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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Wadsworth Era: 1786-1807

"Immediately next to the house Peleg built a warehouse he used to store and sell goods, and in the back of the house he built a barn for the animals…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Within a few short hours, the massive fire claimed seven houses of worship, 100 businesses, 300 homes, and two lives."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"… Bangor: The Queen City before the Great Fire. Charleston, S.C.: The History Press, 2009. Print. Rolde, Neil."

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

"… the party: there was a parade, military review, fire engine trials, a regatta, a cotillion reception for the President’s party, and illuminated…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"1940 Click on the picture to learn more about Moore's Ice Business. Ice houses were a big part of the industry on the Kennebec."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"1940Hubbard Free Library Ice houses were a big part of the industry on the Kennebec. There were three icehouses in Hallowell located on Summer…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… Society The Opera House was once again hit by fire in 1938. The moving picture machinery, owned by John Marsh, and much of the regalia of the Odd…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"The Old House built by John Savage II ca. 1820, torn down on February 22, 2013Northeast Harbor Library Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell..."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn Harbor Cottage at Asticou Northeast Harbor Maine ca."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"… a community teeming with activity and buildings housing a variety of businesses and services on all levels."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War Resources

"Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2000. Small, Harold A. The Road to Richmond: the Civil War letters of Major Abner R. Small."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 4 of 4

"House. Portland, Me., 1903. Print. Stanley, R.H. and Hall, George. Eastern Maine and the Rebellion. Bangor, Me.: R.H. Stanley and Company, 1887."

Life on a Tidal River - About Us

"Hill House 159 Union Street Bangor, Maine 04401 207.942.1900 info@bangorhistoricalsociety.org William Cook, Local History and Special Collections…"

Life on a Tidal River - Resources

"2 ed. Lakeville: Grey House Publishing, 1999. Print. Whitman, Sylvia. V Is for Victory: The American Home Front During World War II (People's…"

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

"The tunnel was found because the son of the family that later bought the house fell through the ground while mowing the lawn into an abandoned tunnel."

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… of their duties was to monitor the darkening of houses and buildings so that the community could not be seen by bombers flying overhead."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… In 1872, Curtis decided to take up cleaning up houses. He worked on jobs that ranged from $50,000 to half-a-million dollars."

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

"… 1972 and served through 1978 to the United States House of Representatives. He was elected to the U. S. Senate in 1978, 1984 and 1990."

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"One fire case was on Fourth of July, 1962. The fire men were off at a muster when a fire started in a building."

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"… and helped fight fires considerably, even though fires were few and far between because houses were made of heavy cut wood from the forest regions…"

Historic Hallowell - The City of Hallowell

"… the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning and house fires with the use of candles, propane, and kerosene heaters."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"No hearth fire burned for their welcome; no door opened at their coming; no home stood ready to receive them."

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

"1949Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Fire Trucks From 1931 to the mid-1950s, Scarborough was home to D.E."

Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"Neither fire nor flood nor urban renewal have altered significantly this remarkable grouping that developed at the riverfront during Hallowell’s…"