Maine Memory Network

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

"… but on Friday, January 19, 1996, a raging fire destroyed the church. The beautiful stain glass windows were estimated at one million dollars when…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 3 of 3

"My grandmother cooked on a fire pit and got water from a well. My parents raised chickens for money and for meat."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Green's Department Store

"The old building was lost to a fire in the year 1912. Maurice Klein, from New York, rebuilt the building from brick in 1914."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle Congregational Church

"… 7, 1909, the original church was destroyed by fire. The new church cost 6000 dollars with an additional 1000 dollars for furnishings."

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"… on rafts belong to the Hallowell Steam and Boom Company. The Hallowell Cotton Mill can be seen in the background."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"Guilford Fire Station Guilford Fire Station X Text by Asia Wohlfeil, Saide Morin, and Aliza Boone Images from the Guilford Historical Society…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"Moses Banks’ 1784 survey map became the basis for all marsh lot purchases, work and disputes involving these companies."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell House

"… enterprise and capital formed the Hallowell House Company to finance the project. The hotel hosted legislators and famous visitors: Phillips…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"… used by people along Water Street and a lumber company. Shepard's Wharf was also on the waterfront and was the head of navigation for all large…"

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"Seaport on the Kennebec Eastern Steamship Company Wharf, Kennebec River, Hallowell, ca. 1890Hubbard Free Library In A Maritime History of Bath…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Iron Foundry

"… Fuller in 1860 and he took full control of the company. In 1878 George Fuller renamed the Iron works “George Fuller and Sons” while he worked with…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"… his brother joined him to establish the shoe company. The building was made of wood with a brick foundation."

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"After this, large industrial companies, such as mills, began to set up shop along the shores of the Vaughan Stream."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… in Parker Reed's History of Bath as the “Great Fire.” One store in Merchants' Row, being built of brick with a slate roof, helped slow down the…"

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"… Tankers Della Collins, Eastern Steamship Company Wharf, Kennebec River, Hallowell, ca. 1890Hubbard Free Library The Zebedee E."

Historic Hallowell - Days 6 & 7

"… caused so much damage throughout Maine that power companies from Massachusetts and New Hampshire came over to help reconnect power lines but they…"

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"In 1886, the building and company were handed over to Samuel R. Payson of Boston. In 1887, Payson changed the name to Kennebec River Mills."

Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

"… he manufactured under the name of The Heart Cure Company. All Humbug, Dr. Clearwater patent medicine advertisement, Hallowell, ca."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"was another such enterprise. Guilford Lumber Company Mill, ca. 1900Guilford Historical Society Guilford Lumber Company became Guilford…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… first "block" built, the first bank, the first fire company, first fraternal lodge, first high school, first newspaper, first city directory, first…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… shipping halted, the ice was harvested by a Hampden company, Dirigo Ice Company and shipped to cities in the south to help aid in refrigeration."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"… “An Act to Incorporate the Little River Dyking Company.” Chapter 533, 1871 ------ “An Act to Incorporate the Southgate Dyking Company.” Chapter…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… in almost every kind of business, say Plymouth Company matters, tontine buildings, canals, land speculations, navigation, agricultural societies…"

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"I couldn't believe that the company I worked for could spend so much on the ice storm. The Salvation Army was feeding me, I was grateful that I got…"