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Hose 5 Fire Museum

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Life on a Tidal River - Main Street, Bangor, ca. 1945

This photo was taken during the 1940s when the trolleys were still running through Bangor. A. Langdon Freese opened Freese’s in 1892 as a men’s…

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

G-men captured Dalhover without a fight. He was taken to Bangor City Hall. Gang leader Brady's burial, Bangor, 1937Item Contributed byBangor…

Life on a Tidal River - Fifth Street Junior High School, Bangor, ca. 1940

The contractor and the Public Works Department in Bangor did the work. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network.

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

U.S. Quartermaster’s Department Alphabetical Index to Places of Interest of Deceased Union Soldiers in the Various and Territories, as Specified in…

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 2 of 2

One of the new departments was a pediatric ward, which is a section for treating diseases and other things in children.

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

He served on the Bangor School Committee, the Bangor City Council, and as mayor 1971 - 72. He was elected in 1972 and served through 1978 to the…

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Works Cited Page

Grant, Micheal. Interview by Peaslee D. Mason. Fire Cheif. n.d. Harlow, Doug. “Carbon Monoxide Kills Waterville Man In Home.” Storm Edition: Day 3…

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 - Hallowell Floods Citations

… Diana Bowley of Bangor Daily News, published March 31, 2007, Lessons from the Flood of 1987…

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

… Diana Bowley of Bangor Daily News, published March 31, 2007, Lessons from the Flood of 1987…

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

… PM Hurricane Edna strikes Maine 44 miles from Bangor and is moving North North East at 48 MPH with 75 MPH winds.

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

… so worried that the creation of the Surry Fire Department, which had been controversial at earlier town meetings, solidly supported the formation…

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

… years passed before Hampden’s first fire department opened. Hampden boasts the first Masonic Lodge in the vicinity; organized under the name…

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

… years passed before Hampden’s first fire department opened. Hampden boasts the first Masonic Lodge in the vicinity, organized under the name…

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

… telegraph, had not been received by the Bangor fire department, then everything would have been in a great deal of danger.

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

… the Whig and Courier gave a further report of the fire: The fire was discovered in the store of M.B.

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

… of the nineteenth century, the Presque Isle Fire Department had been incorporated and Presque Isle had its first water company, the Presque Isle…

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

… flourished with drug stores, grocers, hotels, department stores, a movie theater, bowling alley, shoe stores and other retailers providing goods…

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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