Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Grant Memorial United Methodist Church

"The old church was located on Epworth Street, the present site of Craig Green’s New York Life. The old church, formally known as the Methodist…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - About us

"… Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library 39 Second Street Presque Isle, ME 04769 207-764-2571 http://www.presqueislelibrary.org/ Presque Isle…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Oak Hotel

"… built in 1941 on the corner of Academy and Main Streets, was used mainly as a rooming house. It was also used for housing relief for a shortage…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Braden Theater

"… The Braden Theater opened in April 1950 on Main Street in Presque Isle. The 900 plus seat theater was named after John R Braden, a famous local…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Thompson's Memorial

"… the business to a spot between Main and Park Street. The old building was sold to Joe Lockhart who opened Joe’s Second Hand Shop."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Cunningham School

"… on the corner of what are now Blake and Third Streets. The building was constructed of brick and was intended to be indestructible, but it caught…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Phair House, the Bellstead and the Social Security Building

"… in the 1890s on the corner of Chapman and Main Streets. In 1916, he sold it to Paul X. Beaulier who operated it as a boarding house."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 9 of 13

"… be seen on the third floor of City Hall on Second Street. The painting shows 1940's potato harvesting stages, including digging, picking, and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Eddie's Market

"… store was on the corner of State and Exchange Streets. Eddie started his own store, Eddie’s IGA, which had a line of groceries and meats and free…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle Congregational Church

"In the spring of 1914, a lot on Second Street, next to the present post office, was sold to the church."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Riverside Park and Arboretum

"… and weather delays as well as the State Street Bridge reconstruction project, completion was delayed until the spring of 1980."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3

"… I worked with parked one on the sidewalk of Main Street. When they got here they had a protective film around them to keep the seawater from…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 1 of 3

"… Carroll’s Auto Sales current location at 280 Main Street in 1963. After the move we sold all General Motors cars except Pontiac."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"The railroad was used for both passenger and freight trains. Before it was built the railroad lines were either woods, towns, or fields."

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

"… French, Park and Center Streets were rebuilt, along with a synagogue on Center Street. Franklin Street, Bangor, 1911Bangor Public Library"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… of the ticket booth at the Braden Theatre on Main Street in Presque Isle, one would see a “cornerstone” of the Braden Theatre placed when the…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 22-71

"… French George Knowles John Pomlow Electric street railroad, Bangor Col. John Black Dr. Moses Adams Mary Adams Adams murder trial John Martin Sr."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"Railroad Depot, Thomaston, Maine c 1871Thomaston Historical Society Other industries throughout the years have included upholstery and the…"

Life on a Tidal River - About Us

"… Teacher William S. Cohen School 304 Garland Street Bangor, ME 04401 (207) 941-6230 rbilancia@bangorschools.net William Cook Local History and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Captain Samuel Watts House

"… their extra capitol, they were able to invest in railroads in the developing western territories, which increased their net worth to the extent…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 2 of 2

"Web. 23 April 2010. Bullets Fly During Central Street Gun Battle. Bangor Daily News 13 October 1937: 5. Print. G-Men Kill Brady and Pal."

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"Later, in 1953, nobody at Garland Street would have guessed that Billy Cohen, now a seventh grader, would be the future Secretary of Defense under…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"Machine guns were still pelting the street with bullets. Brady was hit and fell dead in the middle of Central Street."