Maine Memory Network

Alfred Historical Committee

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Town of Cumberland

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L.L. Bean Corporate Archives

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"… recalls: "Yep, and ‘course the stuff used to run right down the rocks and everything and in the wintertime we’d slide down it."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"Cables to the mainland were run first to Brooklin, then to Burnt Point, and lastly to Bass Harbor. A "cable call" was an expensive occurrence so it…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 4, pages 57-76

"… marched through downtown, "urging" businesses run by Democrats or "secesh" to fly American flags and express support for the Union."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's plow, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… into the woods and found a pine tree with a root running out like a plough shear and I made a plough and covered the moulboard with hoop iron taken…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fiske Block, Broad Street, Bangor, 1864

"… shed and 4 stores commencing at I W Pattens and running north Cyras Goss were entirely consumed so the walls tumbled in and floors fell in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Pendleton & Ross stand, Bangor, 1864

"… city up to this time in the way of selling goods running boats shipping & other incidents connected with it." The drawing is on page 418 of a…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fish weir, Ball Hill Cove, Hampden, ca. 1832

"… warmed enough for pear trees to bloom, shad began running in the river. Martin, who worked as an accountant and store keeper, wrote the journal…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - First electric railroad car in Bangor, 1889

"… I had the pleasure of seeing the 4 cars which was run on that day I was told from day break until 12 midnight of the sights I have seen I count…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"… to purchase a desirable lot but a mud hole or run containing just room enough to build the building on and give a space sufficient to hitch and…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 2 of 4

"… example, bands of sophisticated braid and fringe running from the shoulders of the bodice to center waist contrive a pelerine effect on a brown…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 4 of 5

"… get his grant confirmed until he had already been run out of the colony by the Stamp Act unrest, and only then as a pointed rebuke to…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"There was water running in these barrels all the time. You would haul the ice out and was it to get rid of the sawdust."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"Bath Saving's Institution contributes to Bath's history in many ways. It's the oldest bank in Bath still running, having been in business since 1852."

Cumberland Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"… fought in such notable battles as First Bull Run, Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville before being killed at Gettysburg on July…"

Historic Hallowell - The Information Call Script

"GROVER RUNNING OUTTA HIS STORE, AND I NOTICED A LITTLE BOY TRAPPED INSIDE HIS STORE, AFTER THE CYCLONE CAME THERE WERE DOCTORS THERE, FROM THERE…"

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"… environments from ocean trips to coastal runs and on large inland bodies of water. Steamer, Lizzie M."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Shipyards

"… & Winterport Electric Railway made its maiden run down the twelve mile stretch of track from Bangor to Hampden."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"… door to a family who had a big barn and remembers running as fast as he could to get past the horses."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"… danger of being detained in southern ports or running blockades to be destroyed at sea by Confederate gunboats."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"… the purchase of a prison farm in nearby Warren, run entirely by prison labor. The Bolduc Correctional Facility on Route 97 is still an active farm…"