Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… overlooked the tranquil Hampden Narrows of the Penobscot River. Owned by the Stern family of Hampden, the park was leased by the Bangor, Hampden &…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865

"… by the First Parish, made the excursion down the Penobscot River on August 10, 1865. Martin wrote, "My family as a whole had never been down river…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Revenue gunboat "Mahoning," Bangor, 1864

"He said it brought a group of Congressmen on an excursion to Bangor and the Maine coast. Martin described the boat and its guns."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… Captain John Smith voyaged to Monhegan on fishing excursions some nine years later, he created a map indicating the area on the Georges River as an…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"Bangor 's location on the Penobscot River made it well-positioned geographically and economically to take advantage of lumber shortages in much of…"