Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"During the 1800's a fair number of African Americans made Bangor their home. John Holyoke, a man from Brewer, was another abolitionist from the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… Hamlin, Stephen King, Charlotte Blake Brown, and John B. Curtis are among this group of noted Bangorians."

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

"The second fatality was John Scribner, a 70 year old cobbler, who was killed at the corner of Exchange and State Streets when a wall from the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"In 1874, John H. Murray’s Great Railroad Circus came to Lincoln. In total there were 71 actors, and they all stayed at the hotel."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Introduction of the two-foot gauge railroads allowed for the quick movement of timber south and tourists north."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"At Dunn's the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad came through in 1849; here was located North Yarmouth's first railroad depot ."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Company building, Presque Isle, 1921Presque Isle Historical Society Gould’s original plan was to…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… banks of the Androscoggin River, bounded by the railroad, stood Peru’s largest business, the factory known first as Berst Foster, Dixfield Company…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"Early Schools Text By: Kathy Lambert Return to Online Exhibits The early schools of Strong were called rural or district schools and were situated…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Typical of this era, a railroad and hotel built in 1816 named the Commercial Hotel were present on the northwest corner of the intersection."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… Moses was also the president of the Bath Street Railroad, Bath Gas and Electric company, and the New England Ship Building Company. Galen C."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"Kidder, William M. Hall, Frank G. Parsons, John Burnham, Clark Houston, David Brown, Victor Abbott, and Orville P. Tucker."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"John Patten had the idea and was also was the main builder for this project of making the Sagadahock House. He later became mayor of Bath."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"… Free Library In addition to Zina Hyde, John Swanton and John Jameson, architect Francis Fassett was another key person connected to the Hyde…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"Wilson. In 1829, when he was 20, John Hayden started a watch and jewelry business. In 1863 he sold it to Howland and Donnell, who had both been his…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"George F. Patten and John Patten were the largest shareholders. They held 16 out of 100 shares, when 86 other members went to buy shares."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"… Free Library The Alameda was built in 1882 by John O. Patten, Harry H. Donnell, Frank H. Haggett, Harry E. Stetson, and Thomas W. Morse."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"Thurlow’s grandsons, Michael and John Thurlow. To maintain healthy stocks and assure consumer food safety, clamming is highly regulated."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… population with the advent of electricity and the railroad. Saw Logs Over the Dam, Guilford, ca."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"The Bangor & Aroostook Railroad tracks are on the left. The first (closest) building on the right is M. Holbrook's Pool Hall and Bowling Alley."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"It was believed that a spark from the railroad engine alighted in a shed on the Pleasant Street side of Meeting House Park."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… begun to take shape as the Portland and Kennebec Railroad reached Bath in 1849, intersecting the downtown at Centre and Washington Streets and…"