Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"… a community teeming with activity and buildings housing a variety of businesses and services on all levels."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War Resources

"Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2000. Small, Harold A. The Road to Richmond: the Civil War letters of Major Abner R. Small."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 4 of 4

"House. Portland, Me., 1903. Print. Stanley, R.H. and Hall, George. Eastern Maine and the Rebellion. Bangor, Me.: R.H. Stanley and Company, 1887."

Life on a Tidal River - About Us

"Hill House 159 Union Street Bangor, Maine 04401 207.942.1900 info@bangorhistoricalsociety.org William Cook, Local History and Special Collections…"

Life on a Tidal River - Resources

"2 ed. Lakeville: Grey House Publishing, 1999. Print. Whitman, Sylvia. V Is for Victory: The American Home Front During World War II (People's…"

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

"The tunnel was found because the son of the family that later bought the house fell through the ground while mowing the lawn into an abandoned tunnel."

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… of their duties was to monitor the darkening of houses and buildings so that the community could not be seen by bombers flying overhead."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… In 1872, Curtis decided to take up cleaning up houses. He worked on jobs that ranged from $50,000 to half-a-million dollars."

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… 1972 and served through 1978 to the United States House of Representatives. He was elected to the U. S. Senate in 1978, 1984 and 1990."

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"One fire case was on Fourth of July, 1962. The fire men were off at a muster when a fire started in a building."

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"… and helped fight fires considerably, even though fires were few and far between because houses were made of heavy cut wood from the forest regions…"

Historic Hallowell - The City of Hallowell

"… the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning and house fires with the use of candles, propane, and kerosene heaters."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"No hearth fire burned for their welcome; no door opened at their coming; no home stood ready to receive them."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"1949Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Fire Trucks From 1931 to the mid-1950s, Scarborough was home to D.E."

Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"Neither fire nor flood nor urban renewal have altered significantly this remarkable grouping that developed at the riverfront during Hallowell’s…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"People collected fire wood so that they could burn it and stay warm without having power. Well more than 400,000 people, from Down East Maine were…"

Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"… could stay on late at night, and the risk of fires from the candles was gone. Wire mills stayed about the same throughout the rest of the 1800s and…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"… a candle as a light, tripped over it and stared a fire that destroyed three rooms and the sprinkler system didn't stop it because the power was out."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… the exposed workers abandoned their effort under fire from the men in the garrison. Despite continued skirmishes with the Indians, the second…"

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"… to the settlers, that required only hard work, fire that trees that had ten times the value of wheat: wood ashes."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… onto filled cans, and it’s believed that this process may have been the cause of serious fires at both Leavitt’s and Burnham & Morrill."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"“We would tell stories around the fire or play board games in the candle light with family and friends staying with us ” said Bruce and Marcia Bell."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"In December 1966, a fire erupted at Wallace’s Garage on the corner of Main Street and Summit Road. Five major buildings, and several smaller ones…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"In 1932 the Criterion Theatre, with more than 700 seats, opened in Bar Harbor. Depression, War, and Fire"