Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Our Journey Home

"… center that would be second to none in the state. The qualities they brought -- a spirit of enterprise, a respect for education and a recognition…"

Historic Hallowell - Maine Community Heritage Project

"… between the Maine Historical Society and Maine State Library, is an innovative program that promotes collaboration between local schools…"

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"State School for Girls, Hallowell, ca. 1920Maine State Archives When it became apparent that the effects of industrialization included the…"

Historic Hallowell - Dummer House

"Martha Ballard's diary also states that Ephraim Ballard attended the raising of Nathaniel Dummer's house on June 19, 1792."

Historic Hallowell - The Stevens Training Center Serenaders

"… friendless, neglected and vagrant children of the State." X The girls, ages seven through fifteen attended classes and participated in many…"

Historic Hallowell - “Maine’s Century” Ends

"… preservation organizations established in the state, and five years later Hallowell citizens were leaders in the legislative initiative that…"

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place

"He was Baron Wormser, Poet Laureate of the state of Maine, and he recorded his impressions in a piece written for the December 2004 issue of Down…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"… Hallowell’s area was reduced to five square miles, transforming it into one of the smallest cities in the state. Next step in our journey."

Historic Hallowell - Blizzards in Hallowell

"… blizzard of 1952 took place throughout the entire state of Maine, not just Hallowell. The storm started on Saturday, February sixteenth and by…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"… all of Maine was without power Maine went into a “state of emergency”. Branches iced over, trees fell down, it sounded like gun shots, it was a…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry on the Bombahook Citations

"Maine Sawmills: a History. [augusta, me.]: Maine State Museum, 1990. Print. "Sawdust Making 101." 25 Apr. 2011."

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place ~ Once Again

"… in central Maine is modest), Hallowell is a state of mind, an apostrophe not to some rigamarole called “the good life” but to aspects of…"

Historic Hallowell - Maine Industrial School for Girls

"… friendless, neglected and vagrant children of the State, where, under the genial influence of kind treatment, and physical and moral training, they…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"… that the cost to CMP and Bangor Hydro Co., the state's two largest electric utilities, would top $25 million."

Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Lasting Legacies

"… center that would be second to none in the state. The qualities settlers brought -- a spirit of enterprise, a respect for education and a…"

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"… may well be the oldest fire engine in the United States and certainly is the oldest in New England. Handtubs operated by making a long pole with a…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

""A Bay State Exodus" Page 62 Wormser, Baron. “The Chosen Place.” Down East-The Magazine of Maine, December 2004."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866

"… Charles Lowell Antiquarian Society lecture, 1849 Police Court report, newspaper clippings   Part 3, pages 38-56 Daniel Chaplin tribute…"

Historic Hallowell - This won't hurt a bit!

"… field trials of a vaccine not only in the United States, but in the world, and the results Vaughan forwarded to Jenner helped him win Parliamentary…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"Maine's domeless State House in Augusta can be seen center right in the distance just above the boom islands in the Kennebec."

Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"… more than two-and-one-half million dollars to the state. Protasio Neri Hubbard Free Library The promise of earning one's keep and providing…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… the Bulkhead is at the bottom of Winthrop Street, stated Sam Webber. Ships that came into Hallowell were from New Bedford, New York, Boston, North…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… place of the ice before they went to other states or even other countries. Ice harvesting was one of the most important jobs and industries along…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… place of the ice before they went to other states or even other countries. Ice harvesting was one of the most important jobs and industries along…"