Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The confluence of the Kenduskeag River with that of the Penobscot River beckoned development. Yet, it would be more than a hundred and fifty years…"

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

"In 1762 six townships west of the Union River and 6 townships east of the Union River were granted. The townships west were: #1 now Bucksport; #2 now…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… throughout downtown Bangor and up Center Street Hill as far as Broadway Park. According to a contemporary newspaper, the fire was plainly visible…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"… for grammar, punctuation, or spelling.) Lawsons Hill Vir. 11 Oct Dear Mother, I received your epistle of the 6th, and A little fellow in it that…"

Life on a Tidal River - About Us

"Hill House 159 Union Street Bangor, Maine 04401 207.942.1900 info@bangorhistoricalsociety.org William Cook, Local History and Special Collections…"

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"During the war, even the lights on the Thomas Hill Standpipe, which supplied the water for the city of Bangor, were extinguished, and the tower…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"He was born on August 27th, 1809 in Paris Hill, Maine. It is about 35 miles west of Augusta. He lived to be 82 years of age, dying on July fourth…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ballard Hill School, Lincoln, ca. 1930

"… was a small hill not far from the Penobscot River, called Ballard Hill. The townspeople did most of the work themselves."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"… Oaks, Gaines Mill, White Oak Swamp, and Malvern Hill before the next surviving letter. A note accompanying two buttons sent home says “The S.C."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… war (only fifty-five names were actually carved into the monument). A stone marks his grave next to his parents at Oak Hill Cemetery in Brewer."

Lincoln, Maine - View of Lincoln from Ballard Hill, ca. 1913

"Fish Hill is seen in the background with the Methodist Church tower seen on the left in front of the hill."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"Dixfield's Church on the Hill Dixfield Congregational Church, High Street, Dixfield, 2006.Dixfield Historical Society Text by Donna Towle…"

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

"Fish weir, Ball Hill Cove, Hampden, ca. 1832 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description When John Martin…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"… Meeting House, it was located on the hill east of Mill River, upon a piece of land conveyed by Captain David Fales which was about 116 feet wide…"

Historic Hallowell - Our Journey Home

"… Home Written by Gerry Mahoney Powder House Hill, Hallowell, 1938Hubbard Free Library The history of Hallowell is one that is linked to the…"

Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"… Stinchfield and Longfellow quarries on Lithgow Hill (known today as Granite Hill) to the Cutting Sheds was a challenge."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"The captains of the ships were middle class, and they lived higher on the hill. Joppa ran from Temple St. to the Vaughan Stream."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

"Legends and Otherwise of Hallowell and Loudon Hill. Augusta, ME: Charles E. Nash & Son, 1923. "Seaport on the Kennebec" Page 12 Taylor, Alan."

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"He also built sawmills and houses for different people and organizations. This topic connects to my life because I drive by Fish Hill everyday."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… damage… Building up in the so-called Fish Hill section of Lincoln, a torrent of water swept down upon the south of the town of Lincoln, inundating…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mattanawcook Academy

"… acres of land overlooking the Penobscot River on Hill Crest, the new Mattanawcook Academy was built."

Historic Hallowell - In the Beginning - Raw Materials - Quarrying

"… Free Library Hains Ledge Quarry, Lithgow Hill, Hallowell, ca. 1890Hubbard Free Library Communities grow where nature provides raw materials…"

Historic Hallowell - Joppa

"… Street between the business section and Loudon Hill is a part of the city known as Joppy or Joppa."

Historic Hallowell - Johnny Stringer ~ A Character of Industry

"… Stringer lived in a little house up on Academy Hill where he earned his living by making and rebottoming chairs, and manufacturing clothespins for…"