Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Dress Up Day

"Dress Up Day One of the favorite activities this year has been "Dress Up Day". Both Bill Cook of the Bangor Public Library and Dana Lippitt of the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… would be founded in 1865 just eight miles up river from Bangor. Initially known as the Maine State College, Maine's public institution of higher…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"Along with ice, logs flowed down the river and created a dam, causing the water to back up. When the water overflowed onto the banks, the Great…"

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

"… for the huge amount of revenue waiting just up river. Lumber Mill on the Penobscot, Bangor, ca."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"… encamped overlooking the Potomac and Alexandria Rivers near Franconia, in Fairfax County, Virginia two months after their involvement at Bull Run."

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

"Penobscot River Railroad The Penobscot River Railroad was a “railroad that never was”. It was chartered by the state in 1836 to go from Bucksport to…"

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: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"… view, Eastern Maine General Hospital, Penobscot River, ca. 1951 EMGH Birds Eye View, 1951. Eastern Maine Medical Center On many occasions the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Football Oracle Page 4

"… Description This is an annual write-up of the Bangor Football Season. It contains a brief report of their last game of the season as well…"

Life on a Tidal River - Football Oracle Page 2

"… Description This is the first page of a write-up on the Bangor Football Team at the end of their season."

Life on a Tidal River - Football in Bangor

"… Oracle, chronicled the 1941-1942 season during which Bangor won six games and lost two. They scored a total of 114 points and gave up only 27."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… and Best." 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 - The War Effort

"… in the day and week, making lists and adding up points before going to the store, planning means, doing all the home canning possible, and how not…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"At one time, up to 32,000 men were living in the enclosed area with guards with rifles outside the fenced area."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… when the odds were against them, they never gave up. Mary Snow, Mary ALden Hopkins, Alice Zwicker and Christina Baker have all shaped the history…"

Life on a Tidal River - Work on the Civil War Project

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"… of October 12th, 1937, the Brady gang car pulled up to the Dakin Sporting Goods Company store. James Dalhover exited the car and sauntered in."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"… army of the Potomac is to be recruited and filled up to its former strength, and that no hostile demonstrations will be made by it till the weather…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"ect. I can assure you that Maine has got its name up during this campaign and so high too that it will remain up in the estimation of other and more…"

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

"… no one could have guessed that he would rise up above the others to become one of the most important politicians in our country. William S."

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… the 250th anniversary of Bangor, people will open up the base of Paul Bunyan, which is a time capsule."

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"Kennebec River Log Drive by Michael Hoy Log driving began in Maine on the Saco river in the 18th century."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Old Bill, gundalow crossing Penobscot River, Bangor, 1846

"Old Bill, gundalow crossing Penobscot River, Bangor, 1846 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… traveling north about a mile further up the river. Here they stopped and stripped some basswood bark to make a chain."