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Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"… Museum, Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library Red Cross's involvement in the Ice Storm What part did the American Red Cross play in the ice storm…"

Historic Hallowell - Wire, Ice, and Iron Industries

"1930Hubbard Free Library Milliken's Crossing, Looking north on Water Street, Hallowell, ca. 1933Hubbard Free Library They settled there…"

Historic Hallowell - The Fuller Foundry

"1933Hubbard Free Library In the 1850s, the company of Prescott & Fuller Iron Foundry was formed on Milliken’s Crossing, in Hallowell, Maine."

Historic Hallowell - In Sickness and in Health

"… civil war nurse and founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton) and Benjamin Vaughan. Most wanted to become successful farmers as well as…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm In Hallowell

"Oh what a sight. With the red cross helping tonight Everyone wanted to help keep alive those who yelp. Loving and caring for those they don’t know."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"… object and then put smaller lengths of wood crossing the mast to hold up the massive sails which were called booms."

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

"… three plumbers, one masonry contractor, three granite quarries and a boat builder. There were two pharmacies, two barbers, two clothiers, four…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… week when the weather would permit a sail boat to cross the bay Later they were carried daily The department established a mail route and paid the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… where even strangers wave to each other as they cross paths on the roads. Whether they are carried by a horse drawn wagon, or a 320 horsepower…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"The grounds were spruced up with concrete walks, granite steps and iron seats. On July 17, 1904, the Hallowell Granite Company installed the Replica…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… of ridges underlain by resistant bedrock such as granite, and valleys where the bedrock was more easily eroded."