Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Dr. John Hubbard

"In 1843 Hubbard entered politics and was elected to the state Senate, and in 1849 was elected Governor, an office he held from 1850-1853. Dr."

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"The 1850s also brought significant political change, and a significant loss of territory, to Hallowell."

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"It was both a political and a social institution. There were many family dinners and entertainments provided to the farming families."

Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"… Hallowell contributed to the economic, social and political history of the state and nation in areas reflective of American ingenuity and…"

Historic Hallowell - This won't hurt a bit!

"… caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires, created a shocking view of the ultimate results of getting a…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"He chose the town as the departure port on many of his voyages to the Arctic and Subarctic. The departures were festive occasions."

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 2 of 2

"… Fire of 1911 Resource Page Bangor, Brewer, Old Town, Orono and Veazie Directory. No. 12. 1910-11. Bangor: Cannon & Co. Print."

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

"comp. History of the old Bangor, Old Town, and Milford Railroad 1836 – 1869. Typed Manuscript, BPL collection, 1915. Print."

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

"… State Legislature granted a charter to the Old Town Railway Company owned by Edward and Samule Smith and Rufus Dwinel in 1832."

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

"This decreased the need of having a lumbering town that was simultaneously a seaport. Westward Expansion continued, and many of Bangor’s people moved…"

Yarmouth Historical Society

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Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… We little realized going through the heart of town the horrible change we would find. It was so light when we got [to] the tin bridge that we…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"… were from Bangor and its many surrounding towns. The regiment mustered from Bangor on October 10, 1862."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Army Nurse Corps, or as child in a small rural town in Maine, she accomplished numerous achievements."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… to vote, and others focused on getting individual towns, cities, and states to allow women the right to vote."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"… incinerator in the heart of downtown, divisive politics, and an effort by the residents of the beach neighborhoods to separate themselves from the…"

Maine Historical Society

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"… 'disappearance' of the Abenaki in Western Maine: Political organizations and ethnocentric assumptions." American Indian Quarterly 17.2 (1993)…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"All three became prominent in politics at the state and national level. Then we had Lewis Litchfield, station agent in Scarborough for the Boston &…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"Beginning in 1795, he became active in local politics, representing Topsham in the Massachusetts General Court."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… and meeting hall, later entering local politics. Cleaves Tavern, Lubec, 1955Lubec Memorial Library Lubec’s center of population began to…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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