Maine Memory Network

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…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… plaque presentation by George Tucker of the Maine Department of Education. The principal recognized the blue ribbon award as an opportunity to…"

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…"

Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"A State highway construction plan proposed widening Water Street to a four-lane highway, by razing all the buildings between the Kennebec River and…"

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…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"Often ships from other states, like Boston, would arrive with goods for Hallowell. The wharf played an important role in Hallowell's shipping and…"

Historic Hallowell - Initiative and Self-Improvement

"Is it possible that the United States will become two or more nations? (Yes) Is the encouragement of lotteries beneficial to the community? (No)…"

Historic Hallowell - Days 6 & 7

"The state starts the clean up of 1 million dollars. Days 6 and 7 were mainly cleaning days but some of the state still had freezing rain and snow."

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"… Mill was going to shut down because southern states had machinery to make cotton, so they didn’t have to send it to the northern states."

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"By 1899 twenty-eight states had enforced rules about child labor. Many attempts were made to pass more child labor laws."

Historic Hallowell - Classical and Scientific Academy

"… with the Congregational denomination in this state. Atlantic Reporter, Volume 82, page 434, 1912."

Historic Hallowell - Our Journey Home

"… center that would be second to none in the state. The qualities they brought -- a spirit of enterprise, a respect for education and a recognition…"

Historic Hallowell - Maine Community Heritage Project

"… between the Maine Historical Society and Maine State Library, is an innovative program that promotes collaboration between local schools…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Christmas decorations, Presque Isle, ca. 1950

"1950 Contributed by Presque Isle Fire Department Description The photograph was taken in December in the early 1950s with both the Presque…"

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"State School for Girls, Hallowell, ca. 1920Maine State Archives When it became apparent that the effects of industrialization included the…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"The storm to the state of Maine by surprise. This caused the ice storm of 1998. Seventeen million acres of forest were damaged, and five million…"

Historic Hallowell - Dummer House

"Martha Ballard's diary also states that Ephraim Ballard attended the raising of Nathaniel Dummer's house on June 19, 1792."

Historic Hallowell - The Stevens Training Center Serenaders

"… friendless, neglected and vagrant children of the State." X The girls, ages seven through fifteen attended classes and participated in many…"

Historic Hallowell - “Maine’s Century” Ends

"… preservation organizations established in the state, and five years later Hallowell citizens were leaders in the legislative initiative that…"

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place

"He was Baron Wormser, Poet Laureate of the state of Maine, and he recorded his impressions in a piece written for the December 2004 issue of Down…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"… Hallowell’s area was reduced to five square miles, transforming it into one of the smallest cities in the state. Next step in our journey."

Historic Hallowell - Blizzards in Hallowell

"… blizzard of 1952 took place throughout the entire state of Maine, not just Hallowell. The storm started on Saturday, February sixteenth and by…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"… all of Maine was without power Maine went into a “state of emergency”. Branches iced over, trees fell down, it sounded like gun shots, it was a…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry on the Bombahook Citations

"Maine Sawmills: a History. [augusta, me.]: Maine State Museum, 1990. Print. "Sawdust Making 101." 25 Apr. 2011."