Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Primary school on School Street, Lincoln, ca. 1905

"… Description This school was built in the early 1900s and replaced the earlier school building next to the Congregational Church."

Lincoln, Maine - High Street Bridge, Lincoln, ca. 1903

"… This is the High Street Bridge built in the early 1900s. Note the stone piers. This was built after the wooden bridge washed out by a Spring flood…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 0-73

"… Intro: pages 0-73 Approximately 1800-early 1830s   Part 1, to page 73 John Martin (1823-1904) begins his formal accounting of his life and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 74-138

"He also wrote about his early gardens, his lameness, his sled design, national politics, his apprenticeship to and work for Doctor Increase S."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Brewer, ca. 1838

"Raynes went to California in early 1850 during the Gold Rush fever. He lived in the Yreka, California, area the rest of his life."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Ada Martin, Bangor, 1865

"… of a 150 pictures before she could read a word as early as from 3 to 4 years old she made books her friend & has never yet departed from them.' In…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fish weir, Ball Hill Cove, Hampden, ca. 1832

"… the spring the year of 1832 or 1833 being early and described and drew this illustration of the fish weir that residents constructed on the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - First electric railroad car in Bangor, 1889

"… near Brownville when the trolley began operating early in the year, and wrote, "when I was in Bangor July the 4th I had the pleasure of seeing the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lunt House, Cumberland at Center streets, Bangor, ca. 1852

"… Center streets in Bangor as it appeared in the early 1850s when his brother-in-law Luther Cary bought it."

Historic Hallowell - Historic Hallowell Resources and Links

"… back in time with John Hayward and see what early America was like. Hayward's New England Gazetteer of 1839 Hallowell, Maine…"

Historic Hallowell - Timeline of Cyclone

"… disaster, life went on just as it usually did in early morning. People were doing morning chores and getting ready for the new day."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

"In the Early 19th Century. Hallowell, ME: Hains Ledge Press, 2003. Marshall, Megan. The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American…"

Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"… Library Natural resource development in Maine's early history relied on raw materials, ease of processing and convenient transportation."

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"The dams were an integral part of early industry along the Vaughan Stream, powering some of the mills."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gravenstein apple, Bangor, 1866

"… well. The sentence continued, "and a dwarf belles early were the admiration of all visitors." Along the right side he wrote, "I trimmed this tree…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"It began in the early 17th century, when scattered, yet permanent, fishing settlements established themselves along the Maine coast."

Historic Hallowell - Uniforms and Expenses

"… In the late eighteen hundreds and into the early nineteen hundreds, the police clothing varied depending on which state, city, or town you were…"

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"Ship's Caulking Tool KitDavistown Museum Early shipbuilding in Hallowell was quite different from modern shipbuilding today because of the tools…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"… Martin began writing in 1867 and concluded in the early 1870s, he continues the political discussions that comprise much of his Scrap & Sketch…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… industry, which became the predominant regional business for more than 150 years. Milburn and Bloomfield were established on opposite banks of the…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… Priorities and Northern Slavery Politics in the Early Republic,” Journal of the Early Republic, vol. 33, no. 4 (Winter 2013), pp."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"1950Ambajejus Boom House Museum It was in the early 1900s when they logged and worked very hard along the Kennebec River."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"… of the City Wharf Shipyard that opened in the early 1950's. Warren Russ, an underwater archaeologist, associated with the University of Maine's…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"… and the Penobscot Marine Museum Upper Corner businesses, Hampden, circa 1904Hampden Historical Society Have you ever wondered what mental…"