The last of six parts The large advertisement in the Bangor Whig & Courier on Sept. 4, 1890, was a sure sign that an Irish immigrant’s son had made something of himself. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
Editor’s note: Waves of European immigrants swept into the United States to escape the poverty and oppression of their homelands around the turn of the 20th century. This six-part series, which began Saturday, focuses on how Bangor, as an example of one Maine community, experienced this rush of… Read More
In 1907 dressmakers, seamstresses, milliners, tailoresses, stitchers and tailors had Bangor all sewed up. A browse through the Bangor City Directory of that year yielded the names of nearly 200 men and women who named sewing of one kind or another as their profession. And that was only… Read More
Waves of European immigrants swept into the United States to escape the poverty and oppression of their homelands around the turn of the 20th century. This six-part series, which began Saturday, focuses on how Bangor, as an example of one Maine community, experienced this rush of humanity. Today’s… Read More
Waves of European immigrants swept into the United States to escape the poverty and oppression of their homelands around the turn of the 20th century. This six-part series, which began Saturday, focuses on how Bangor, as an example of one Maine community, experienced this rush of humanity. Today’s… Read More
Editor’s Note: Waves of European immigrants swept into the United States to escape the poverty and oppression of their homelands around the turn of the 20th century. This six-part series, which began Saturday, focuses on how Bangor, as an example of one Maine community, experienced this rush of… Read More
One evening this summer, I had an errand to run at the Bangor Mall. I couldn’t easily find what I needed and ended up walking through the entire complex. By the time I had completed the loop, I had spoken to four black men, an Iranian family, a… Read More
Editor’s note: Great waves of European immigrants swept into the United States to escape the poverty and oppression of their homelands around the turn of the 20th century. This six-part series focuses on how Bangor, as an example of one Maine community, experienced this rush… Read More
1525: Estevao Gomes sails up Penobscot River to Bangor 1604: Champlain Sails up Penobscot to mouth of Kenduskeag Stream googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length;… Read More
About this special section “Rediscovering Bangor’s Past” is a companion piece to the Bangor Daily News series googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) {… Read More