Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Cohen School Howard House, Bangor, 1869Bangor Public Library "We came to a little river near which it was necessary to anchor, as we saw before…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"Fat Collection Students at Fifth Street School were collecting fat for the war effort. X Another thing everyone was inspired to do was save all…"

Maine Conservation Corps

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"… in 1768, William King received only a grammar school education. Starting work in a Topsham sawmill, he rose to become the largest ship owner in…"

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

"As the fire spread towards Bangor High School, the principal and several students rescued 19 typewriters and all of the school’s trophies before the…"

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… Each of the 12 towns in the Western Foothills School District (RSU 10) has its own history and identity, but they all have much in common besides…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"Schools and public places closed as well. In neighboring towns like Bath, people tagged their houses with white cards or red letters warning people…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"This was not a process people went to school to learn about or read a book on how to do. Rather, they learned from their fathers, mothers, aunts and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… son had attended Yale in the Arts and Harvard Law School and had been brought up in a pulp and paper family."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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

"… expanded space for parish functions and Sunday School classrooms, a kitchen, and restrooms. The Congregational "Church on the Hill," Dixfield…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… from Harvard in 1839 and from its Divinity School in 1846. From 1848 to 1882 he served Unitarian churches in Fall River, Massachusetts; Brooklyn…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… sports teams and, in 1965, the Lubec High School Marching Band traveled to Washington D.C. to represent Maine in the Cherry Blossom Parade."

St. Croix Historical Society

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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"Lubec’s small but highly skilled school band provided music while the Navy destroyer John Paul Jones was anchored in the harbor."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"He went on to become a respected school teacher in the Philippines where he authored a history of the Islands."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Also, he observed that schooling was given second place by some parents who needed the money the additional hands cutting or packing would bring."