Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 2 of 2

"Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine EMMC Today Today, EMMC is a huge hospital, ranking as the second largest hospital in Maine…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Freight service consisted on one train a day every day covering the entire route. Trains frequently consisted on 20 cars each during the winter…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Instead of boarding his train that day, he immediately began making plans to restore the plant. In 1905, while searching for lumber, he found a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"John River and then back into the United States duty free. The farmers in the area catered to the lumber industry by growing grain, hay and potatoes…"

Historic Hallowell - News Article by Emily Markham

"Hallowell city's train tracks were swept away leaving no train transportation for many people and cargo."

Historic Hallowell - Transportation

"Also, there was a commuter train called the Dummy. There was regular scheduled trips between Augusta and Gardiner that helped people get around town…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"… the owner of the Chelsea Ferry establishment died, the company started to die down. Once trains came into use, there was less need for a ferry."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"The public was upset, because the Boston & Maine trains were sometimes late and connections were missed."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"… $50,000 more due to the Hallowell transportation train tracks being swept away in rushing waters. Speaking of transportation issues, Hallowell had…"

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… lombard log hauler was used to carry logs in a train-like form. The lombard log hauler would carry forty thousand logs to one hundred thousand…"

Lincoln, Maine - Pulp mill, Lincoln, 1915 - Page 1 of 2

"A narrow gauge train dumped pulp wood into the mill pond. It was then sent to the wood room to make chips for the pulp mill."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad Trestle, ca. 1910

"An Electric trolley is on the trestle. The substation buildings can be seen on the opposite side of the river."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Weighing the big trout, Mill Site, 1891

"Croix Stream and the Aroostook River to Presque Isle, May 24-31, 1891. From left are Sam Lake, E. B. White, Frank Bryson."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Transportation

"John River in Durham boats. In the 1830's the Military Road was built from Bangor to Houlton and later to points north."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"“Aroostook" is a mangled version of Wolastuq, the original name for the St. John River. The families would disperse broadly through the late summer…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"The steamboat is about the size of a train and it’s so crowded that you can’t move very much. Sometimes people push others and I am worried about…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 1 of 2

"… filled with water from a lake, stream, well, or river. She would bring the tub down to these sources of water and clean the laundry there."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"1910Scarborough Historical Society & Museum As trains transported people and freight to Portland, Boston and beyond, the trolleys provided easy…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… firemen and the Steamer with hose was loaded on a train… [t] he train left Bangor at ten minutes of twelve and arrived at Lincoln about quarter…"

Historic Hallowell - Interview with Richard Bachelder - almost an eyewitnes!

"He lived next-door. Train Wreck Podcast  Dick and his friends continued to play football, unaware of of the near by train disaster. X"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Sounds

"… Stars Over Stevens ~ Listen to the singers from the Stevens Training Center in a recording from 1966. Arthur Moore Describes the Ice Business."

Historic Hallowell - The "World of Mirth" Carnival in Hallowell

"With all the fuss about bringing train transportation back, possibly carnivals coming by train may start again."

Historic Hallowell - Disasters - Natural and Man-made

"… many forms: freshets, fires, tornadoes and even train wrecks. Natural disasters have plagued Hallowell throughout its history, but man-made…"

Historic Hallowell - Classical and Scientific Academy

"… Christian education, and the more thorough training of the youth in such languages and in such of the arts and sciences as the trustees" should…"