Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… in Maine, but also in U.S., next to the Skowhegan State Fair, which is the oldest State Fair in the U.S."

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

"In fact, Maine became a leading state in this movement. Maine officially banned the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages in 1851, and one man…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… divergent sectional feelings within the United States. In New England, this war was hated as the years prior to its outbreak caused great economic…"

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 - Ice Storm Day 1

"The storm to the state of Maine by surprise. This caused the ice storm of 1998. Seventeen million acres of forest were damaged, and five million…"

Maine Conservation Corps

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Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… her property on the intersection of Congress and State Street (681 Congress) for the venture. On December 12, 1918, the anniversary of the founding…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Additions and New Wing - 1824 to 1843

"… fire consumed two shops in the yard of the State Prison. The leather, carriages and corn stored within were destroyed, amounting to a loss of about…"

Belfast Free Library

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Lubec, Maine - Team Members

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

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Site Resources

"New York, N.Y.: Newcomen Society of the United States, c2000. Print. Haley, John West. The Rebel yell & the Yankee hurrah: the Civil War journal of a…"

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

"… of the Bangor Savings Bank building on lower State Street near the foot of State Street Hill. As a large crowd gathered to watch the disaster…"

City of Brewer

Brewer is the gateway to coastal communities and Acadia National Park. The city along with Bangor also serves as a trading and distribution center for the coastal areas and towns and cities to the north with the total region having a population of approximately 250,000 people.

Ellsworth Public Library

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Haystack Historical Society

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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…"

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"… out all over New England and the Mid Atlantic States. They sold beaded crafts, wooden checkers, and many more craft supplies."

The General Henry Knox Museum

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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"… with its Ionic columns and saucer dome as a new state capitol that would bring state government back to Portland from Augusta."

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…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"… that appeared in the Great Seal of the United States of America in 1782) proudly on her stern. Dunn and Elliot's Sail Loft, Thomaston, Maine…"

Gorham Historical Society

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Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"And while the buildings were quite stately, and grounds well-cared for, the funds for maintaining all of this were tight."