Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"Surry Opera Company Opera Company's Tenth Anniversary festival schedule, Surry, 1994Surry Historical Society Text by Kate Mrozicki Images…"

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"Aurora Regional Fire Museum, 26 June 2004. Web. 28 Apr. 2011. <http://www.auroraregionalfiremuseum.org/handtubexpo/ handtubs_&_musters.html> "Handtub…"

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"In 1801 the first community fire company, the Union Fire (Club) Association, was established and its rules required each member to keep ready at…"

Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"… could stay on late at night, and the risk of fires from the candles was gone. Wire mills stayed about the same throughout the rest of the 1800s and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"Though the fire was slow moving at first, the winds whipped up and it exploded out of control. A cold front brought a wind shift, and gales drove the…"

Historic Hallowell - Eastern Illustrating Company

"… Cassens, a young entrepreneur, started a postcard company, the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, in the mid-coast town of Belfast, Maine."

Historic Hallowell - The Boston Flint Company

"The Boston Flint Company Michaela Graves, Halley Lane, Danna Petersen & Natalie St. Hilaire Hallowell had a sandpaper mill which was built in 1880…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"A call was placed to Lewiston Fire Company for aid, and by 7:10 p.m., a train loaded with firemen and equipment departed for Rumford."

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"In 1935, it was Hy-style Shoe Company. From 1940 to 1962, The Hallowell Shoe Company was run by Samuel Kleven."

Historic Hallowell - The Cotton Mill & The Johnson Shoe Company

"The Cotton Mill & The Johnson Shoe Company These days, there aren’t many major factories in our communities."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle’s Historic Fire Station

"Presque Isle’s Historic Fire Station Text by Ethan and Logan, students at Presque Isle Middle School Edited by Presque Isle Historical Society X…"

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company Hallowell Steam and Boom Company, Hallowell, ca. 1895Courtesy of Sumner A."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Fires - 1849 to 1924

"In 1887 the Legislature voted to have water piped to the prison by the Camden and Rockland Water Company."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Site Resources

"… Bangor: the Queen City before the great fire. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2009. Print. The story of Bangor: a brief history of Maine's queen…"

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

"The G-men turned their guns on Brady; Shaffer was still firing at the deadly machine guns. The G-men were closing in on Brady and Shaffer fast."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"Virginia: Donning Company, 1991. Print. Bangor Lumber Company lumbermen with horses, ca. 1910Bangor Public Library Lumber schooners on the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"By 1875 the consolidated company was in default. The two railroads separated and each reorganized. The E & NA was formally reorganized in October of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Norumbega Hall ruins, Bangor Fire, 1911 Bangor Public Library A stiff southerly breeze blew on that warm Sunday afternoon April 30, 1911 that caused…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"We have heard quite heavy firing on the Right Wing for 2 or 3 days, but I have not been able to discover its cause as yet."

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

"In 1897 the grandstand caught fire, but it was re-built the next year and made to seat 5,000 people."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 4 of 4

"Union, Maine: Union Publishing Company, 1998. Print. Illustrated Atlas of the Civil War. Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1996. Print."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 2 of 2

"The State of Maine vs. The Maine Central Railroad Company. Augusta, State of Maine, 1876. Print. Report of the Railroad Commissioners of the State of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Resources

"Springfield, MA: H.A. Manning Company. Print. "Bangor High School students buy $2,748.65 in war stamps." Bangor Daily News Dec. 9, 1943, Print."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"The 22nd Maine Regiment consisted of ten companies and one-hundred people were in each company; thus, there were approximately one-thousand people in…"