Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… the catastrophic Front Street fire of 1837 that destroyed 30 buildings, produced a new central business district of brick buildings beginning in…"

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… areas before the Europeans came and eventually destroyed their way of life. During the many years that the Abenakis inhabited the Norridgewock…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… their lot they found that the corn crib had been destroyed by bears. His potatoes and turnips had kept well and the settlers used the potatoes for…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"All the homes on the west side were destroyed. The Bonney Aqueduct Company was established to provide water to the Village for fire protection."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… room and dye house to a depth of three feet, and destroying dye tubs and other machinery with gravel and lighter stones."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"… 1857, due to Mother Nature, the bridge had been destroyed again. On April 11, 1987 it was washed away for the third time."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"And, frankly, ten years after Malaga Island was destroyed, the largest Ku Klux Klan rally in the history of the United States was right here in…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… community of black and multi-race families was destroyed. Six months later, the State sold Malaga to the highest bidder for sixteen hundred and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… of that same year, the entire structure was destroyed by the great fire that swept the island. It was never rebuilt."

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

"The fire destroyed everything all the way North to Hoopers Grocery Store. Windows were broken and gas tanks exploded causing screams from the crowd."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"It spread north along Front Street, damaging or destroying many businesses including Walter Webber’s Drugstore. Following Walter G."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… the fires, which eventually killed 16 people and destroyed 200,000 acres. By this time, Mercy had garnered a reputation for treating those unable…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"The flood of 1820 was particularly bad as it destroyed all of the mills from Fairbanks down to Farmington Falls."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… skilled school band provided music while the Navy destroyer John Paul Jones was anchored in the harbor."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"These were destroyed by arson in the 1940s. The last complete racing season for John R Braden was in 1926."

Bangor Public Library

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… he had been gone, his mill had been completely destroyed by fire. Instead of boarding his train that day, he immediately began making plans to…"

Acadian Archives

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