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Historical Items

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Item 10438

Primitive iron hammer, ca. 1650

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1650 Media: Forged iron and wood

Item 22532

Bow and Arrow House, Alfred, ca. 1955, ca. 1955

Contributed by: Alfred Historical Committee Date: circa 1955 Location: Alfred Media: Photographic print

Item 35535

John Holmes Mansion, Alfred, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Parsons Memorial Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Alfred Media: Phototransparency

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

John Bapst High School

John Bapst High School was dedicated in September 1928 to meet the expanding needs of Roman Catholic education in the Bangor area. The co-educational school operated until 1980, when the diocese closed it due to decreasing enrollment. Since then, it has been a private school known as John Bapst Memorial High School.

Exhibit

A Field Guide to Trolley Cars

Many different types of trolley cars -- for different weather, different uses, and different locations -- were in use in Maine between 1895-1940. The "field guide" explains what each type looked like and how it was used.

Exhibit

Popham Colony

George Popham and a group of fellow Englishmen arrived at the mouth of the Kennebec River, hoping to trade with Native Americans, find gold and other valuable minerals, and discover a Northwest passage. In 18 months, the fledgling colony was gone.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus

"… "population growth and careless exploitation had wrought worsening scarcities of land, hay, fish, lumber, timber and firewood in Southern New…"

Site Page

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fred Ryder, Bangor, 1864

"… wrote, "I claim the change in this boy which I wrought wholly by my advice and kind usage, and he is the third boy which I have influenced and…"

Site Page

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"The cable anchorages, consisting of long wrought iron eye-bars, were sunken and anchored into holes drilled down to bedrock."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Mali Agat (Molly Ockett) the famous Wabanaki "Doctress"
by Maine Historical Society

Pigwacket Molly Ockett, healing, and cultural ecological knowledge