Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"… Society 1902 The rain was coming down hard in downtown Bangor on the evening of March 20, 1902. The townspeople had been experiencing unseasonably…"

Maine Historical Society

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Pittsfield Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"… students taking a field trip in the fall to visit downtown Hallowell. They first participated in a scavenger hunt looking for artifacts found in…"

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"… every Saturday and Saturday night people would go downtown and that was a treat, to go downtown and sit watching all the people."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"The waterfront landscape was densely crowded with smokehouses, sardine canneries, lumber and coal businesses out on the wharves."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Change, though, was in the offing. View of Downtown Bangor from City Hall Tower, ca. 1870Bangor Public Library At this same time, Bangor saw…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"As the town grew, the downtown business district began to thrive. Farmington became a busy hub for noted doctors and attorneys."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… Creating the Statue of Hannibal Hamlin Now Located in Downtown Bangor X Stephen King X Hannibal Hamlin X John B. Curtis X"

Bangor Public Library

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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