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Historic Hallowell - Communication

"1885Hubbard Free Library According to Sumner Webber, local historian, “People in the first half of the 1800’s communicated mostly by mail."

Historic Hallowell - Dummer House

"… House, Dummer's Lane, Hallowell, 1968Hubbard Free Library In 1789 Nathaniel Dummer moved to Hallowell with his wife and five children."

Historic Hallowell - Volunteer Firefighters and their Fire Clothes

"… Wagon, Second Street, Hallowell, 1913Hubbard Free Library Volunteer firefighters are always on call whereas career firemen or women are on call…"

Historic Hallowell - Joppa

"Webber, Sr., an individual partner North Joppa, Temple Street Corner, Hallowell, 1896Hubbard Free Library"

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 - Important Buildings and Institutions

"1890Hubbard Free Library In 1909, Emma Huntington Nason, poet, author and composer wrote in Old Hallowell on the Kennebec: A stranger visiting…"

Historic Hallowell - Meeting at Koussinok

"… at Koussinok Kennebec River Hubbard Free Library Late in the fall of 1625 a small boat with seven men aboard slowly made its way up the…"

Historic Hallowell - The "World of Mirth" Carnival in Hallowell

"… Muster Field, Hallowell, ca 1934Hubbard Free Library While historic Hallowell had the annual carnival as a fundraiser for the fire department…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"1890Hubbard Free Library In the early and middle 1800s. there were many shipbuilding spots on the shore of Kennebec River in Hallowell."

Historic Hallowell - Thomas Bond House

"1934Hubbard Free Library The first known occupants of the house were Thomas Bond and his wife Lucretia who moved in after their wedding in 1805."

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"1890Hubbard Free Library In A Maritime History of Bath and the Kennebec River Region, William Avery Baker pointed out that ..."

Historic Hallowell - Day 3 - Page 1 of 2

"… Storm, Second Street, Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library On the third day of the ice storm there was a break in the storm."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Iron Foundry

"1934Hubbard Free Library The Hallowell Iron Foundry supplied the Hallowell Cotton Mill with parts for the machines when they were broken."

Historic Hallowell - “Maine’s Century” Ends

"Last Coal Barge, Hallowell, ca. 1939Hubbard Free Library In 1939, the last coal delivery was made to the Wingate Wharf, and in 1962 the last tanker…"

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place

"… Place At home in Hallowell.Hubbard Free Library Nearly 400 years later another man stood on the hillside overlooking the Kennebec and…"

Historic Hallowell - Basic Fire Fighting Technology

"… Union Fire club, Hallowell, 1801Hubbard Free Library The oldest fire dousing technology were buckets that the fire department used."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 1 of 2

"… Storm, Academy St., Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library Car repair from the Ice storm of 1998 I interviewed Paul Guay who I first asked about were…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"… Workers in Wiler's Oil Cloth Factory.Hubbard Free Library When the railroad came to Hallowell in 1851 it appeared that the long-running contest…"

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"1879 Hand drawn by John WallaceHubbard Free Library There were three dams that were on the Vaughan Stream."

Historic Hallowell - Transportation

"1885Hubbard Free Library Cotton was delivered to the Cotton Mill on the Kennebec river to Hallowell by sailing ship."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Sources

"Originals at the Maine Historical Society Library, Collection 166. Microfilm available at Montpelier."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"X Guest speaker Bangor resident, Mr. Leon Higgins, meets with Doughty students at the Bangor Public Library to discuss life in the '40s. X"

Life on a Tidal River - Cohen Students

"… scanning artifacts with Bill Cook, Bangor Public Library Special Collections librarian, and the other three working with teacher Ron Bilancia…"

Guilford, Maine - CONTACT US

"… Teacher/ MCHP Member - 876-4301 GUILFORD MEMORIAL LIBRARY Linda Packard, Director/MCHP Member GUILFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY Brian Woodworth…"