Maine Memory Network

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."

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

"… of public drinking, often seemingly to spite Yankees such as Dow, were now given the brunt of the blame for outbreaks of violence."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"… certainly seemed to live up to legends of Yankee thrift with the recycling of buildings within the neighborhood."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 2 of 2

"… different cultures and religions than the old Yankee stock. The largest portions were from Canada (25%) and Ireland (12%), two heavily Catholic…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Thieves in Bangor, ca. 1865

"5 is a companion of John Thomas (also an Irish Yankee), No. 6 is Cornelius Driskill, "a dirty ragged full blooded Irish scoundral;" No."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gorham L. Boynton, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… up in the principles of reducing our enterprising yankees to a serfdom is more than any man can solve."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"Yankee ships were in constant danger of being detained in southern ports or running blockades to be destroyed at sea by Confederate gunboats."

Jonathan Fisher Memorial

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

"… of The Saint Louis Art Museum This vision of Yankee mariners in various states of inebriation includes a few identifiable men."

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 1 of 3

"Today, he is still living in Guilford. He is a Yankees fan because of a 25¢ bet. At the end of his twenty three years of coaching, he had coached 428…"

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

"By 1700 more Yankees drank rum than beer, with cheap "New England Rum" being distilled in Boston, and later Falmouth."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Society Copes

"Gould's memories of 1920, Yankee Storekeeper , 1946 X Medicinal Mount Vernon Pure Rye Whiskey, ca. 1925 Courtesy of the Charles E."

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"Versatile Yankee : the Art of Jonathan Fisher, 1768-1847, Pyne Press, 1973. (JF) Hinckley, William P. Bits of Local History, 1989."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… with which the land was covered ; in that their Yankee shrewdness discovered a profit, and having a realizing sense of the beautiful, they saw what…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

"While Yankee farmers were quite willing to support laws to regulate drinking by immigrants and big city folks, they were against the regulation of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"(A Yankee Diva by Ira Glacken). Eventually, Lillian was able to break into the operatic world, and became the delight of the European music community."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… rates skyrocketed from Confederate predation on Yankee trading vessels. The residents of Blue Hill were forced to rely on the creativity, hard work…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… east of the Mississippi, the famed Flying Yankee. The novelty wore off and revenues continued to drop."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… to his vitriol about houses of ill repute, "Irish Yankees," and rowdy, ill-behaved soldiers. He closed his own store, probably in 1866, and worked…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"… Irish-Americans had begun to join the ranks of Yankee saloon keepers and liquor dealers. Only one "shee-rumseller" is listed, but women soon found…"

Music in Maine - Community Music

"… Dance and Music Alive By Cindy Larock A “Franco-Yankee” native of Lewiston, I've been happily involved in the traditional music and dance scene in…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… Curtis & Son made were called "American Flag," "Yankee Spruce," "White Mountain," "200 Lump Spruce," "Licorice Lulu," "Trunk Spruce", "Sugar…"

Acadian Archives

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