Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo Raynes remembrance of trip around Cape Horn

"… This newspaper clipping from an unidentified California newspaper is a "late tribute" to Alonzo Raynes, John Martin's stepbrother who went to…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 278-361

"… including his departure January 31, 1849, for the California fields of California. Martin listed names of passengers aboard the Suliote, and listed…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Bangor, 1849

"… on January 24, 1849, sailing from Bangor to California and the Gold Rush. Raynes' half-brother, John Martin, included the illustration on page 304…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Brewer, ca. 1838

"Raynes went to California in early 1850 during the Gold Rush fever. He lived in the Yreka, California, area the rest of his life."

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"… who sought their fortunes in the gold fields of California. Facing an uncertain future three thousand miles from home, Charles H."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Wilder's Jewelry

"… Isle jeweler, was born in 1905 in San Francisco, California. At twenty-eight, he opened his first business in Presque Isle."

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"He stayed in California until approximately 1856. John Edward Horton X A picture of John’s time in California emerges through the letters he…"

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

"… the fire to her sister, Mary-Louise Rowe in California. May 1, 1911. MS Bangor Museum and Center for History, Bangor, ME. Print."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 362-451

"… family home; and his brother Alonzo's visit from California. Martin further described Rufus Prince his business dealings, his plan to build a new…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 3 of 3

"In prosperous post-war America, New York, and California became centers of a successful and growing fashion industry mass-producing an abundance of…"

Steep Falls Library

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

"§ Died on April 6th, 1920 in California. Sources MMN Annotated Bibliography Julia Sell And Austin Hartwell Anderson, Eve."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… “1868–1898 The Origins of the University of California and Affiiated Colleges.” A History of UCSF, University of California San Francisco…"

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"WHAT A FIRE MUSTER IS ALL ABOUT. 2005. California Fireman’s Muster Association. 16 Apr. 2011 <http://www.californiamuster.com/ whatisamuster.htm>."

Seashore Trolley Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"… Historical Society When gold was discovered in California in the late 1840s, Ezekiel Porter wanted to keep his family in Strong and built three…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"… and his friends, including those who went to California during the Gold Rush – he illustrated many of his surroundings in amazingly detailed folk…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - About This Project

"In January 1903, Ada Martin, then living in California, and, along with John Junior, the only surviving offspring, ceded her interest in the house in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… away from Mount Desert Island in Maine and California between the years 1943 and 1953. Richard eventually sold the main family home Hilltop House…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"… the Santa Barbara Youth for Christ Chorale from California, and the Little Singers of Paris, and American choral group."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… ships carrying gold prospectors from New York to California, cotton from India to England, and bird guano from South America to Europe."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… along the Eastern Seaboard and as far west as California has brought new life to Blue Hill since the end of the Second World War."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… Guilford Industries, Inc., and they purchased a California firm to establish their presence in the carpeting business, They also acquired Johnson…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… men, along with other Mainers, were migrating to California to use their foresting experience felling Redwoods."