Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The confluence of the Kenduskeag River with that of the Penobscot River beckoned development. Yet, it would be more than a hundred and fifty years…"

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

"06 May 2013. Address. Garland St. Junior High. Echoes of the Year (yearbook). Bangor, Me., 1955. Print. Kanes, Candace. William S."

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

"Resources Bergquist, David. “Life on a Tidal River.” Life on a Tidal River - Narrative, Maine Historical Society…"

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

"… resulted from the fire, both from across the river in Brewer. George Abbott, a Brewer fireman, was killed when a chimney from a house on Penobscot…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Site Resources

"Print. Haley, John West. The Rebel yell & the Yankee hurrah: the Civil War journal of a Maine volunteer. Camden, Me.: Down East Books, 1985."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… Hamlin, Stephen King, Charlotte Blake Brown, and John B. Curtis are among this group of noted Bangorians."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

"Collections of Maine Historical Society B St 96 A native of Ireland, Civil War veteran Murphy was pulled from jail by Capt."

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"Koscuiszka's class can be viewed below: St. Mary's Catholic Church, Lincoln, ca. 1920Lincoln Historical Society Justin Chan "Research your…"

Music in Maine - Community Music

"John River in Maine’s Acadian heartland. When she passed away in 1998, I inherited her cherished notebook of old Acadian folksongs, making me the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"He was then captured on June 24, 1864, at St. Mary’s Church Virginia. He died on October 6, 1864, in Andersonville Prison of scorbutus."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"Moving pictures were shown on Friday nights. St. Joseph's Catholic Church held early Masses there before its move to upper Weld Street."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"George River-- possibly after King George of his native England. Up until the early 20th century, the river played an important role in Maine’s…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"George River along with his wife, Lucy, and their five children. At the time they took up residence in Montpelier, Knox was 45 years and his wife 39."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"George River in what was later to become known as the Prison Quarry. The lime industry soon became a staple of the economy, which continues to this…"

Historic Hallowell - Dr. John Hubbard

"Dr. John Hubbard Dr. John HubbardHubbard Free Library Dr. John Hubbard (1794-1869) was born in Readfield, Me., to Dr. John and Olive Hubbard."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… by reviving an old Pilgrim grant on the Kennebec River in Maine. This group of wealthy, well connected merchants organized as “The Proprietors of…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ship Captains

"… a severe storm at the mouth of the Kennebec River. In 1801, Agry moved with his new wife to Hallowell."

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"In 1887, Payson changed the name to Kennebec River Mills. Row House, Hallowell, ca. 1935 Hallowell mill workers lived in The Row House on Second…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The river got very polluted when the sewage and toilet waste got flushed into the river. All the men that worked for the ice industry lost their jobs."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The river got very polluted when the sewage and toilet waste got flushed into the river. All the men that worked for the ice industry lost their jobs."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The John Ruggles House

"John O'Brien House and John Ruggles House, East Main Street, Thomaston, Maine 2008Thomaston Historical Society At one time a small one-storey…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"He also purchased river lots #1 and #18 and the gore that lay between them. In 1826, Ira built the first house on West Broadway."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 4 of 7

"Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? Coll. 61, vol. 7, pg. 401 Example of a proprietor meeting at the Royall Exchange Tavern on King…"

Historic Hallowell - The Hallowell Union Fire Club

"… early "fire fighters" included residents, John Agry, Benjamin Page, Ariel Wall, Chandler Robbins, Thomas Agry, Samuel Sumner Wilde, and Nathan…"