Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"… year's plethora of information included maps, a ships manifest, newspaper articles, history of the Vaughan Woods and Homestead, annual reports…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"Also, steamboats were used for shipping food, lumber and clothes that were not on the railroad out of Lincoln to the rest of the towns and cities on…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Pendleton & Ross stand, Bangor, 1864

"… and shopkeeper, worked for Pendleton & Ross ship chandlers beginning in 1854. Martin wrote that Pendleton & Ross was "the largest and finest…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"Navy named a Roll-on/Roll-off cargo ship U.S.N.S. Gordon in honor of Gary Gordon. He received many awards after he died, but the most important one…"

Friendship Museum

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 6 of 7

"… to revoke grants to anyone who “neglect[ed]” to build on the land” for the space of halfe a year.” Later that year, residents discussed expanding…"

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

"… from the business, joining Pendleton & Ross, ship chandlers, and their business difficulties. Among the people mentioned are: Albert Wiggin Rinaldo…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… of Frankfort, and most likely helped design and build Fort Western, Fort Halifax, and the Pownalborough Courthouse."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Benjamin Kimball, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… of Kimball, "When the 22 Regiment left Bangor for Ship Island he was the tallest & handsomest man in the regiment." Martin's illustration of…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"… submerged boxcars alongside a double-masted ship on the Penobscot River during the Bangor flood of March 20, 1902.Bangor Public Library Text by…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The British seized ships in the harbor and burned eight. Selectmen Patten and Bradbury, fearing that the British would burn their village, negotiated…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 8, pages 135-150

"… Among the topic and personalities are: Transport ship Charles Thomas Transport ship John Rice 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Col. Russell B."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… intended to link New York with Canada and, via ships, to Europe. It would be the final step in the transcontinental railroad, linking Halifax to…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Shipyards

"There are records of many ships built between 1793 and 1872, when the completion of the schooner Isabel marked the end of Hampden’s shipbuilding…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"It had lumber to build the ships, it had a deep protected harbor, and it had resources to ship. Sawmill at Mill Stream, Blue Hill, ca."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Cities of Smoke and Soot

"… about the fire which consumed Biddeford's City Building on December 31, 1894. From the Biddeford Weekly Standard, January 4, 1895."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"Both American ships burned in the Penobscot at Hampden, either set afire by their own crews or by the British."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 4 of 17

"… part of their economy and even helped support the build of the Western Railroad in 1872. Andrews Quarry saw great success in 1886 when James…"

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

"… Charles Wiggin Rinaldo Wiggin Pendleton & Ross Ship Chandlers Rufus Wiggin Bob Cram Hannah Emery Ellen Benson Clara Cary Z."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"… onto boats in the deep water of Somes Sound and shipped to cities along the Atlantic Coast.Mount Desert Island Historical Society Eventually…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"… shops, convenience stores or empty, dilapidated buildings. A controversial trash incinerator in the heart of downtown, divisive politics, and an…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting

"A ship enters the harbor, while three other ships are under construction. Click on the images to the right for a closer look."

Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"There are records of many ships built between 1793 and 1872, when the completion of the schooner Isabel marked the end of Hampden’s shipbuilding days…"