Maine Memory Network

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village Schools

"One of the schools was a primary, grammar, and high school at certain points in time. The other school, the Great Works school does not have any…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"After a fire in the town of Falmouth (now Portland) in 1775, Falmouth citizens were given plots of land in New Portland to replace their loss."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"… Portland Historical Society The village of New Portland was commonly known as West Portland and today is referred to as the West Village by most…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"New Portland Fair 1951New Portland Historical Society In 1906 a corporation for a water company was formed. Warren B. Clark, E."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"Known as the Great Fires of 1947, a series of blazes from York County to Mount Desert Island hit Maine during an extremely dry autumn."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow

"X Review of the Testimony, Portland, 1855 Collections of Maine Historical Society QJ Mt P837.21a The Portland Rum Riot began on June 2, 1855 when…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"X Wine Taster in the form of a cannon, 1815-1830 England Courtesy of Arlene Palmer Schwind This novelty-shaped wine taster was used to sample the…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law

"Portland had a remarkable number of riots in the 1830s, 40s, and 50s, often related to alcohol. Ironically, some of the first non-Yankee fortunes…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret

"Per capita consumption increased throughout the 18th Century, as did a growing awareness of the problems of abuse."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"… Brewery Courtesy of Will Anderson and The Great State of Maine Beer Book X Portland City Directory 1903 Collections of Maine Historical…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking Implements

"… or United States Blown glass Collections of Portland Museum of Art, Maine; bequest of Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat Discovered in the foundation of…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Acknowledgements

"… Essex Museum Pingree Family Portland Museum of Art Portland Public Library Madelyn Provancher Rumford Historical Society Saint Louis Art Museum…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Influential & Interesting Documents

"The log entry of August 31, 1812 records her most famous capture, the brig Dianna loaded with 212 puncheons of rum."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"Plan of Ann (now Park) Street, Portland, ca. 1802Maine Historical Society Plan of Ann Street, Portland, ca."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"Lillian M.W. Stevens, Portland, ca. 1910Greater Portland Landmarks Home of Lillian M. N. Stevens Postcard, ca."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Reform and Repeal

"Sign Early 20th century Courtesy of The Great Lost Bear, Portland This impassioned sign summarizes the attitude and goals of the Prohibition movement."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Overview & Introduction

"… to reform the abuse of alcohol was one of the great moral and social controversies of the 19th and early 20th centuries."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Society Copes

"Even Portland's prestigious Cumberland Club was raided and caught with booze. "Vanilla fooled me for a few days."

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"Over the course of 15 hours, the fire destroyed 267 buildings, 55 acres and caused over $3 million in damages throughout downtown Bangor and up…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"Although Grant was the guest of honor, a great collection of dignitaries were on hand: the proprietors of the railroad, the Governor of Maine, the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"What was occurring in Bangor was all part of the great spirit of Progressivism then sweeping across the United States."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… and biographical sketches 1882) During the great years of lumbering in Maine, most men in Hampden worked in mills and lumber companies rather than…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"… Western Maine, well-known Deering High of South Portland; for Eastern Maine, the Hampden Academy boys, a team that had yet to win a state…"