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… however, still claimed the territory east of the Penobscot River and endeavored to make the Penobscot river their last opening to the sea and their…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 1 of 4

"Ranco, PhD (Penobscot), Fall 2022 The collections in the Beyond Borders project are important and significant to many audiences, including, and…"

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

"… Clara Cary Fashion 1846 freshet Alonzo Raynes Penobscot Bridge illustration Market Hall Stricklands Block Stetson Block Anna Raynes Rufus Prince…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Thomas White Dry Good Emporium, Bangor, 1864

"White's Dry Goods Emporium adjoined the Penobscot Exchange on Exchange Street in Bangor. White was one of the first shops in Bangor to specialize in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fish weir, Ball Hill Cove, Hampden, ca. 1832

"… the fish weir that residents constructed on the Penobscot River. The illustration appears on page 47 of the journal and Martin describes the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865

"… by the First Parish, made the excursion down the Penobscot River on August 10, 1865. Martin wrote, "My family as a whole had never been down river…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"… tribes including the Wabanaki, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot, into poverty. A substantial class gradient emerged, with natives at the bottom and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"… were curious about the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot families who encamped every summer at Bar Harbor."

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

"… picking up lumber and other material along the Penobscot River, a clam voyage to Cape Jellerson, saving a man at the eddy at Carls Point, a failed…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations

"… first street railroad, the first gunboat up the Penobscot, his children, himself, his house and gardens, chairs he built, fashions of various eras…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 4 of 4

"“A “Labyrinth of Uncertainties”: Penobscot River Islands, Land Assignments, and Indigenous Women Proprietors in Nineteenth-Century Maine.” The…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"For many years, Acadia, the land between the Penobscot and St. Croix rivers, was inhospitable to settlement due to disputes and battles between Great…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"Bangor 's location on the Penobscot River made it well-positioned geographically and economically to take advantage of lumber shortages in much of…"

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

"III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII Fishing and shipbuilding led the state of Maine into its “Golden Economic Age” in the 1850s, as…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!

"Welcome to Swan's Island! Burnt Coat Harbor X Swan's Island, a six mile ferry ride out of Bass Harbor in Mount Desert Island, is the current…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry

"Baird's Quarry Swan's Island granite was quarried at sites around the island, providing work for many laborers and the businesses that supported…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Student genealogy

"Student genealogy Fritz Johnson, Swan's Island, ca. 1925Swan's Island Historical Society As members of a small island school, many of Swan's…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs Left with no reliable connection to the mainland and few secure sources…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Sports

"Sports Organized Sports Swan's Island softball team, ca. 1978Swan's Island Historical Society Much as the 1950s were all about the Brooklyn…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"Baird's Quarry history Text by Kim Colbeth Images from the Swan's Island Historical Society Matthew Baird Contracting Co."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Old Buildings

"Old Buildings Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house Minturn Schoolhouse The Tea Room Redmen's Hall Seaside Hall Andrew Smith Store…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"Minturn Schoolhouse Minturn Schoolhouse, Swan's Island, ca. 1930Swan's Island Historical Society The Minturn Schoolhouse was built in 1899…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures cont'd

"Summer Pleasures cont'd Seaside Hall in Atlantic village, Swan's Island, ca. 1925Swan's Island Historical Society Ice cream socials were also…"