Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economy on Mt. Desert Island

"… maintain the lifestyle that had become so well known on MDI. Fewer people were able to maintain the lavish lifestyles. MDI and the Fire of 1947"

Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"Neither fire nor flood nor urban renewal have altered significantly this remarkable grouping that developed at the riverfront during Hallowell’s…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"No hearth fire burned for their welcome; no door opened at their coming; no home stood ready to receive them."

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"People collected fire wood so that they could burn it and stay warm without having power. Well more than 400,000 people, from Down East Maine were…"

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…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Works Cited Page

"Grant, Micheal. Interview by Peaslee D. Mason. Fire Cheif. n.d. Harlow, Doug. “Carbon Monoxide Kills Waterville Man In Home.” Storm Edition: Day 3…"

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"… to the settlers, that required only hard work, fire that trees that had ten times the value of wheat: wood ashes."

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"… a candle as a light, tripped over it and stared a fire that destroyed three rooms and the sprinkler system didn't stop it because the power was out."

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

"1949Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Fire Trucks From 1931 to the mid-1950s, Scarborough was home to D.E."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"In December 1966, a fire erupted at Wallace’s Garage on the corner of Main Street and Summit Road. Five major buildings, and several smaller ones…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"… and Serve , a history of Hallowell's Police and Fire Departments, Industry on the Bombahook and Commerce on the Kennebec describing some of the…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"“We would tell stories around the fire or play board games in the candle light with family and friends staying with us ” said Bruce and Marcia Bell."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… as I could of churches, and City Hall, and the Fire Station. I thought those would be fun to look back on."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"… Museum is located in the former Northeast Harbor fire station. It is dedicated to exhibiting and educating the public about the local maritime…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 3 of 3

"… Harbor 21st Century Decline In 2008, a fire erupted in the Colonial’s restaurant on Main Street and spread to the Wingspread Gallery and the Joy…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Bar Harbor: Building of Arts

"… 1947 the Building of Arts was lost in the large fire that swept the eastern side of Mount Desert Island."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"In 1932 the Criterion Theatre, with more than 700 seats, opened in Bar Harbor. Depression, War, and Fire"

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… used logs to make houses,build ships, create fires, heat their homes, and cook food. Pine log drive on Machias River, ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… blackened by years of cooking on smoky open fires, muskrat stews simmered, fish sizzled in seal oil, and Indian frybread bubbled up in hot lard."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"According to family legend, after the 1900 fire burned the original Asticou Inn, A.C. Savage was concerned a future fire might engulf this nearby…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Fires First fire truck, Surry, 1947Surry Historical Society Surry has experienced many bad fires, including a disastrous forest fire in 1822…"

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

"… the entire structure was destroyed by the great fire that swept the island. It was never rebuilt. The Building of the Arts will be remembered as…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… and our adventures were recounted around camp-fires in the evening.” Charles Eliot opened his own landscape architecture business and became a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"The 1947 island fire had ravaged Bar Harbor and brought an end to much of the already declining wealthy summer colony there while hardly touching the…"