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Bangor Maine aka The Tourist State, its not that we dont like tourists, its that there is way too many of them, please do not come to Maine for our world reknowned lobstah, or to come see our leaves die off, just stay home save you gas and watch your own damned leaves die, thank you, the state of maine |
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{{Infobox Settlement |
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|official_name = Bangor, Maine |
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|settlement_type = [[City]] |
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|nickname = The Queen City of the East |
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|image_skyline = BangorSkyline.jpg |
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|image_caption = Bangor from the Penobscot River |
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|image_map = Map of Maine highlighting Bangor.png |
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|mapsize = 250px |
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|map_caption = Location in [[Penobscot County, Maine]] |
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|map_caption1 = Sculpture "Continuity of Community" (1969) in West Market Square |
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|subdivision_type = [[List of countries|Country]] |
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|subdivision_name = [[United States]] |
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|subdivision_type1 = [[Political divisions of the United States|State]] |
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|subdivision_name1 = [[Maine]] |
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|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Maine|County]] |
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Penobscot County, Maine|Penobscot]] |
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|government_type = [[City Council]] |
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|leader_title = [[City Council Chair]] |
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|leader_name = Susan Hawes (ends 2008) |
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|established_date = [[1791]] |
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|area_magnitude = 1 E9 |
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|area_total_km2 = 90.0 |
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|area_land_km2 = 89.2 |
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|area_water_km2 = 0.8 |
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|population_as_of = 2000 |
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|population_total = 31,473 ([[city limits|city proper]]) |
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|population_metro = 148,000 |
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|population_density_km2 = 352.7 |
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|timezone = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]] |
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|utc_offset = -5 |
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|timezone_DST = Eastern |
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latitude = 44° 48' 39" N | |
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longitude = 68° 46' 59" W |
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|area_total_sq_mi = 34.7 |
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|area_land_sq_mi = 34.4 |
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|area_water_sq_mi = 0.3 |
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|elevation_m = 36 |
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|elevation_ft = 118 |
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|latd = 44 |latm = 48 |lats = 13 |latNS = N |
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|longd = 68 |longm = 46 |longs = 13 |longEW = W |
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|website = [http://www.bangormaine.gov// bangormaine.gov] |
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|postal_code = 04401-04402 |
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|area_code = [[Area code 207|207]] |
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|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] |
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|blank_info = 23-02795 |
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|blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID |
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|blank1_info = 0561558 |
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|footnotes = [[Image:River Driver Statue.JPG|left|thumb]] |
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'''Bangor''' is the [[county seat]] of [[Penobscot County]], [[Maine]], [[United States]], and the major commercial and cultural center for eastern and northern Maine. It is also the principal city of the ''Bangor, Maine'' ''[[Metropolitan Statistical Area]]'' which encompasses Bangor and all of [[Penobscot County, Maine|Penobscot County]]. |
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As of 2008, Bangor is the third-largest city in Maine, as it has been for more than a century. The population of the city was 31,473 at the 2000 census. The population of the Bangor Metropolitan Statistical Area is over 148,000. The population of the five-county area (Penobscot, [[Piscataquis County|Piscataquis]], [[Hancock County, Maine|Hancock]], [[Aroostook County, Maine|Aroostook]], and [[Washington County, Maine|Washington]]) for which Bangor is the largest market town, distribution center, transportation hub, and media center, is over 325,000 people. |
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Bangor is approximately 30 miles from [[Penobscot Bay]] up the [[Penobscot River]] at its confluence with the [[Kenduskeag Stream]]. It is connected by bridge to the neighboring city of [[Brewer, Maine|Brewer]]. Other suburban towns include [[Orono]] (home of the [[University of Maine]] campus), [[Hampden, Maine|Hampden]], [[Hermon, Maine|Hermon]], [[Old Town, Maine|Old Town]], [[Glenburn, Maine|Glenburn]], and [[Veazie, Maine|Veazie]]. |
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==History== |
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===Earliest period=== |
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The [[Penobscot]] people long inhabited the area around present-day Bangor, and still occupy tribal land on the nearby [[Penobscot Indian Island Reservation]]. The first European to visit the site was probably the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[Esteban Gómez]] in 1524, followed by [[Samuel de Champlain]] in 1605. Champlain was looking for the mythical city of [[Norumbega]], thought to be where Bangor now lies. French priests settled among the Penobscots, and the valley remained contested between [[France]] and [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain]] into the 1750s, making it one of the last regions to become part of [[New England]]. |
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The British-American settlement which became Bangor was started in 1769 by Jacob Buswell, and was originally known as Condeskeag (or Kenduskeag) Plantation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9013165/Bangor|title=Bangor|publisher=Britannica Online Encyclopedia|accessdate=2008-01-27}}</ref> By 1772 there were 12 families, along with a [[sawmill]], store, and school. The settlement’s first child, Mary Howard, was born that year. The first lawsuit was brought in 1790, when Jacob Buswell sued David Wall for calling him “an old damned grey-headed bugar of Hell” and Rev. Seth Noble “a damned rascall”.<ref>Federal Writer's Project, ''Maine: A Guide Downeast'' (1937), p. 136</ref> |
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Starting in 1775, Condeskeag became the site of treaty negotiations by which the [[Penobscot]] were made to give up almost all their ancestral lands, a process complete by about 1820, when [[Maine]] became a state. The tribe was eventually left with only their main village on an island up-river from Bangor, called “Indian Old Town” by the settlers. Eventually a white settlement taking the name [[Old Town, Maine|Old Town]] was planted on the river bank opposite the [[Penobscot]] village, which began to be called “Indian Island”, and remains the site of the [[Penobscot|Penobscot Nation]].<ref>[http://cprr.org/Museum/BMLRR/Penobscot.html The Ancient Penobscot, or Panawanskek] John E. Godfrey, Retrieved June 20, 2008</ref> |
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During the [[American Revolution]] in 1779, the rebel [[Penobscot Expedition]] fled up the Penobscot River after being routed in the Battle of [[Castine, Maine]], and the last of its ships (at least nine) were burned or captured by the British fleet at Bangor. [[Paul Revere]] was among the survivors who fled into the woods.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redcoat.me.uk/page15.htm|title= The Battle of Penobscot Bay|accessdate=2008-01-27}}</ref> A cannon from one of the rebel warships is mounted in a downtown park, and artifacts from the sunken ships continue to be discovered in the river-bed, which is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. |
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Having grown in size to 567 people, Condeskeag determined to incorporate as a town in 1791,<ref name="MAGDE">Doris A. Isaacson, ed., ''Maine: A Guide Down East'' (Rockland, Me.: Courier-Gazette, Inc., 1970), pp. 163-172</ref> As legend has it, the settlers sent the Rev. Seth Noble to [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] with a petition to name the town "Sunbury" (at the time, Maine was part of [[Massachusetts]]). Noble's favorite song was a [[hymn tune]] by [[William Tans'ur]] entitled ''Bangor'' (after the [[Antiphonary of Bangor]]), and, in a moment of either drunkenness or misunderstanding, he caused the town to be given that name instead.<ref name=Bangor_Name>[http://www.bangormaine.gov/vb_history.php History] page of the Bangor, Maine official website. Retrieved 6 November 2006</ref> |
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The town was [[looting|sacked]] by the [[British]] during the [[War of 1812]].<ref | name="MAGDE" /> following the rout of local militia in the [[Battle of Hampden]].<ref name="MAGDE" /> After the selectmen surrendered the town, the British raided shops and homes for 30 hours, and threatened to burn ships in the harbor and unfinished ones on stocks. The selectmen, fearing the fires from the ships on stocks would spread to the town, struck a deal by which they put up a bond, and promised to deliver the unfinished vessels to the British by the end of November. The British floated the seaworthy ships into the middle of the Penobscot, set some ablaze, and took others loaded with horses and cattle back to their post in [[Castine, Maine|Castine]], which they occupied until April 26, 1815, when they left for Canada. |
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The British stayed only 30 hours, according to one account, because in the midst of celebrating their victory the soldiers became so drunk on local rum that the officers felt vulnerable to counter-attack.<ref name='Williamson'>William D. Williamson, ''History of the State of Maine'' (Hallowell Me., 1832)</ref> |
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===Lumber capital=== |
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[[Image:BangorMaineKoch1875CenterStHill.gif|thumb|left|Bangor in 1875]] |
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In the 19th century, Bangor prospered as a lumber port, and began to call itself "the lumber capital of the world". Most of the local sawmills (as many as 300-400) were actually upriver in neighboring towns like [[Orono, Maine|Orono]], [[Old Town, Maine|Old Town]], [[Bradley, Maine|Bradley]], and [[Milford, Maine|Milford]], Bangor controlling the capital, port facilities, supplies and entertainment. Bangor capitalists also owned most of the forests. The main markets for Bangor lumber were the East Coast cities - [[Boston]] and [[New York]] were largely built from Maine lumber - but much was also shipped directly to the [[Caribbean]]. The city was particularly active in shipping building lumber to [[California]] in the [[Gold Rush]] period, via [[Cape Horn]], before sawmills could be established in northern California, [[Oregon]], and [[Washington]]. Bangorians subsequently helped transplant the Maine culture of lumbering to the [[Pacific Northwest]], and participated directly in the Gold Rush themselves. [[Bangor, Washington]]; [[Bangor, California]]; and Little Bangor, Nevada are legacies of this contact.<ref name='Wood'> Richard George Wood, ''A History of Lumbering in Maine'', 1820-61 (Orono: University of Maine Press, 1971)</ref> |
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Sailors and loggers gave the city a widespread reputation for roughness — their stomping grounds were known as the "Devil's Half Acre".<ref name="MAGDE" />. (The same name was also applied, at roughly the same time, to [[The Devil's Half-Acre, Pennsylvania]]). The arrival of [[Irish people|Irish]] immigrants from nearby [[Canada]] beginning in the 1830s, and their competition with local yankees for jobs, sparked a deadly sectarian riot in 1833 which lasted days and had to be put down by militia. Realizing the need for a police force, the town incorporated as The City of Bangor in 1834.<ref name='Mundy'>James H. Mundy and Earle G. Shettleworth, ''The Flight of the Grand Eagle: Charles G. Bryant, Architect and Adventurer'' (Augusta: Maine Historic Preservation Commission, 1977)</ref> Irish-Catholic and later Jewish immigrants eventually became established members of the community, along with many migrants from Atlantic Canada. Of 205 black citizens who lived in Bangor in 1910, over a third were originally from Canada.<ref>Maureen Elgersman Lee, [http://books.google.com/books?id=LOyL8K6TgZ0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Black+Bangor:+African-Americans+in+a+Maine+Community,+1880-1950&sig=kYV-xFNl15bYBjDKHGuRFLweqmo ''Black Bangor: African-Americans in a Maine Community, 1880-1950''] (University Press of New England, 2005)</ref> |
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Bangor was a center of political agitation during the bloodless [[Aroostook War]], a boundary dispute with Britain in 1838-39. Still wary of the British navy, which had brought violence to the Penobscot twice, local politicians caused the Federal government to build a huge granite fort, [[Fort Knox (Maine)|Fort Knox]] downriver from Bangor at [[Prospect, Maine]] from 1844 to 1864. It remains one of the region's most prominent landmarks, although it never fired a shot in anger. |
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[[Image:At the Boom, Penobscot River, Bangor, ME.jpg|thumb|right|[[Log boom]] in 1910]] |
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Many of the [[lumber baron]]s built elaborate [[Greek Revival]] and [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] houses that still stand on Broadway, West Broadway, and elsewhere around the city. Bangor is also noteworthy for its large number of substantial old churches, as well as its imposing canopy of shade trees. The city was so beautiful it was called "The Queen City of the East." The shorter ''Queen City'' appellation is still used by some local clubs, organizations, events and businesses.<ref name='Thompson'>Deborah Thompson, ''Bangor, Maine, 1769-1914: An Architectural History'' (Orono: University of Maine Press, 1988)</ref>{{Verify source|date=June 2008}} |
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In addition to shipping lumber, 19th century Bangor was the leading producer of [[moccasins]], shipping over 100,000 pairs a year by the 1880s.<ref>''Barnstable Patriot'', Oct. 21, 1884, p. 1</ref> |
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===Slavery issue and the Civil War=== |
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Bangor was a center of anti-slavery politics in the years before the [[American Civil War]], partly due to the influence of the [[Bangor Theological Seminary]]. The city had a chapter of the [[American Anti-Slavery Society]] with 105 members in 1837, and a parallel Female Anti-Slavery Society with 100 more. In 1841, the gubernatorial candidate of the anti-slavery [[Liberty Party (United States)|Liberty Party]] received more votes in Bangor than in any city in Maine, though he lost by a wide margin to a less radical Bangorean, [[Edward Kent]]. U.S. Congressman [[Israel Washburn Jr.]] from neighboring [[Orono, Maine|Orono]] was instrumental in organizing 30 members of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] to discuss forming the [[History of the United States Republican Party|Republican Party]], and was the first politician of that rank to use the term "Republican", in a speech at Bangor in June 2, 1854.<ref>William E. Gienapp, [http://books.google.com/books?id=AWtZnsxMCDEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Origins+of+the+Republican+Party+Gienapp&sig=ShE80bnWKKZAXE1rWZ92odkcIVM#PPA89,M1 ''The Origins of the Republican Party''] (Oxford, 1987), p. 89; Republican gatherings had taken place in Wisconsin and Michigan earlier in the year, but Washburn's meeting was the first in the U.S. Capital</ref> |
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That [[Hannibal Hamlin]] of neighboring [[Hampden, Maine|Hampden]] became Lincoln's first [[Vice President]], testified to the strength of local anti-slavery feeling, at least among an educated elite. The city gradually became so hot for the Republican cause that on Aug. 17, 1861 the offices of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] paper, the ''Bangor Daily Union'', were ransacked by a mob, and the presses and other materials thrown into the street and burned. Editor Marcellus Emery was threatened with violence but escaped unharmed. He only resumed publishing after the war.<ref name='Godfrey'>[http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/me/penobscot/newspapers/thepress6gnw.txt The Press of Penobscot Co., Maine], John E, Godfrey, Retrieved 29 Dec 2007</ref> |
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Bangor and surrounding towns were heavily engaged in the [[American Civil War]]. The locally-mustered [[2nd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment]] ("The Bangor Regiment"), was the first to march out of the state in 1861, and played a prominent part in the [[First Battle of Bull Run]]. The [[1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment]], mustered in Bangor and commanded by a local merchant, lost more men than any Union regiment in the war (especially in a single ill-fated charge in the [[Second Battle of Petersburg]], 1864). The [[20th Maine Infantry Regiment]] commanded by Maj. Gen. [[Joshua Chamberlain]] from the neighboring town of [[Brewer, Maine|Brewer]] gained fame for holding [[Little Round Top]] in the [[Battle of Gettysburg]]. Grant gave Chamberlain the honor of accepting the surrender of Lee's [[Army of Virginia]]. A bridge connecting Bangor with Brewer is named for Chamberlain, who was one of eight Civil War soldiers from Bangor or surrounding [[Penobscot County]] towns to receive the [[Medal of Honor]].<ref>[http://www.ametro.net/~bouchard/civilwar/MaineMOH.html Medal of Honor Recipients Associated with the State of Maine]. According to this list, 4 Civil War MOH recipients were born in Bangor, and one each in Brewer (Chamberlain), Old Town, Edinburg, and LaGrange</ref> |
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Bangor's main Civil War naval hero was [[Charles A. Boutelle]], who accepted the surrender of the Confederate fleet after the [[Battle of Mobile Bay]]. A Bangor residential street is named for him. A number of Bangor ships were captured on the high seas by [[Confederate States Navy|Confederate]] raiders in the Civil War, including the "Delphine", "James Littlefield", "Mary E. Thompson" and "Golden Rocket".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/archives/military/civilwar/0297yarn.htm|title=A Salute To The Navy And All The Ships At Sea|publisher=Maine State Archives|accessdate=2008-01-27}}</ref> |
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The [[University of Maine]] (originally The Maine State College) was founded in the suburban town of [[Orono, Maine|Orono]] in 1868. |
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In the 1880s there was a local quarrel over the [[History of time in the United States|adoption of Eastern Standard Time]] because Bangor was so far east. Bangor even elected an anti-EST mayor (J.F. Snow), and the city had, for awhile, two times. Some people set their watches to EST, and some to 'local time'. The issue was finally settled by the state legislature, which made EST 'standard' across all of Maine. |
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Although Maine was the first "dry" state (i.e. the first to prohibit the sale of alcohol, with the passage of the "[[Maine law]]" in 1851), Bangor managed to remain "wet". The city had 142 saloons in 1890. A look-the-other-way attitude by local police and politicians (sustained by a system of bribery in the form of ritualized fine-payments known as "The Bangor Plan") allowed Bangor to flout the nation's most long-standing state [[Prohibition in the United States|prohibition]] law.<ref>''New York Times'', Jan. 8, 1890, p. 1; Ibid, Aug. 30, 1903, p. 3</ref> |
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===Early twentieth century=== |
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[[Image:Main Street from Opera House, Bangor, ME.jpg|thumb|right|Main Street in c. 1920]] |
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In 1900 Bangor was still shipping wooden spools to [[England]] and wooden fruit boxes to [[Italy]]. An average of 2,000 vessels called at Bangor each year. But its days as a lumber port were numbered, as the Maine woods began to be purchased by [[pulp and paper industry in the United States|paper corporations]], and large [[pulp and paper mill]]s were erected in towns all along the Penobscot. The transition from lumber to paper was completed in the first quarter of the 20th century, though Bangor businesses continued to prosper by serving the [[paper industry]].<ref name='Smith'>David Clayton Smith, ''A History of Lumbering in Maine, 1861-1960'' (Orono: University of Maine Press, 1972)</ref> Local capitalists also invested in a train route to [[Aroostook County]] in northern Maine (the [[Bangor and Aroostook Railroad]]), opening that area to settlement. |
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In 1909, [[Robert E. Peary]], after leading the first expedition to reach the [[North Pole]], returned by train to the United States from Canada, via Bangor, where he was treated to a reception and given an engraved silver cup. Peary's Arctic exploration ship, the ''Roosevelt'', had been built just south of Bangor on [[Verona Island, Maine|Verona Island]]. |
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On [[April 30]], [[1911]], embers from a hayshed near the [[Kenduskeag Stream]] ignited nearby buildings, sparking the [[Great Fire of 1911]]. The fire would destroy most of the downtown, forever changing the face of the city, but as in the case of the more famous [[Great Chicago Fire]] of 1871, Bangor rose again and prospered. Most of the present downtown is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as the 'Great Fire Historic District', while the portion that survived the fire is the 'West Market Square Historic District'.<ref name='Thompson'/> |
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In 1915, a German agent, [[Werner Horn]] attempted to dynamite the international railroad bridge in [[Vanceboro, Maine|Vanceboro]] but was captured and arraigned on federal charges in Bangor. Later that year, $100 million in British gold bullion was shipped by rail from Halifax to New York, over that same bridge and through Bangor, in order to pay war-related debts.<ref>''New York Times'', Aug. 10, 1915</ref> |
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The city was visited by the global [[Spanish Flu]] pandemic of 1918 and over a hundred died. This was the worst 'natural disaster' in Bangor's history. |
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In the fall of 1937, "public enemy" [[Al Brady]] and another member of his "Brady Gang" were killed in the bloodiest shootout in Maine's history. Federal agents ambushed Brady and his two accomplices on Bangor's Central Street after they had attempted to purchase guns and ammunition from Dakin's Sporting Goods downtown. Brady is buried in the public section of Mount Hope Cemetery, on the north side of Mount Hope Avenue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bangorinfo.com/Focus/focus_brady_gang.html|title=The Brady Gang|publisher=Bangor in Focus|accessdate=2008-02-26}}</ref> Until recently Brady's grave was unmarked. A group of schoolchildren erected a wooden marker over his grave in the 1990s, which was replaced by a more permanent stone in 2007<ref>''Bangor Daily News'', Friday, September 07, 2007</ref> |
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===Second World War and after=== |
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[[Image:Old Post Office, Bangor, ME.jpg|thumb|right|Old Post Office, now City Hall]] |
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During the [[Second World War]], Bangor's Dow Airfield (later [[Dow Air Force Base]]) became a major embarkation point for [[U.S. Army Air Force]] planes flying to and returning from Europe. Photographs and obituaries of 112 servicemen from Bangor who gave their lives in the war are preserved in 'Book of Honor' at the [[Bangor Public Library]]. There was also a small [[POW Camp]] in Bangor for captured German soldiers, a satellite of the much larger [[Camp Houlton]] in northern Maine. |
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In November, 1944, two German spies who had been landed on the Maine coast by [[U-Boat]] hitched a ride to Bangor, where they boarded a train to New York. They were eventually arrested and tried after an extensive [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) manhunt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fas.org/irp/ops/ci/docs/ci2/chap1.pdf|title=Counterintelligence In World War II|publisher=[[Federation of American Scientists]]|accessdate=2008-01-27}}</ref> |
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In the post-war period Dow Airfield became a [[Strategic Air Command]] Base, and was subsequently converted into the [[Bangor International Airport]]. Beginning in the 1970s, hundreds of thousands of international airline passengers, especially those on charter flights, cleared customs in Bangor as their planes refueled on the way from Europe to the interior of the United States or Mexico. The airport also became a major portal for returning troops in both the first and second [[Gulf Wars]]. |
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The destruction of downtown landmarks such as the old city hall and train station in the late 1960s [[Urban Renewal]] Program is now considered to have been a huge planning mistake, ushering a decline of the city center that was only accelerated by the construction of the [[Bangor Mall]] in 1978 and subsequent big box stores on the city's outskirts.<ref>[http://bangorinfo.com/Focus/focus_urban_renewal.html Bangor in Focus: Urban Renewal] Retrieved June 29, 2008</ref> Downtown Bangor began to recover in the 1990s, however, with bookstores, cafe/restaurants, galleries, and museums filling once vacant storefronts.<!-- link doesn't appear to address recovery: [http://www.downtownbangor.com/]--> The recent re-development of the city's waterfront has also helped re-focus cultural life in the historic center.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bangormaine.gov/bd_mdi_waterfront.php|title=Major Development Initiatives: Waterfront Redevelopment|publisher=City of Bangor|accessdate=2008-02-26}}</ref> |
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In 1992 Bangor was the launch site for the Chrysler Trans-Atlantic Challenge Balloon Race, which saw teams from five nations competing to reach Europe. The Belgians won, but the American team, blown off course, became the first to pilot a balloon from North America to [[Africa]] (it landed near [[Fez, Morocco]]), setting new endurance and distance records in the process.<ref>[http://bangorinfo.com/Focus/focus_trans-atlantic_race.html Bangor in Focus: Translatlantic Challenge] Retrieved June 29, 2008</ref> |
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Also in 1992, a series of [[NASA]] scientific research flights carried out from Bangor, using a converted [[U-2 spy plane]] proved that the hole in the [[ozone layer]] had critically grown over the northern hemisphere, prompting an acceleration of the global phase-out of [[Haloalkane|CFC]]s (the [[Copenhagen]] Amendment to the [[Montreal Protocol]]} |
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==Geography== |
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|[[Image:Lower Main Street, Bangor, Maine.JPG|right|thumb|Lower Main Street]] |
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Bangor is located at {{coord|44|48|13|N|68|46|13|W|city}} (44.803, -68.770).{{GR|1}} According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of 34.7 [[square mile]]s (90.0 [[km²]]), of which, 34.5 square miles (89.2 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.8 km²) of it (0.86%) is water. |
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Geography has been both the city's prosperity, and a limiting factor in its growth. The [[Penobscot River]] [[drainage basin|watershed]] above Bangor is both extensive and [[Maine North Woods|heavily forested]], yet was too far north to attract American settlers intent on farming. These same conditions made it ideal for [[lumbering]], along with deep winter snows which allowed logs to be easily dragged from the woods by horse-teams. Carried to the Penobscot or its tributaries, logs could be floated downstream with the spring thaw to [[sawmill]]s on [[waterfall]]s (water-power driving the sawblades) just above Bangor. The sawn lumber was then shipped from the city's docks, Bangor being at the head-of-tide (between the rapids and the ocean) to points anywhere in the world needing wood. The combination of forests and sheltered coves along the nearby [[Down East|Maine coast]] also fostered the development of a [[ship-building]] industry to service the lumber trade.<ref name='Wood'/> |
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Bangor had certain disadvantages compared to other East Coast ports, including its rival [[Portland, Maine]]. Being on a northern river, its port froze during the winter, and could not take the largest ocean-going ships. The comparative lack of settlement in the forested hinterland also gave it a comparatively small home market.<ref>David Demeritt, "Boards, Barrels, and Boxshooks: The Economics of Downeast Lumber in 19th Century Cuba" ''Forest and Conservation History'', v. 35, no. 3 (July 1991), p. 112</ref> |
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Many of the same conditions that favored lumbering, however, were attractive to the [[pulp mill|pulp and paper industry]], which took over the Penobscot watershed in the twentieth century. One large difference was transportation: the paper was shipped out, and the chemicals in, by railroad. The city began turning its back on the river as its train-yards became more important. The coming of the paper industry assured, however, that the Maine woods would remain unsettled for another century.<ref name='Smith'/> |
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Bangor's other geographic advantage, not realizable until the mid-twentieth century, was that it lay along the most direct air-route between the U.S. East Coast and Europe (the [[Great Circle Route]]). The construction of an [[Bangor International Airport|air-field]] in the 1930s, and its continual expansion under military auspices through the 1960s, allowed the city to eventually take full advantage of this geographic gift. Having the [[Canadian border]] close-by also helped. Bangor was the last American airport before Europe, or the first American airport one encountered flying from Europe. The extension of air routes connecting Europe with the U.S. West Coast and the Caribbean in the 1970s-80s put Bangor very much in the middle as a refueling stop for charter aircraft. The subsequent development of longer-range jets began to reduce this advantage in the 1990s.<ref name='Clancey'>Gregory Clancey, [http://usj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/41/12/2335 ''Local Memory and Worldly Narrative: The Remote City in America and Japan''] in ''Urban Studies'', Vol. 41, No. 12, pp. 2335-2355 (2004)</ref> |
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A potential advantage that has always eluded the city is its location between the Canadian port city of [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]] and the rest of [[Canada]] (as well as New York). As early as the 1870s the city promoted a Halifax to [[New York]] railroad, via Bangor, as the quickest connection between North America and Europe (when combined with steamship service between [[ukgbi|Britain]] and Halifax). A [[European and North American Railway]] was actually opened through Bangor, with President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] officiating at the inauguration, but commerce never lived up to the potential. More recently attempts to capture traffic between Halifax and [[Montreal]] by constructing an East-West Highway through Maine have also come to naught. Most overland traffic between the two parts of Canada continues to go over Maine rather than through it.<ref name='Clancey'/> |
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==Demographics== |
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[[Image:BangorMobius.jpg|thumb|left|Downtown Bangor]] |
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As of the [[census]]{{GR|2}} of 2000, there were 31,473 people, 13,713 households, and 7,185 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 913.7 people per square mile (352.7/km²). There were 14,587 housing units at an average density of 423.5/sq mi (163.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 94.96% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.02% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.98% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.16% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.06% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.39% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.43% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.05% of the population. |
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Of Bangor's 13,713 households, 26.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.6% were non-families. 37.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.12 and the average family size was 2.81. |
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[[Image:Downtownbangor.jpg|thumb|right|Main Street]] |
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21.3% of Bangor's population was under the age of 18, 12.4% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 89.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.1 males. |
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The median household income in the city was $29,740, and the median income for a family was $42,047. Males had a median income of $32,314 versus $23,759 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $19,295. About 11.9% of families and 16.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.9% of those under age 18 and 13.1% of those age 65 or over. |
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As of 2007, the population of the Bangor Metropolitan Area (which includes Penobscot and parts of Waldo and Hancock Counties) is 147,180, indicating a 1.56 growth rate since 2000, almost all of it accounted for by Bangor. Metro Bangor had a higher percentage of people with high school degrees than the national average (85% compared to 76.5%) and a slightly higher number of graduate degree holders (7.55% compared to 7.16%). It had much higher no. of physicians per capita (291 vs. 170), because of the presence of two large hospitals.<ref>www.bestplaces.net Sperling's Best Places: Bangor Maine, retrieved Jan. 17, 2008</ref> |
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==Cultural institutions== |
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[[Image:BangorPublicLibraryDome.jpg|thumb|left|Bangor Public Library Dome]] |
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The [[Bangor Public Library]], founded in 1883, traces its beginnings to 1830 and seven books in a simple footlocker. It now has a collection of over 500,000 volumes, and regularly records one of the highest circulation rates in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpl.lib.me.us/newsletters/Sept-Oct%202004.pdf|title=Bangor Public Library Newsletter|publisher= Bangor Public Library|year=2004|accessdate=2008-02-26}}</ref> |
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The [[University of Maine Museum of Art]], located in [[Norumbega]] Hall in downtown Bangor, has a permanent collection of over 6500 pieces, including works by [[Berenice Abbott]], [[Marsden Hartley]], [[Winslow Homer]], [[John Marin]], Carl Sprinchorn, and [[Andrew Wyeth]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.umma.umaine.edu/|title=Museum of Art|publisher=[[University of Maine]]|accessdate=2008-01-29}}</ref> The [[Maine Discovery Museum]], a major children's museum founded in 2001 in the former Freese's Department Store. The Bangor Museum and Center for History in addition to its exhibit space maintains the historic Thomas A. Hill House.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bangormuseum.com/html/home.htm|title=Bangor Museum and Center for History|accessdate=2008-01-29}}</ref> The Bangor Police Department boasts a police museum with some items dating to the 1700s. There is a Fire Museum at the former State Street Fire Station. |
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[[Image:BangorOperaHouse.jpg|thumb|right|Bangor Opera House]] |
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There are several performing arts venues and groups in the Bangor area. The [[Bangor Symphony Orchestra]], founded in 1896, is the oldest continually operating symphony [[orchestra]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bangorsymphony.com/|title=Bangor Symphony Orchestra|accessdate=2008-01-29}}</ref> The [[Bangor Band]], founded in 1859 and performing continually since then, gives free weekly concerts in the city's parks during the summer, and counts among its past conductors noted march composer [[Robert B. Hall]]. The [[Penobscot Theatre Company]], founded in 1973, is a professional theater company based in the historic Bangor Opera House.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.penobscottheatre.org/|title=Welcome to the Penobscot Theatre|accessdate=2008-01-29}}</ref> The [[Maine Center for the Arts]], located at the nearby [[University of Maine]], hosts a wide variety of touring [[performing arts|performing artists]] and events. River City Cinema hosts a free outdoor summer film festival in downtown Bangor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rivercitycinema.com/|title=River City Cinema|accessdate=2008-01-29}}</ref> |
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The [[University of Maine]], the flagship campus of the [[University of Maine System]] is located 9 miles from Bangor in the town of [[Orono, Maine|Orono]], and adds significantly to the city's cultural life. There is also a vocationally-oriented [[University of Maine at Augusta|University College of Bangor]], associated with the [[University of Maine Augusta]]. Bangor's [[Husson College (Husson University in Oct. 2008)]], founded in 1898, enrolls approximately 2500 students a year in a variety of undergraduate and graduate programs. [[Beal College]], also in Bangor, is a small institution oriented toward career training. The [[Bangor Theological Seminary]], founded in 1814, is the only accredited graduate school of religion in northern New England. |
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Bangor has a [[sister city]] relationship with nearby [[Saint John, New Brunswick]]. |
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==Architecture== |
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[[Image:Bangor.jpg|thumb|left|West Market Square]]Bangor has a fascinating, mostly 19th-century cityscape, and sections of the city are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. The city has also had a municipal [[Historic Preservation Commission]] since the early 1980s.<ref name='Thompson'/> |
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The [[Thomas Hill Standpipe]], A huge elegant [[shingle style]] structure, is visible from most parts of the city. Also prominent are the spires of the Hammond St. [[Congregational]] and [[Unitarian Universalism|Unitarian]] churches, built from similar designs by the Boston architectural firm Towle and Foster, and that of St. John's Church ([[Roman Catholic]]) constructed around the same time. The Bangor House Hotel, now converted to apartments, is the only survivor among a series of "Palace Hotels" designed by Boston architect [[Isaiah Rogers]] which were the first of their kind in the United States.<ref>[http://bangorinfo.com/Focus/focus_bangor_house.html Bangor In Focus: The Bangor House] Retrieved June 29, 2008</ref> Bangor also boasts the country's second oldest [[rural cemetery|garden cemetery]], the [[Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor|Mt. Hope Cemetery]], designed by [[Charles G. Bryant]].<ref name='Thompson'/> |
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[[Richard Upjohn]], British-born architect and early promoter of the [[Gothic Revival]], received some of his first commissions in Bangor, including the Isaac Farrar House (1833), Samuel Farrar House (1836), Thomas A. Hill House (presently owned by the Bangor Historical Society), and St. John's Church (Episcopal, 1836-39). The later was designed just prior to his most famous commission, [[Trinity Church]] in New York City. Upjohn was a founding member of the [[American Institute of Architects]] and its first president (1857-76).<ref>Everard M. Upjohn, [http://books.google.com/books?id=Sm8gAAAAMAAJ&q=Richard+Upjohn:+Architect+and+Churchman&dq=Richard+Upjohn:+Architect+and+Churchman&pgis=1 ''Richard Upjohn: Architect and Churchman''] (NY: Columbia U. Press, 1939)</ref> |
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[[Image:Bangor Maine.JPG|thumb|right|St. John's Catholic Church with Thomas Hill Standpipe in distance]] |
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Other local landmarks include the [[Bangor Public Library]] by [[Peabody and Stearns]]; All Soul's Congregational Church by [[Ralph Adams Cram|Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson]]; the Wheelwright Block by Benjamin S. Deane; and The Eastern Maine Insane Hospital by [[John Calvin Stevens]].<ref>[http://bangorinfo.com/Focus/focus_bmhi.html Bangor In Focus: Bangor Mental Health Institute] Retrieved June 28, 2008</ref> Bangor also contains many impressive [[Greek Revival]]. [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]], and [[Colonial Revival]] houses, some of which are also listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. The most photographed is the William Arnold House of 1856, Bangor's largest [[Italianate]] style mansion and home to author [[Stephen King]]. Its wrought-iron fence with bat and spider web motif is King's own addition.<ref name='Thompson'/> |
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The bow-plate of the battleship [[USS Maine (ACR-1)|USS ''Maine'']], whose destruction in [[Havana, Cuba]] presaged the start of the [[Spanish-American War]], survives on a granite memorial by Charles Eugene Tefft in Davenport Park. |
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In the category "roadside architecture", Bangor has a huge, famous fiberglass-over-metal statue of mythical lumberman [[Paul Bunyan]] by Normand Martin (1959) and one of only two [[Howard Johnson's]] restaurants left in the country. |
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==Public art== |
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[[Image:Pierce Memorial.JPG|thumb|right|Peirce Memorial]] |
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There are three large bronze statues in downtown Bangor by [[Brewer, Maine|Brewer]] sculptor Charles Eugene Tefft, including the Luther H. Peirce Memorial, commemorating the [[Penobscot River]] Log-Drivers, a statue of [[Hannibal Hamlin]] at Kenduskeag Mall, and an image of "Lady Victory" at Norumbega Parkway. |
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The abstract aluminum sculpture "Continuity of Community" (1969) in West Market Square is by the [[Castine]] sculptor Clark Battle Fitz-Gerald (1917-2004) whose works also stand at [[Coventry Cathedral]], [[Independence Hall (United States)|Independence Hall]], and [[Columbia University]] |
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The U.S. Post Office in Bangor contains the three-part mural "Autumn Expansion" (1980) by noted artist [[Yvonne Jacquette]]. |
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A large bronze commemorating the [[2nd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment]] (1962) by Wisconsin sculptor Owen Vernon Shaffer stands at the entrance to [[Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor|Mt. Hope Cemetery]] |
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==Public safety== |
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[[Image:Hose Co. 5.jpg|thumb|left||Engine and Hose Co. No. 5 (now Fire Museum)]] |
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Ironically, this city associated with the novels of [[Stephen King]] is among the safest in the United States. Its crime rate is the second lowest among American metropolitan areas of comparable size.<ref>[http://www.bangormaine.gov/lib_safety.php Bangor Maine: the Official Web Site of the City of Bangor], retrieved 18 Jan., 2008</ref> |
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Beginning 19 January 2007 the city has banned smoking in automobiles if children under 18 are present. Offenders can be fined $50 under the ordinance. According to the [[New York Times]], Bangor is "believed to be the first city to outlaw smoking in cars with children."<ref>''The New York Times'', 19 January 2007, National section</ref> |
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==Government== |
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Bangor has a [[Council-Manager]] form of government, with a nine-member [[City Council]]. Three city councilors are elected to three-year terms each year. Although Bangor has no "[[Mayor]]", the Chair of the City Council is often informally referred to as the City's Mayor. |
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In 1996, Bangor's City Council was the first in North America to unanimously approve a resolution opposing the sale of [[sweat-shop]] produced clothing in local stores. |
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Bangor and [[Augusta, Maine|Augusta]] have together produced the largest number of [[Governors of Maine]] (nine each, including two non-consecutive terms by [[Edward Kent]]). This list includes the present governor, Democrat [[John Baldacci]], and the last Republican governor, [[John R. McKernan]]. A number of others were born or lived in suburban towns such as [[Brewer, Maine|Brewer]], [[Hampden, Maine|Hampden]], and [[Orono, Maine|Orono]]. |
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==Events== |
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The Bangor [[State fair]], held starting the last Friday of each July, for more than 150 years, is one of the country's oldest fairs, featuring agricultural exhibits, [[funfair|carnival]] attractions, and live performances. |
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In 2002, 2003, and 2004, Bangor was the host of the [[National Folk Festival (USA)|National Folk Festival]]. In August 2005, the newly created [[American Folk Festival]] began as an annual event on the city's waterfront. |
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The [[Kenduskeag Stream]] Canoe Race, a celebrated white-water event which begins just north of Bangor in the town of Kenduskeag, has been held annually for the last 40 years. Bangor also hosts an annual [[Soapbox Derby]] race, and a [[Paul Bunyon]] marathon. |
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==Media== |
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The Bangor region has a large number of media outlets for an area its size. The city has an unbroken history of newspaper publishing extending from 1815. Almost 30 dailies, weeklies, and monthlies had been launched there by the end of the Civil War .<ref name='Godfrey'/> |
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[[Image:BangorDailyNews.jpg|thumb|right|Bangor Daily News building]] |
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The ''[[Bangor Daily News]]'' was founded in the late nineteenth century, and is one of the few remaining family-owned newspapers left in the United States. |
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''Bangor Metro'', founded in 2005, is the area's glossy business, lifestyle, and opinion magazine. The alternative/lifestyle weekly ''[[The Maine Edge]]'' also publishes in the city. |
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Bangor has more than a dozen [[radio]] stations and seven [[television]] stations, including [[WLBZ|WLBZ 2]] ([[NBC]]), [[WABI-TV|WABI 5]] ([[CBS]]), [[WVII|WVII 7]] ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]), [[WBGR-LP|WBGR 33]], and [[WFVX|WFVX 22]] ([[Fox Broadcasting|Fox]]). [[Maine Public Broadcasting Network|WMEB 12]], licensed to nearby [[Orono, Maine|Orono]], is the area's [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] member station. Radio stations in the city include [[WKIT]] and [[WZON]], owned by Zone Radio Corporation, a company owned by Bangor resident novelist Stephen King. [http://whsn-fm.com WHSN] is a non-commercial alternative rock station licensed to Bangor and run and operated by staff and students at the New England School of Communications [http://www.nescom.edu (NESCom)] located on the campus of [[Husson College]]. Several other stations in the market are owned by [[Clear Channel Broadcasting]] and [[Cumulus Media]]. |
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==Sport and recreation== |
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[[Image:BangorAuditorium.JPG|thumb|left|Bangor Auditorium]] |
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The Eastern Maine [[High School Basketball]] Tournament is held each February at the [[Bangor Auditorium]] drawing fans from central, eastern and northern Maine. The nearby [[University of Maine]] fields major college sports teams in [[College Football|football]], [[ice hockey]], [[baseball]], and men's and women's [[basketball]]. Bangor has also been home to two [[minor league baseball]] teams in the past decade: the Bangor Blue Ox (1996-1997) and the [[Bangor Lumberjacks]] (2003-2004). Both were affiliated with the [[Northeast League]] that existed under that name from 1995-1998. |
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[[Bangor High School]] sports teams are traditionally strong competitors. In the state "class A" division of both baseball and basketball, Bangor holds the record for number of combined champion and runner-up placements. In football they share that record with [[South Portland, Maine|South Portland]]. Both the boy's and the girl's swim teams have also tallied the most state-wide wins. |
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[[Image:Bangor2.jpg|thumb|right|Kenduskeag Stream]] |
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Bangor Raceway offers live [[harness racing]] and features an [[off-track betting]] center. Also, nearby Hollywood Slots is Maine's first [[slot machine]] [[gambling]] center. In 2007, construction began on a $131 million [[casino]] complex in Bangor that will house, among other things, a gaming floor featuring up to 1,500 slot machines, a seven-story hotel, and a four-level parking garage. The new racino is slated to open in the summer of 2008. Maine is one of few states where racinos are legal, and the one in Bangor is expected to change the city's tourism profile. |
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Every August (since 2002) Bangor has been home to the [[Little league|Senior League World Series]]. |
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Bangor has also been of historical importance to professional wrestling. [[Vince McMahon]] promoted his very first wrestling event in Bangor in 1979. In 1985, the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship changed hands for the first time outside of Puerto Rico in Bangor at an IWCCW show.<ref>{{cite web |
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The [[Bangor City Forest]] and other nearby parks, forests and waterways support a wide variety of outdoor activities including hiking, sailing, canoeing, hunting, fishing, skiing, and snowmobiling. |
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The Penobscot has always been the premier [[salmon]]-fishing river in Maine, and the [[Bangor Salmon Pool]] traditionally sent the first fish caught to the President of the United States. Low fish stocks resulted in a ban on salmon fishing in 1999-2006 but the wild [[salmon]] population (and the sport) is slowly recovering. The [[Penobscot River Restoration Project]] is presently working to help the fish population by removing certain dams north of Bangor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.penobscotriver.org/|title=Penobscot River Restoration Project|accessdate=2008-03-02}}</ref> |
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==Transportation== |
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Bangor is located along [[Interstate 95 in Maine|I-95]], [[U.S. Route 1 in Maine|U.S. 1]], [[US 2]], and [[Maine State Route 15|State Route 15]]. [[Interstate 395 (Maine)|I-395]] branches from I-95 and runs to the east. Three major bridges, including the [[Joshua Chamberlain]] Bridge and [[Penobscot River Bridge]], connect Bangor to its neighbor Brewer. |
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Five major airlines offer over 60 flights a day to and from [[Bangor International Airport]], giving the city non-stop service to [[Boston]], [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Detroit]], [[Cincinnati]], [[Atlanta]], [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], and seasonal non-stop service to [[New York]]'s [[LaGuardia Airport]] and [[Minneapolis]]. Most of the major [[car rental]] companies have desks at the airport. |
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Ferry service from nearby [[Bar Harbor]] connects the area with the Canadian province of [[Nova Scotia]] |
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Daily bus service provided by six companies connects Bangor with nearly all large surrounding towns and cities in Maine, as well as with [[Boston]]; [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire]]; and [[St. John, New Brunswick]]. |
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Public transportation within Bangor and to adjacent towns such as [[Orono, Maine|Orono]] is offered by the [[BAT Community Connector]] system. There is also a seasonal (summer) shuttle between Bangor and [[Bar Harbor]]. |
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==Military installations== |
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Although [[Dow Air Force Base]] has been the city-owned [[Bangor International Airport]] since 1969, the US military and the [[Maine Air National Guard]] continue to house units there and share the runway. These include the [[101st Air Refueling Wing]] of the [[United States Air Force]] (USAF) and its [[132nd Air Refueling Squadron]], which mostly fly [[KC-135]] tanker planes. The 132nd, which has been based in Bangor since 1947, and calls itself “The Mainiacs”, was a fighter squadron until 1976. |
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In 1990, the USAF East Coast Radar System (ECRS) Operation Center was activated in Bangor with over 400 personnel. The center controlled the [[Over-the-horizon radar|Over-The-Horizon Backscatter (OTH-B)]] [[radar system]], whose transmitter was in [[Moscow, Maine]], and receiver in coastal [[Columbia Falls, Maine|Columbia Falls]]. Designed and built by [[General Electric]], and incorporating 28 [[Digital Equipment]] [[VAX]] computers housed in Bangor, it was the most powerful radar in the world, capable of monitoring virtually the entire [[North Atlantic]], from [[Iceland]] to the [[Caribbean]]. A similar system on the West Coast was built but never activated. With the end of the [[Cold War]], the facility's mission of guarding against a [[Soviet]] air attack became superfluous, and though it briefly turned its attention toward [[drug interdiction]], the system was decommissioned in 1997 as an expensive [[Cold War]] relic.<ref>''New York Times'', May 28, 1991</ref> |
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In 1960-64, Bangor had a similar experience as one of a dozen [[BOMARC]] [[anti-aircraft missile]] bases. Abandoned by the Air Force four years after construction, the fortified concrete missile bunkers long survived as ghostly landmarks, and a deactivated BOMARC missile was briefly mounted, statue-like, next to [[Paul Bunyan]] at Bass Park. |
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==Famous and notable Bangorians== |
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===Statesmen=== |
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[[Image:Clinton and Cohen meeting at the Pentagon.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Cohen and President Clinton at [[The Pentagon]], September 1997.]] |
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Bangor is the hometown of [[Hannibal Hamlin]], who served as [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s first [[Vice President]], and was a strong opponent of slavery. His statue stands in a downtown park, and his house is on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. His daughter and son were present in [[Ford's Theatre]] the night Lincoln was shot. Lincoln's [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]], [[William P. Fessenden]], practiced law in Bangor in the early 1830s.<ref>Bernard S. Katz et al, [http://books.google.com/books?id=aMiA05P92h8C ''Biographical Dictionaries of the United States Secretaries of the Treasury''], p. 13</ref> |
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[[William Cohen]], former U.S. Senator and [[United States Secretary of Defense]] under President [[Bill Clinton]], is a Bangor native. A local middle school is named in his honor. |
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Current U.S. Senator [[Susan Collins]] lives in Bangor. |
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Sixteen citizens of Bangor have served as U.S. Congressmen: [[Francis Carr]] (1812-13); [[James Carr (Massachusetts politician)|James Carr]] (1815-17); [[William D. Williamson]] (1821-23); [[Gorham Parks]] (1833-37); [[Elisha Hunt Allen]] (1841-43); [[Charles Stetson]] (1849-51); [[John A. Peters]] (1867-1873); [[Samuel F. Hersey]] (1873-75); [[Harris M. Plaisted]] (1875-77); [[George W. Ladd]] (1879-1883); [[Charles A. Boutelle]] (1882-1901); [[Donald F. Snow]] (1929-1933); [[John G. Utterback]] (1933-35); [[Frank Fellows]] (1941-51); [[John R. McKernan]] (1983-87); and [[John Baldacci]] (1995-2003). Four of them (Williamson, Plaisted, McKernan, and Baldacci) became [[Governors of Maine]]. Boutelle was Chairman of the [[House Committee on Naval Affairs]] during the building of the [[Great White Fleet]]. Hersey willed his estate to the City of Bangor, which used it to found the [[Bangor Public Library]] in 1883. |
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Seven U.S. Congressmen from other states were either born in Bangor or formerly lived there, namely [[Abner Taylor]] (Illinois), [[Orrin Larrabee Miller]] (Kansas), [[Donald C. McRuer]] (California), [[Mark Trafton]] (Massachusetts), [[Daniel T. Jewett]] (Missouri), and [[Loren Fletcher]] & [[Solomon Comstock]] (Minnesota). |
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The vice presidential candidate of the [[Green Party (United States)|Green Party]] in the 2004 election, [[Patricia LaMarche]] was raised in Bangor. The first African-American elected to the Maine State Legislature was Bangor-born Gerald E. Talbot, who served 1972-78. |
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===Writers=== |
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[[Image:Stephenking house.JPG|thumb|left|Stephen King's house.]] |
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The most famous Bangor resident is undoubtedly [[Stephen King]], the author best known for his horror-themed stories, novels, and movies. His wife, [[Tabitha King|Tabitha Spruce-King]], is also a writer, as are sons Joseph Hillstrom King (aka [[Joe Hill (writer)|Joe Hill]]) and [[Owen King]]. The family donates a substantial amount of money to local libraries and hospitals and have funded a baseball stadium, Mansfield Stadium (home to the [[Little League|Senior League World Series]]), and the Beth Pancoe Aquatic Center, both on the grounds of Hayford Park, for the citizens (especially the children) of the city. King's fictional town, [[Derry (Stephen King)|Derry, Maine]], shares many points of correspondence with Bangor — the rivers, the [[Paul Bunyan]] Statue, the [[Thomas Hill Standpipe]], the hospital — but is always referred to as separate from Bangor. King also features Bangor in many of his stories, such as ''[[The Langoliers]]'' and ''[[Storm of the Century]]''. King owns radio stations [[WKIT]] and [[WZON]]. |
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[[Hayford Peirce]], the science-fiction writer and nephew of [[Waldo Peirce]], is likewise a Bangor native. Novelist [[Don J. Snyder]], poet [[Terry Godbey]] and children's book author [[Susan Lubner]] also come from Bangor. |
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Bangor had strong links to [[Transcendentalism]] through [[Frederick Henry Hedge]], minister of the [[Congregational Church]] there in the 1830s. His circle, which included [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]] and [[Henry David Thoreau]], met as "Hedge's Club" or the [[Transcendental Club]] whenever Hedge returned to his native [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]. Emerson had previously lectured in Bangor and Hedge took the position here on his advice.<ref>Joel Myerson, "A Calendar of Transcendental Club Meetings" American Literature 44:2 (May 1972)</ref> [[Thoreau]] visited Bangor a number of times (his aunt and cousins also lived here) and describes the city in his book ''The Maine Woods''. |
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[[Pulitzer Prize]] winning playwright [[Owen Davis]] (1874-1956) lived in Bangor until he was 15, and his prize-winning play ''Icebound'' (1923) is set in neighboring [[Veazie]]. Davis wrote between 200 and 300 plays, as well as radio and film scripts, and two autobiographies. He was inducted into the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]], and was president of the Author's League of America and the American Dramatist's Guild.<ref>[http://www.waterboropubliclibrary.org/MWI/MWI_detail.php?authorID=86 Maine Writer's Index, Owen Davis], retrieved 14 Jan. 2008</ref> |
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[[Christine Goutiere Weston]] (1904-1989), author of ten novels, more than thirty short stories, and two non-fiction books (about [[Ceylon]] and [[Afghanistan]]), lived the latter part of her life in Bangor. She had been born in [[India]] and much of her fiction was set there.<ref>''New York Times'', May 6, 1989</ref> |
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[[Katya Alpert Gilden]] (1919-1991) of Bangor co-authored with her husband Bert Gilden the best-selling 1965 novel ''[[Hurry Sundown (film)| Hurry Sundown]]'', which became an [[Otto Preminger]] film in 1967. |
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[[Blanche Willis Howard]], a best-selling late nineteenth century novelist, was born and raised in Bangor. She eventually moved to [[Stuttgart, Germany]] and married the court physician to King [[Charles I of Württemberg]], thus becoming the Baroness von Teuffel. |
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[[Eugene T. Sawyer]], the "Prince of [[Dime novel|Dime Novelists]]", was born and raised in Bangor. In a 1902 interview, he claimed to have authored 75 examples of that genre, mostly for the ''[[Nick Carter]]'' series, once producing a 60,000 word novel in two days. His major innovation was to "begin the plot with the first word", i.e. "We will have the money, or she shall die!"<ref>Edmund Pearson, [http://books.google.com/books?id=1704AAAAIAAJ&q=Dime+Novels+pearson&dq=Dime+Novels+pearson&pgis=1 ''Dime Novels: Or, Following an Old Trail in Popular Literature''] (Boston: Little Brown, 1929); ''New York Times'', Aug. 23, 1902, BR8, "The Spiritual Massage" and ibid, "Books and Men", July 26, 1902, p. BR12 (summarizes extensive interview with Sawyer published in ''The Bookman'', v. 15, no. 6, Aug. 1902); Eugene T. Sawyer, ''History of Santa Clara County, California'' (Historic Record Co., 1922), p. 372</ref> |
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Bangor-born [[Henry Payson Dowst]] (1872-1921) was a novelist and short-story writer, and saw a number of his stories made into silent films. One was ''The Dancin' Fool'' (1920) starring [[Wallace Reid]]. He spent his later life in a New York advertising agency, but was buried in Bangor. |
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[[Ruel Perley Smith]] (1869-1937), born in Bangor, was the author of the ''Rival Campers'' series of boy's book in the early 20th century. His regular job was as Night and Sunday Editor of the ''[[New York World]]'' newspaper.<ref>''New York Times'' obit, July 31, 1937, p. 15</ref> |
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===Artists=== |
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[[Image:Waldo, Hayford, and Respective Wives.jpg|right|thumb|Artist Waldo Peirce (left), with brother and art-historian Hayford Peirce (right) and wives, before a night at the Bangor Opera in the 1930s. Courtesy of Hayford Peirce Jr.]] |
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The painter and bohemian [[Waldo Peirce]], confidante of [[Ernest Hemingway]], was from a prominent Bangor family. |
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Portrait painter Jeremiah Pearson Hardy (1800-1887), who apprenticed under [[Samuel F.B. Morse]], lived and worked in Bangor for most of his career, sustained largely by the patronage of lumber barons.<ref>Matthew Baigell, ''Dictionary of American Artists'' and Peter Falk, ''Who was Who in American Art''</ref> His children Anna Eliza Hardy and Francis William Hardy, and sister Mary Ann Hardy, were also part of a 19th century circle of Bangor painters. Other members of this circle included Florence Whitney Jennison and Isabel Graham Eaton, who was also an author. <ref>Diane Vastne and Pauline Kaiser, eds., ''The Hardy Connection: Bangor Women Artists, 1830-1960'' (Bangor: Bangor Historical Society, 1992)</ref> |
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Walter Franklin Lansil studied first under Hardy, and then at the [[Academie Julian]] in Paris. He established a studio in Boston and became a celebrated landscape and marine artist. His brother Wilbur H. Lansil, a noted painter of rural landscapes, accompanied him to Boston. |
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[[Frederic Porter Vinton]] (1846-1911) left Bangor at age 14 for Boston, where he became that city's most sought-after portrait painter - producing over 300 canvases - and one of the original members of The Boston School. He studied in Munich and with [[Leon Bonnat]] in Paris, as well as with [[William Morris Hunt]]. |
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===Show-business people=== |
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Bangor is the birthplace of comedian/actor [[Charles Rocket]] (1949-2005), who was a cast member on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', and appeared in over 80 other television shows and films, including ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'', ''[[Miami Vice]]'', and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''. Sportscaster [[Gary Thorne]] was also born here and once served as an assistant district attorney in the city. Actor Wayne Maunder, who played [[George Armstrong Custer]] in the late sixties television series ''[[Cultural depictions of George Armstrong Custer|Custer]]'', and starred in ''[[Lancer (TV series)|Lancer]]'', was raised in Bangor, as was actress [[Stephanie Niznik]] of the television series ''[[Everwood]]'' and the film ''[[Star Trek: Insurrection]]''<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0633318/ Stephanie Niznik IMDB Page] Retrieved June 9, 2008</ref> |
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Character actor Everett Glass (1891-1966) was born in Bangor. He appeared in over 70 films and television shows from the 1940s through the 1960s, including ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'' (1956) and episodes of ''[[Superman]]'', ''[[Lassie]]'', and ''[[Perry Mason]]''.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0321930/ Everett Glass IMDB Page] Retrieved June 9, 2008</ref> |
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Bangorian [[Leonard Horn]] (1926-1975) directed episodes of 29 prime time television series and a number of made-for-tv movies between 1959 and 1975, including ''[[Mission: Impossible]]'', ''[[Mannix]]'', ''[[It Takes A Thief]]'', ''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'', ''[[The Outer Limits]]'', and ''[[Lost in Space]]''.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394873/ Leonard Horn IMDB Page] Retrieved June 9, 2008</ref> |
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Bangor-born actor Ralph Sipperly (ca.1890-1928) appeared in 10 films between 1923 and 1932, most of them silent, including the [[Academy Award]] winning ''[[Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans]]''.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0802684/ Ralph Sipperly IMDB Page] Retrieved June 9, 2008</ref> |
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Comedian [[Ed Wynn]] once ran out of money in Bangor and had to take a job playing piano in a local brothel.<ref>[http://www.midcoast.com/~lizmcl/wynn.html Tonight the Program's Gonna Be Different], accessed Jan. 28, 2008</ref> |
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Actress Myrna Fahey (1933-1973), who was born in nearby [[Carmel, Maine]], is buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Bangor. From the 1950s to the 1970s she appeared in over 40 films and television shows, including ''[[House of Usher]]'' (1960) where she co-starred with [[Vincent Price]], and episodes of such series as ''[[Zorro]]'', ''[[Gunsmoke]]'', ''[[Bonanza]]'', ''[[Perry Mason]]'', ''[[Batman]]'', and ''[[The Time Tunnel]]''. She dated [[Joe DiMaggio]] after his divorce from [[Marilyn Monroe]].<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0265196/ Myrna Fahey IMDB Page] Accessed June 9, 2008</ref> |
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Bangor-born Guy Nicolucci was on the writing team from the TV show ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brian]]'' which won an [[Emmy]] in 2007. Niccolucci also wrote for ''[[The Daily Show]]''.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0630497/ Guy Nicolucci IMDB Page] Retrieved June 9, 2008</ref> |
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[[Eric Saindon]] of Bangor was [[visual effects]] supervisor for the films ''[[King Kong (2005 film)|King Kong]]'' and ''[[Night at the Museum]]'', and a key member of the visual effects team of ''[[I, Robot]]'' and the ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'' trilogy. He is a three-time winner of the [[Visual Effects Society Award]].<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0756590/ Eric Saindon IMDB Page] Retrieved June 9, 2008</ref> A second visual effects man from Bangor, Christopher Mills, has contributed to such films as ''[[Evan Almighty]]'', ''[[The Golden Compass]]'', and ''[[Night at the Museum]]''<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1625124/ Christopher Mills IMDB Page] Retrieved June 9, 2008</ref> |
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Comedian [[Bob Marley (comedian)|Bob Marley]], born and raised in Bangor, has appeared on ''[[The Late Show with David Letterman]]'', ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'', and ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'' as well as ''[[Comedy Central]]''. |
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===Singers, musicians and song-writers=== |
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Singer/songwriter [[Howie Day]], who recorded the hit ''[[Collide]]'', was born in Bangor, and got his start playing local clubs. Country singer [[Dick Curless]], who recorded the 1965 hit ''Tombstone Every Mile'', also lived there. |
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[[George Frederick Root]] (1820-95), a noted [[Civil War]] era composer of songs such as ''[[The Battle Cry of Freedom]]'', lived in Bangor before becoming a successful music publisher in [[Chicago]]. |
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The celebrated composer (and collector of [[folk songs]]) Norman Cazden, who was a victim of [[McCarthyism]] in the 1950s, taught at the nearby [[University of Maine]] from 1969 and died in Bangor in 1980. |
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Paul T. White (1895-1973), composer, professor of music at the [[University of Rochester]], and conductor of the [[Rochester Civic Orchestra]] (1953-1965) was born in Bangor, as was Rudolph Ringwall, associate conductor of the [[Cleveland Orchestra]] (1934-56). Berlin-born [[Werner Torkanowsky]], director of the [[New Orleans Symphony Orchestra]], came to Bangor in 1981 to direct the [[Bangor Symphony]] and did so until his death in 1992. |
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[[Kay Gardner (composer)|Kay Gardner]] (1941-2002), flutist and pioneering composer of 'healing music' lived and died in Bangor. She was also a Priestess of the [[Fellowship of Isis]] and founder of Bangor's Temple of the Feminine Divine. |
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===Athletes=== |
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Bangor is the home of [[Philadelphia Phillies]] hitter [[Matt Stairs]]. Major League baseball player [[Matt Kinney]] of the [[Minnesota Twins]], [[Milwaukee Brewers]], [[Kansas City Royals]] and now Japan's [[Seibu Lions]] is also a native, as is [[Jon DiSalvatore]], of the [[National Hockey League]] (now with the [[Phoenix Coyotes]]). Fictional character Julie "The Cat" Gaffney (Meghan MacDonald in real life) from the [[Mighty Ducks]] movies grew up in Bangor, according to a voice-over biography in [[D2: The Mighty Ducks]]. |
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Former [[Major League baseball]] players born in Bangor include [[Bobby Messenger]] (1901-1964) of the [[Chicago White Sox]] and [[Baltimore Orioles|St. Louis Browns]]; [[Jack Sharrott]] (1869-1927) of the [[New York Giants]] and [[Philadelphia Phillies]]; and Pat O'Connell (1861-1943) of the [[Baltimore Orioles]]. Shortstop [[Mike Bordick]], who played for the [[Oakland Athletics]], [[New York Mets]], [[Baltimore Orioles]], and [[Toronto Bluejays]], grew up in the adjacent towns of [[Winterport (town), Maine|Winterport]] and [[Hampden]], and was a star player on the [[University of Maine]] team in nearby [[Orono, Maine|Orono]]. |
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Former [[National Basketball Association]] player [[Jeff Turner]] of the [[New Jersey Nets]] and [[Orlando Magic]] was born in Bangor. He also won a [[gold medal]] at the 1984 [[1984 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles Olympic Games]] as a member of the U.S. Basketball Team. |
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Former [[National Football League]] player [[Al Harris]] (b. 1956) of the [[Chicago Bears]] and [[Philadelphia Eagles]] comes from Bangor. |
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[[Toronto Blue Jays]] bench coach [[Brian Butterfield]] was born in Bangor, as was [[Clemson University]] baseball coach [[Jack Leggett]] and [[Ohio Wesleyan University]] football coach Mike Hollway. Jerry "The Hammer" Smith, former Bangor boxer, is Chief of Ushers at [[Fenway Park]] (home of the [[Red Sox]] in Boston). |
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Professional [[Mixed Martial Arts]] (MMA) Fighter [[Marcus Davis]] and his Team Irish currently call Bangor their home. |
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Kevin Mahaney of Bangor won a [[silver medal]] in sailing at the 1992 [[Barcelona Olympic Games]], and went on to reach the finals of the [[America's Cup]] trials with his Bangor-based PACT-95 team.<ref>''New York Times'', Jan. 8, 1995, Section 8, p. 6; ibid, Aug. 21, 1994, Section 8, p. 4</ref> |
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Cross-country biking champion [[Adam Craig]] was born in Bangor and grew up in nearby [[Corinth, Maine]]. He was a member of the U.S. Biking Team at the 2008 [[Beijing Olympic Games]] |
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[[Jack McAuliffe]], World [[Lightweight Boxing]] Champion in the 1880s-90s and known as "The Napoleon of the Ring", learned to fight growing up as a child in a tough Bangor neighborhood. He retired with an unbeaten record. Another local boxer, Michael Daley, became Lightweight Boxing Champion of New England, but was arrested in Bangor in 1903, along with [[George La Blanche]], the former Middleweight Champion of the World, for robbing a man at a local hotel. |
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In the 1890s, [[Harry Orman Robinson]] of Bangor was Head Coach of the [[University of Texas]] football team, the [[Texas Longhorns]], and before that the [[University of Missouri]] team, the [[Missouri Tigers]]. |
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Karen Colburn of Bangor was Girl's National Free-Style Ski Champion in 1975. |
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===Scholars=== |
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The "Father of American Sociology", [[Albion Woodbury Small]], attended grade-school in Bangor. He was the first American professor of sociology, founder of the first dept. of sociology (at the [[University of Chicago]]), edited the discipline's first American journal, and was President of the [[American Sociological Society]] (1912-13).<ref>Thomas W. Goodspeed, "Albion Woodbury Small", ''The American Journal of Sociology'' 32:1 (July 1926)</ref> |
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[[Edith Lesley]], founder of [[Lesley University]] in Massachusetts, grew up in Bangor. |
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University of Maine psychologist [[Doris Allen]] (1901-2002), who was born in nearby [[Old Town]], and practiced at the Bangor Mental Health Institute in the 1970s, was nominated for a [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for founding the [[Children's International Summer Villages]]. She was also President of the [[International Council of Psychologists]].<ref>Marilyn Bailey |
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Ogilvie and Joy Dorothy Harvey, [http://books.google.com/books?id=QmfyK0QtsRAC&pg=PA24&vq=doris+allen&dq=Biographical+Dictionary+of+Women+in+Science&source=gbs_search_r&cad=0_1&sig=JSBF6UlkekNBYBN1P0JIkac_ZsU ''Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science''] (Taylor & Francis, 2000), p. 25 </ref> |
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William Witherle Lawrence (1876-1958) of Bangor became a Professor of English at [[Columbia University]] and a ground-breaking scholar of [[Beowulf]] and the works of [[Chaucer]] and [[Shakespeare]]. He was awarded the [[Royal Order of Vasa]] with the rank of knight by the [[King of Sweden]]. |
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[[John Irwin Hutchinson]] (1967-1935) of Bangor became a noted professor of mathematics at [[Cornell University]], and Vice President of the [[American Mathematical Society]]. |
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[[Robert Winslow Gordon]] of Bangor became the first Director of the Archives of the American Folk Song at the [[Library of Congress]]. In the 1910s-1930s he was arguably the leading authority on this genre of music, personally recorded nearly a thousand folk songs and transcribing the lyrics of 10,000 more. |
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Hayford Peirce Sr., father of the science fiction author and brother of painter [[Waldo Peirce]], was a noted scholar of [[Byzantine Art]]. |
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[[William D. Williamson]], a [[Brown University]]-educated Bangor lawyer who became the second [[Governor of Maine]], was also the state's first historian, producing a two-volume ''History of the State of Maine'' as early as 1832. It remained the standard reference throughout the 19th century.<ref name='Williamson'/> |
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Bangor-born [[Egyptologist]] [[Sarah Parcak]] of the [[University of Alabama]] was the first member of her discipline to experiment with satellite imaging, and was able to locate 132 undiscovered ancient Egyptian archaeological sites. |
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Historian of Japan [[Gregory Clancey]], winner of the 2007 Sidney Edelstein Prize for his book "Earthquake Nation", was born in Bangor. He is Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the [[National University of Singapore]] |
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===Soldiers and sailors=== |
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[[Image:Boutelle.jpg|thumb|left|Charles Boutelle]] |
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Maj. Gen. [[Joshua Chamberlain]], a hero of the [[Battle of Gettysburg]] who also accepted the surrender of [[Robert E. Lee|General Lee]]'s Army at [[Appomattox]], was born in the neighboring city of [[Brewer, Maine|Brewer]] but studied at the [[Bangor Theological Seminary]]. The bridge connecting the two cities is named for him. Chamberlain, a professor at [[Bowdoin College]] when the war began, and later its president, could read seven foreign languages. He was also elected [[Governor of Maine]], as was another Civil War general from Bangor, [[Harris Merrill Plaisted]]. [[Cyrus Hamlin (general)|Cyrus Hamlin]], who commanded a regiment of African-American troops, and Charles Hamlin, both sons of Vice President [[Hannibal Hamlin]], also became generals in the Civil War. Naval Lt. [[Charles A. Boutelle]] accepted the surrender of the Confederate fleet after the [[Battle of Mobile Bay]], where he commanded an ironclad. |
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Vice Adm. [[Carl Frederick Holden]] of Bangor began [[World War II]] as executive officer of the battleship [[USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)|USS Pennsylvania]] during the attack on [[Pearl Harbor Attack|Pearl Harbor]]. He became the first captain of the battleship [[USS New Jersey (BB-62)|USS New Jersey]], and ended the war as a Rear Adm. commanding Cruiser Division Pacific. He was on the deck of the [[USS Missouri (BB-63)|USS Missouri]] to witness the Japanese surrender in 1945. |
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Lt. Gen. [[Donald Norton Yates]] of Bangor selected [[June 6, 1944]] as the date for [[D-Day]], the Allied invasion of Europe, in his capacity as chief [[meteorologist]] on General [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]'s staff. He chose well - it turned out to be the only day that month the invasion could have been successfully launched - and was subsequently decorated by three governments. He went on to become the chief meteorologist of the [[U.S. Air Force]], Commander of the [[Air Force Missile Test Center]] at [[Patrick Air Force Base]] in Florida, and retired as [[Deputy Director of Defence Research and Engineering]] in the Pentagon.<ref>[http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=7678 Air Force Link Biographies: Donald Norton Yates] Retrieved June 1, 2008</ref> |
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Other Bangorians who have risen to flag rank in the armed services include Lt. Gen. [[Walter F. Ulmer]], former Commandant of Cadets at [[West Point]] and commander of the [[III Corps (United States)|III Corps]] and [[Fort Hood]]; Rear Adm. [[George Adams Bright]], surgeon and Medical Director of the [[Naval Hospital]] in Washington, D.C.; and Maj. Gen. [[Elmer P. Yates]], an early proponent of nuclear power in the [[U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]]. |
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===Astronauts=== |
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Two future [[astronauts]] were among the pilots stationed at Bangor's [[Dow Air Force Base]] in the 1950s. [[Robert A. Rushworth]] of [[Madison, Maine]], and a graduate of the [[University of Maine]] in nearby [[Orono, Maine|Orono]], was at Dow in 1951-53. He was one of 9 test pilots initially selected to be astronauts in 1958, and undertook a record number of rocket research flights (34) in the [[X-15]], then the world's fastest and highest-flying winged aircraft. [[James A. McDivitt]], a fighter pilot at Dow in 1953-54, became the command pilot of the [[NASA]] spacecraft [[Gemini 4]] in 1965. This space mission was the first in which an American astronaut ([[Edward Higgins White]]) conducted a [[space-walk]]. McDivitt took the famous photographs of that event. He was later commander of the [[Apollo 9]] mission, which first tested the [[lunar module]], and subsequently became Manager of the [[Apollo space program]] itself. |
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===Inventors=== |
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Commercial [[Chewing gum]] was invented in Bangor in 1848 by [[John B. Curtis]], who marketed his product as "State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum".<ref>Gorton Carruth, ''The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates'' (Crowell, 1956) p. 223</ref> He later opened a successful gum factory in [[Portland, Maine]] |
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L.B. Davies of [[Augusta, Maine]], who came to work as a millwright in Bangor when he was 17, and subsequently joined the crew of a local steamboat, ended up in Ohio. There he invented the [[cow-catcher]]. He never patented it, nor made a cent from its widespread use.<ref>''New York Times'', Nov. 18, 1886</ref> |
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Bangor's Hinkley & Egery Ironworks (later Union Ironworks) was a local center for invention in the 19th and early 20th centuries. A new type of [[steam engine]] built there, named the "Endeavor", won a Gold Medal at the [[New York Crystal Palace]] Exhibition of the American Institute in 1856. The firm won a diploma for a shingle-making machine the following year.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=qeRIAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA73&dq=Annual+Report+of+the+American+Institute+of+the+City+of+New+York+1856#PPA178,M1 ''Annual Report of the American Institute of the City of New York''] (1856), p. 178</ref> In the 1920s, Union Iron Works engineer Don A. Sargent invented the first automotive [[snow plow]]. Sargent patented the device and the firm manufactured it for a national market.<ref>''The American City Magazine'', v. 35 (July-Dec. 1926), p. 149</ref> |
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Bangor-born physicist Hobart C. Dickinson invented the guarded hot plate, an improved [[calorimeter]], and other important testing devices while working at the [[National Bureau of Standards]]. He was also on the design team of the Liberty aircraft engine during [[World War I]] and designed and built the first [[altitude chamber]] to test full-sized aircraft. After the war he founded the research lab of the [[Society of Automotive Engineers]] and later became that organization's president.<ref>[http://nvl.nist.gov/pub/nistpubs/sp958-lide/010-013.pdf The Testing of Thermal Insulators] Retrieved June 9, 2008</ref> |
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[[Image:MOS 6502AD 4585 top.jpg|thumb|right|The MOS 6502 Microprocessor, designed by Chuck Peddle in 1975]] |
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Col. [[Paul E. Watson]] of Bangor, chief engineer of the [[U.S. Army Signal Corps]], headed the team that built the army's first long-range [[radar]] in 1936-37. This was the radar deployed in Hawaii at the time of the [[Pearl Harbor Attack]]. The Army's radar laboratory was named "Watson Laboratories" after his death, and became the kernal of the present USAF [[Rome Laboratory]].<ref>[http://www.monmouth.army.mil/historian/docdisp.php?fname=vieweger-scr-270.doc&dirname=Equipment+and+Systems%2FSCR+270 Development of Radar SCR-270]Arthur L. Vieweger & Albert S. White. Retrieved June 1, 2008</ref> |
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[[Chuck Peddle]], who developed the [[Metal Oxide Semiconductor|MOS]] [[MOS Technology 6502|6502]] [[microprocessor]] in 1975, was born in Bangor in 1937. |
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===Architects and engineers=== |
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Maine's first architect, Charles G. Bryant, lived and practiced in Bangor in the 1830s and designed [[Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor|Mt. Hope Cemetery]], the second [[rural cemetery|garden cemetery]] in the United States. Bryant later moved to [[Texas]] ([[Galveston]]) and became the first architect in that state, where he was eventually killed and scalped while fighting Indians.<ref name='Mundy'/> Other prominent Bangor architects, many of whose buildings survive in the city and nearby towns, included Calvin Ryder, Benjamin S. Deane, George W. Orff, C. Parker Crowell, and Wilfred E. Mansur.<ref name='Thompson'/> The modern architect Eaton Tarbell has also strongly influenced Bangor's cityscape. |
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Bangor-born [[Edward Austin Kent]] (1854-1912) became a leading architect in [[Buffalo, New York]] and three-time president of the [[American Institute of Architects]]. He went down on the [[Titanic]] in 1912.<ref>[http://www4.bfn.org/bah/a/archs/kent/index.html Edward Austin Kent in Buffalo New York], by Bill Parke. Accessed Feb. 5, 2008</ref> |
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Bangorian Charles Davis Jameson, an engineer who taught at [[MIT]], subsequently went to [[China]] and became Chief Consulting Engineer and Architect to the [[Qing Dynasty|Imperial Chinese Government]] (1895-1918). He planned important hydraulics projects and witnessed the [[Boxer Rebellion]] |
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Although not strictly an engineer, Bangor lawyer [[Francis Clergue]], born in neighboring [[Brewer, Maine|Brewer]] oversaw one of the most ambitious engineering projects in North America, the development of [[Sault Ste Marie]] Michigan and Ontario as a major [[hydropower]] and industrial center in the 1890s-1900s. Before that Clergue had organized the Bangor Street Railway (the first electric railway in Maine) and the Bangor Waterworks, and had tried and failed to build a railroad across [[Persia]] and a waterworks in its capital, [[Tehran]].<ref>[http://www.cityssm.on.ca/library/exhibits/Early%20Industrial%20Development/francis_clergue.htm Francis Hector Clergue: The Personality] Retrieved June 29, 2008</ref> |
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Prominent Chicago architect Ernest Alton Gunsfeld was a draftsman at [[Dow Air Force Base|Dow Field]] in Bangor during the Korean War. |
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===Physicians=== |
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[[Elliott Cutler|Elliott Carr Cutler]] (1888-1947), son of a Bangor lumber merchant<ref>His father was George Chalmers Cutler and his brother, [[Robert Cutler]], was the first U.S. National Security Advisor (see Robert Cutler, ''No Time for Rest'' [Boston: Little Brown, 1966], pp. 1-18). For his connection to the Carr family of Bangor see [[Francis Carr]] </ref>, became Chairman of the Dept. of Surgery at [[Harvard Medical School]] and a pioneer in [[cardiac surgery]], inventing a number of important techniques and publishing over 200 papers. He was elected President of the [[American Surgical Association]], and later became surgeon-in-chief at [[Brigham Hospital]] in Boston. During the [[Second World War]] he was Chief Surgical Consultant in the European Theatre of Operations with the rank of Brigadier General. Another Bangor-born [[Harvard Medical School]] professor, Frederick T. Lord, was a pioneer in the use of serum to treat [[pneumonia]], and was elected President of the American Association of Thoracic Surgery. |
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Charlotte Blake Brown (1846-1904) of Bangor was a pioneering female physician who co-founded what became Children's Hospital of San Francisco in 1878, with an all-female staff and board of directors. In 1880 she also founded the first [[nursing school]] in the American West. Children's Hospital merged with another institution to become [[California Pacific Medical Center]] in 1991. |
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===Judges=== |
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[[Chief Justice]] of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] [[Melville Weston Fuller]] (who served 1888-1910) read law in Bangor after graduating from [[Bowdoin College]] in 1853. His brother Henry Weld Fuller, who was a Bangor druggist in the 1850s, later moved to Chicago and became President of the [[American Pharmaceutical Association]].<ref>The obituary of Henry Weld Fuller in ''New York Times'', June 29, 1892, p. 5, mentions that he was married to Sarah R. Ladd of Bangor, the sister of Bangor druggist and U.S. Congressman [[George W. Ladd]] </ref> |
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Edward Kent Jr., son of Bangor Mayor, [[Maine Governor]], and [[Maine Supreme Judicial Court]] Justice [[Edward Kent]], was appointed by his [[Harvard]] classmate Theodore Roosevelt as [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Arizona Territory]] Supreme Court, 1902-1912. He is noted for a landmark ruling on water rights (the Kent Decree of 1910) |
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Bangor lawyer John Appleton (1804-1891) was [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Maine Supreme Judicial Court]] from 1862 to 1883. A disciple of [[Jeremy Bentham]], his was the first U.S. court to rule that the accused could testify in criminal trials (1864), an innovation that only became Federal law in 1878.<ref>William Twining, ''Rethinking Evidence: Expository Essays'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006), p. 55</ref> |
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===They married well=== |
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Bettina Brown Gorton, the wife of Australian Prime Minister Sir [[John Gorton]] (who served 1968-71) was from Bangor. She is the only wife of an Australian PM to have been foreign-born. |
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Marie Jennings Reid Parkhurst, a [[Washington]] socialite and wife of Bangor politician [[Frederic Hale Parkhurst]], who lived for a time on West Broadway, divorced him and married (in 1901) an Italian Prince she had met in [[Bar Harbor]]. As Princess Rospigliosi, Reid created headlines through the 1910s as she attempted to have her previous marriage to Protestant Parkhurst annulled by the [[Pope]]. Parkhurst eventually became Governor of Maine. Reid's son Girolamo became the 9th Prince Rospigliosi, and caused his own sensation by eloping with American oil heiress Marian Snowden in 1931.<ref>''New York Times'', July 9, 1902; Sept. 7, 1902; Oct. 6, 1902; Mar. 11, 1903; Mar. 22, 1905; May 23, 1905; Sept. 29, 1907; June 18, 1911; Nov. 26, 1911; Jan. 14, 1912; May 24, 1912; July 14, 1912; Sept. 28, 1913</ref> |
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Elizabeth Muzzy of Bangor married [[William Drew Washburn]], U.S. Congressman and Senator from [[Minnesota]], a co-founder of the Pillbury-Washburn Flour Mills, which eventually became the [[Pillsbury Company]]. Three of her brothers-in-law were also U.S. Congressmen, including [[Israel Washburn]], who represented Bangor at the time of the [[Civil War]], and [[Cadwallader Washburn]], who founded [[General Mills]], the company which would eventually absorb Pillsbury. |
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Ella Nye (1851-1931) of Bangor married [[Alva Adams (governor)|Alva Adams]], the first Governor of [[Colorado]]. Their son [[Alva B. Adams]] became a U.S. Senator from the same state. |
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Beer baroness and conservative political donor Holland "Holly" Hanson Coors was born in Bangor in 1920. The widow of [[Joseph Coors]], [[Colorado]] brewer and founder of the [[Heritage Foundation]], Holly Coors sits on that organization's board of trustees. |
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===Diplomats=== |
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Patrick Duddy of Bangor is the U.S. Ambassador to [[Venezuela]]. |
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Other diplomats who were born or lived in Bangor include [[Robert Newbegin II]], U.S. Ambassador to [[Honduras]] (1958) and [[Haiti]] (1960-61); [[Charles Stetson Wilson]], U.S. Ambassador to [[Bulgaria]] (1921-28); [[Romania]] (1928), and [[Yugoslavia]] (1933); [[William Pennell Snow]], U.S. Ambassador to [[Burma]] (1959) and [[Paraguay]] (1961-67); [[Chester E. Norris]], U.S. Ambassador to [[Equatorial Guinea]] (1988-91); [[Gorham Parks]], U.S. Consul in [[Rio de Janeiro]] (1945-49); [[Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor]], U.S. Consul-General to [[Canada]] (1857-61); and Aaron Young, Jr., U.S. Consul in [[Rio Grande do Sul]], Brazil (1863-73), who was formerly Maine's State Botanist and Secretary of the Bangor Natural History Society. [[Hannibal Hamlin]], Lincoln's Vice President and Bangor politician, served as U.S. Ambassador to [[Spain]] later in his career. |
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While former [[Maine Governor]] [[Edward Kent]] was U.S. Consul in [[Rio de Janeiro]] 1849-53, he lost two of his three children to [[yellow fever]]. His wife died the year they returned to Bangor, and his surviving child soon after. |
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Bangor politician [[Elisha Hunt Allen]] served as U.S. Consul to the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]] 1850-56, and then joined the Hawaiian government as [[Chancellor and Chief Justice]] 1857-76. In that capacity he accompanied [[King Kalakaua]] on his first and only trip to the United States in 1874. Allen returned to Washington as Ambassador of the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]] to the United States, and died on the job during a [[White House]] diplomatic reception in 1883. |
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===Journalists=== |
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[[Joseph W. Grigg]] of Bangor was the Chief European Correspondent for [[United Press International]] for 25 years. He was the only American reporter in [[Berlin]] at both the beginning and end of the [[Second World War]], and one of the first in [[Warsaw]] after its fall to the [[Nazi]]s. He was briefly interred in Germany when America entered the war. He was among the first to report on the [[Nazi]] murder of Jews in Eastern Europe, and later covered the trial of [[Adolf Eichmann]].<ref>[http://www.downhold.org/lowry/griggs.html. Joe Grigg's WWII Experiences] Retrieved 20 Jan. 2008</ref> |
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[[Margherita Arlina Hamm]], who spent part of her childhood in Bangor, was a pioneering female journalist who covered the [[First Sino-Japanese War|Sino-Japanese War]] and [[Spanish-American War]] for New York newspapers, sometimes from the front lines. She was also a prolific author of popular non-fiction books. A [[suffragette]], she was nonetheless a defender of American imperialism, chairing the pro-war "Woman's Congress of Patriotism and Independence" and writing an heroic biography of Admiral [[George Dewey]] .<ref>Wayne Reilly, "What's a Woman to Do?" ''Bangor Daily News'', Mar. 1, 2008</ref> |
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===Clergymen and missionaries=== |
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The [[Bangor Theological Seminary]] produced a number of influential ministers, missionaries, and scholars in the 19th century. The seminary's first professor and director, [[Jehudi Ashmun]] later led a group of 32 freed slaves to the [[American Colonization Society]]'s African colony in [[Liberia]] in 1822, and is considered one of the founders of that nation.<ref>Frederick Freeman, ''A Plea for Africa'' (1837), p. 226; American Education Society, ''American Quarterly Register'' (1842), pp. 29-30.</ref> [[Cyrus Hamlin]], who graduated from the seminary in 1837, was the founder and first president of [[Robert College]] in [[Istanbul, Turkey]], and later president of [[Middlebury College]] (1880-85) in Vermont.<ref>Carl Max Kartepeter, ''The Ottoman Turks: Nomad Kingdom to World Empire'' (Istanbul, 1991) pp. 229-246</ref> His friend and classmate [[Elkanah Walker]] left Bangor in 1838 to become one of the first missionaries (or American settlers) in the [[Oregon Territory]]. His son [[Cyrus Hamlin Walker]] was the first child born of American settlers west of the Rocky Mountains to live to adulthood.<ref>http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/walkerdescription.html Washington State University Archives: Special Collections: The Walker Library, accessed 25 Jan. 2008</ref> |
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Seminarian Daniel Dole (1808-78) left Bangor in 1839 to establish one of the earliest Protestant missions in [[Hawaii]], and ended up founding a local dynasty. His son [[Sanford Dole]] led the successful [[coup d'etat]] against the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]] in 1893, becoming the only President of the [[Republic of Hawaii]] and, later, the first American territorial governor. Daniel's nephew [[James Drummond Dole]] became the "Pineapple King".<ref>Paul T. Burlin, ''Imperial Maine and Hawaii: Interpretive Essays in the History of 19th-Century American Expansionism'' (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2006)</ref> |
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Another seminary graduate, Edwin Pond Parker (1836-1920), became a member of [[Mark Twain]]'s literary circle in [[Hartford, Connecticut]], and inspired him to write [[The Prince and the Pauper]]. Parker himself wrote or arranged over 200 hymns, and was the first Congregational minister in the Northeast to celebrate Christmas. He was also the father-in-law of writer and bohemian [[Dorothy Parker]].<ref>Everett Emerson, ''Mark Twain: A Literary Life'', p. 121; Robert Tine, "Introduction", ''The Prince and the Pauper'' (NY: Spark Educational Publishing, 2004), p. xvii; Kenneth W. Osbeck, ''101 More Hymn Stories'', p. 26</ref> |
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Father [[John Bapst]] (1815-1887) a [[Swiss]]-born member of the [[Jesuit]] order, was sent to [[Old Town, Maine]] in the late 1840s to minister to the Catholic [[Penobscot]] tribe. Soon he was conducting a roving ministry to 33 Maine towns, largely as a result of [[Irish-Catholic]] immigration. In 1851 he was embroiled in a religious controversy over grammar school education in [[Ellsworth, Maine]], and was brutalized, robbed, and [[tarred and feathered]] by a [[Protestant]] mob, inspired by the [[Know-Nothing Party]], which was popular in coastal Maine. He fled to Bangor, where a large [[Irish-Catholic]] community was gathering, and where members of the local elite presented him with a new watch, his previous one having been stolen in Ellsworth. Bapst stayed in Bangor until 1859, overseeing the construction of the large brick St. John's Catholic Church in 1855.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hookopus288.org/history.htm|title=St. John's Church: A History and Appreciation|accessdate=2008-03-28}}</ref> He left in 1860 to become the first rector of [[Boston College]]. Later he became superintendent of the [[Jesuit]] order in [[New York]] and [[Canada]], and died in [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. The present [[John Bapst Memorial High School]] in Bangor, formerly Catholic but now non-sectarian, is named for him.<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02258a.htm John Bapst (Johannes Bapst)] Catholic Encyclopedia, Retrieved June 20, 2008</ref> |
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Bangor Methodist Minister Benjamin Franklin Tefft became president of Genesee College in New York (the nucleus of the later [[Syracuse University]]), and, in 1862, U.S. Consul in [[Stockholm]] and acting Ambassador to [[Sweden]]<ref>[http://geneasearch.com/obituary/obittefft.htm Benjamin Franklin Tefft] Obituary. Retrieved Feb. 10, 2008</ref> |
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Rev. [[Charles Carroll Everett]], pastor of the Bangor Unitarian Church 1859-69, later became a noted philosopher of religion and Dean of the [[Harvard Divinity School]]. |
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Bangor-born carpenter Joseph W. Coolidge became an early [[Mormon]] church Elder under [[Joseph Smith]] in [[Nauvoo, Illinois]], where he also built Smith's House. When Smith was killed by a mob, Coolidge became administrator of his estate. He refused to follow [[Brigham Young]] and most of the church to [[Utah]], however, settling instead in [[Glenwood, Iowa]].<ref>[http://colebin.com/michael/jcoolidge.htm Joseph Wellington Coolidge Family Groupsheet] Retrieved June 9, 2008</ref> Likewise, Josephine Curtis Woodbury of Bangor was one of the earliest proponents of [[Christian Science]] but later published books debunking that religion, and prosecuted a lawsuit against the church's founder, [[Mary Baker Eddy]]. Woodbury attempted to establish her own religious sect based on the "immaculate conception" of her illegitimate son, whom she named 'Prince of Peace'.<ref>Willa Cather, ''The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the History of Christian Science'' (Lincoln: U. of Nebraska Press, 1993), p. 428)</ref> |
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Rev. [[Dana W. Bartlett]] of Bangor moved to [[Los Angeles, California]] in 1896, founded a [[settlement house]] (the Bethlehem Institute) and became a major figure in the local [[Progressivism|progressive]] and [[City Beautiful]] movements. He is an honoree in the [[California Social Work Hall of Distinction]]. |
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Two Bangor-born [[Episcopal Bishop]]s took pro-active positions on the [[Civil Rights]] struggle in the 1950s/60s. Norman Burdett Nash was Bishop of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts]], and Gerald Francis Burrill of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Chicago]]. Bangor-born [[Edward C. O'Leary]] was Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Maine in the 1970s-80s. |
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===Spirit mediums=== |
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Joseph Osgood Barrett (1823-1898), born in Bangor, was a [[Universalist]] minister who became a prominent [[spiritualist]] and [[spirit medium]] in Illinois and Wisconsin. He was also a lecturer and author of books on [[spiritualism]], and editor of the Chicago-based newspaper ''The Spiritual Republic''. He became known as an advocate of [[women's rights]] with the publication of his book ''Social Freedom; Marriage: As It Is and As It Should Be'' in 1873.<ref>John B. Buescher, ''The Other Side of Salvation: Spiritualism and the 19th Century Religious Experience'' (Boston: Skinner House, 2004)</ref> |
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===Civil servants=== |
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William Hammatt Davis of Bangor, brother of playwright [[Owen Davis]], served as Chairman of the [[War Labor Board]] under [[Franklin Roosevelt]], where his job was keeping industrial peace between management and labor. He was appointed [[US Economic Stabilizer]] at the end of the war. He also helped draft the [[National Labor Relations Act]] (the [[Wagner Act]]) of 1935, which gave [[labor unions]] the right to organize. |
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Artemus E. Weatherbee (d. 1995) of Bangor was an [[Assistant Secretary of the Treasury]] (1959-70) and thereafter U.S. Director of the [[Asian Development Bank]] with the rank of Ambassador. |
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Jay Stone of Bangor was Chief Clerk of the [[War Department]] in the 1920s. |
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Bangor-born [[Portland, Maine|Portland]] lawyer Ralph Lancaster served as [[Independent Counsel]] investigating corruption charges against Clinton Administration [[United States Secretary of Labor|Secretary of Labor]] [[Alexis Herman]]. |
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===Politicos=== |
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Bangor-born [[Joseph Homan Manley]], a protege and close associate of presidential candidate [[James G. Blaine]], was Chairman of the National Executive Committee of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] in the 1890s, and Maine's "political boss". |
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Former State Senator from Bangor Marion E. Martin founded what is now the [[National Federation of Republican Women]] in 1937 and was Assistant Chairman of the [[Republican National Committee]].<ref>Obit. ''New York Times'', Jan. 11, 1987</ref> |
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Bangor-born Boston lawyer Paul P. Brountas was National Chairman of the Committee to Elect [[Michael S. Dukakis]] President of the United States in 1987-88. He was also the Democratic candidate's closest advisor. Brountas had previously been an aide and advisor to presidential hopeful [[Edmund Muskie]]. |
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===Survivors=== |
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David Thibodeau, one of only 9 survivors of the [[Branch Dividian]] [[Waco Siege|conflagration]] in [[Waco, Texas]], is from Bangor. He wrote a book about the experience. |
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==Bangor in popular culture== |
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===Books and plays=== |
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Bangor or its alter ego [[Derry (Stephen King)|Derry]] are the fictional settings for so many novels and stories by [[Stephen King]] that the city has become the capital of Translymainia, a gothic horror-scape King invented largely by himself (with some help from the 1960s television show ''[[Dark Shadows]]''). |
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Bangor is the home of the protagonist in [[John Guare]]'s famous play ''[[Landscape of the Body]]''. In [[Henry James]]' short story ''[[A Bundle of Letters]]'', Miranda Hope from Bangor is a tourist in Paris. Billy Barry, the fictional hero in Horace Porter's ''Young Aeroplane Scouts'' novel series of 1916-19, is also from Bangor, as is Edward Wozny, the protagonist in Lew Grossman's 2004 novel ''Codex'', and Sir Kevin Dean de Courtney MacNair in [[Hayford Peirce]]'s time-travel novel ''[[Napoleon Disentimed]]''. Bangor is also one setting in the 1992 novel ''Prussian Blue'' by Tom Hyman. |
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The 1988 novel ''Pink Chimneys'' by Ardeana Hamlin Knowles, is set in 19th century Bangor. [[Owen Davis]]' [[Pulitzer Prize]] winning 1923 play ''Icebound'' is set in neighboring [[Veazie]]. |
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A "frolicsome night place" in Bangor called "The Sea Hag" figures incidentally in the [[Tennessee Williams]] short-story ''[[Sabbatha and Solitude]]''. In [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s and Wolcott Balestier's ''The Naulahka: A Story of East and West'', a family of missionaries in India hails from Bangor (and even has their [[maple syrup]] delivered from home). |
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[[Henry David Thoreau]]'s ''[[The Maine Woods]]'' includes this passages describing Bangor: "Like a star at the edge of the night, still hewing the forests of which it is built, already overflowing with the luxuries and refinements of Europe, and sending its vessels to Spain, to England, to the West Indies for its groceries" |
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In [[John Steinbeck]]'s ''[[Travels with Charley]]'', he learns an important lesson in a little restaurant just outside of Bangor. |
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[[Margaret Atwood]]'s ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' begins with the discovery of a footlocker full of cassette tapes in the ruins of what was once Bangor, a prominent way-station on "The Underground Femaleroad" in the dystopic [[Republic of Gilead]]. |
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===Poems=== |
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[[Robert Lowell]]'s ''Flying from Bangor to Rio 1957'' was written at the poet's summer house in nearby [[Castine, Maine]] about the experience of seeing off his friend, the poet [[Elizabeth Bishop]] at the Bangor Airport.<ref>Jeffrey Gray, "Fear of Flying: Robert Lowell and Travel" in ''Papers on Language and Literature'' (Winter 2005)</ref> |
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===Songs=== |
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Bangor is mentioned in "[[King of the Road (song)|King of the Road]]", a country song by [[Roger Miller]]. The line goes "Third boxcar, midnight train. Destination: Bangor, Maine." ''Southbound Train'' by [[Travis Tritt]] has a similar reference. This formula — using rhyming ''Maine'' and ''train'', and Bangor as an edge destination — first appeared in the popular 1871 song ''Riding Down From Bangor'' (or ''Riding Up From Bangor'') by [[Louis Shreve Osborne]]. The lyric goes: "Riding down from Bangor in an eastern train, after six weeks of hunting in the woods of Maine".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ghostwolf.dyndns.org/words/authors/O/OsborneLouisShreve/verse/misc/bangor.html|title=Riding Down from Bangor|accessdate=2008-03-04}}</ref> It was recorded in [[United Kingdom|Britain]] and [[South Africa]], though never in the United States.<ref name='Cohen'>Norm Cohen, ''Long Steel Rail: The Railroad in American Folksongs'' (U. of Illinois Press, 2000) pp. 52-53; xxi</ref> [[George Orwell]] wrote about the song in his 1947 essay ''Riding Down From Bangor''. As a child, he remembered, "my picture of nineteenth-century America was given greater precision by a song which is still fairly well known and which can be found (I think) in the ''Scottish Student's Song Book''."<ref>George Orwell, "Riding Down From Bangor" in ''Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays'' (Harcourt Brace, 1950)</ref> |
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A fatal accident on the [[Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad]] between Bangor and [[Old Town]] in 1848 is the subject of the earliest known railroad song, ''Henry Sawyer''.<ref name='Cohen'/> |
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Bangor is named in the North American version of ''[[I've Been Everywhere]]'' by [[Leslie Morrison|Lucky Starr]]. ''How 'bout them Cowgirls'' by [[George Strait]] includes the line "I've crisscrossed down to Key Biscayne, and Chi-town via Bangor, Maine." |
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''The Rooftops of Bangor'' by the [[Minneapolis]] indie group The God Damn Doo Wop Band was inspired by a line in a love letter to member Katie (Kat) Naden. |
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[[Old Town]] native [[Patty Griffin]] mentions a "bus that's going to Bangor" in the first line of her autobiographical song "Burgundy Shoes" from her 2007 [[Grammy Award]]-nominated album [[Children Running Through]]. |
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===Film and television=== |
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Several movie versions of [[Stephen King]]'s stories have been filmed in and around Bangor. ''[[The Langoliers]]'', mentioned above, was set and filmed in part at [[Bangor International Airport]]. ''[[Pet Cemetery]]'' and ''[[Graveyard Shift]]'' include scenes filmed at [[Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor|Mt. Hope Cemetery]] and The Bangor Water Works. ''[[Creepshow 2]]'' includes scenes filmed in Bangor, [[Brewer, Maine|Brewer]] and nearby [[Dexter, Maine]]. In the 1996 film ''[[Thinner]]'' King himself plays a character named "Dr. Bangor". |
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The 1946 film ''The Strange Woman'' starring [[Hedy Lamarr]], and based on the novel by [[Ben Ames Williams]] is set in early 19th century Bangor. |
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In the 1960s gothic TV soap opera ''[[Dark Shadows]]'', set in the fictional town of [[Collinsport]], Maine, Bangor was sometimes mentioned as being close-by, along with [[Portland, Maine]]. Likewise, ''[[The Dead Zone]]'', a series based on the Stephen King novel, takes place in a suburb of Bangor called Cleaves Mills. |
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===Comic books=== |
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[[Image:Modok.PNG|left|thumb|MODOK, as drawn by Eric Powell]] |
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[[MODOK]], the villainous [[Marvel Comics]] character, was created from the benign lab technician George Tarleton, a native of Bangor. The [[GI Joe]] character Sneak Peak is also from Bangor, along with Crystal Ball's mother. The location of [[DC Comics]] second "Dial H for Hero" series is a suburb of Bangor. |
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===Sport=== |
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A skillful competitor in the sport of [[Logrolling (sport)|birling]] ([[log-rolling]]) has traditionally been known as a ''Bangor Tiger''. This was the name given [[Penobscot]] river-drivers in the nineteenth century. |
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===Food=== |
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[[Image:Chocolate brownies without table.jpg|thumb|right|Chocolate (Bangor) Brownies]] |
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The earliest documented recipe for [[chocolate brownies]] referred to them as ''Bangor Brownies''. [[Fanny Farmer]] invented "brownies" in her 1896 cookbook, but these were molasses-flavored, had a nut on top, and were baked in individual pans. The first recipe for what we'd recognize today as chocolate brownies was published in the ''[[Boston Globe|Boston Daily Globe]]'' on 2 April 1905, pg. 34 and read: |
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''BANGOR BROWNIES. |
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Cream 1/2 cup butter, add 2 eggs, 1 cup sugar, 2 squares of chocolate (melted), 1/2 cup broken walnuts meats, 1/2 cup flour. Spread thin in buttered pans. Bake in moderate oven, and cut before cold.''<ref>[www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/chocolate_brownie The Big Apple (April 11, 2007)]. Retrieved May 20, 2008, gathers on one site various (and conflicting) quotations regarding the origin of the chocolate brownie. The recipe here, however, from the same website (and verified independently through the Google newspaper archive search engine) constitutes the earliest documented example</ref> |
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The 1907 ''Lowney's Cook Book'', published by the Walter Lowney Chocolate Co., contained two chocolate brownie recipes. The one with extra chocolate, and baked in a pan, it also called "Bangor Brownies". The use of the term in printed recipes continued into the 1950s.<ref>The last documented newspaper use of the term is in the ''Fitchburg (Mass.) Sentinel'' on Aug. 9, 1952</ref> |
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The ''Appledore Cookbook'' of 1872 included a recipe for "Bangor Cake", repeated in the ''Woman's Suffragette Cookbook'' of 1886, and others as late as 1916. |
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Two varieties of [[plum]], the "Mclaughlin" and the "Penobscot", were first identified in the garden of John Mclaughlin of Bangor in 1846, and publicized the same year in [[A. J. Downing]]'s ''The Horticulturalist''.<ref>See ''The New England Farmer'' (1857), pp. 321, 357; ''The Horticulturalist'' (v. 1), 1846, pp. 195-96</ref> The Mclaughlin had become the most prominent American-cultivated plum by the 1850s, surpassing all others in its "rich and luscious flavor" according to the ''Magazine of Horticulture''.<ref>[C.M. Hovey, ''The Fruits of America'' v. 2 (Boston: Hovey & Co., 1856), p. 47, reprint of article from ''Magazine of Horticulture'', v. 15, 9. 456]</ref> Both continue to be grown throughout North America and Europe. |
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===Ships=== |
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The first ocean-going iron-hulled [[steamship]] in the U.S. was named ''The Bangor''. She was built by the [[Harlan and Hollingsworth]] firm of [[Wilmington, Delaware]] in 1844, and was intended to take passengers between Bangor and Boston. On her second voyage, however, in 1845, she burned to the waterline off [[Castine, Maine|Castine]]. She was rebuilt at [[Bath, Maine|Bath]], returned briefly to her earlier route, but was soon purchased by the U.S. government for use in the [[Mexican-American War]]. She ended her days in the Turkish navy.<ref>Edward Mitchell Blanding, "Bangor, Maine", ''New England Magazine'', v. XVI, no. 1 (Mar. 1897), p. 235</ref> |
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A four-masted schooner named ''The Bangor'' was also built in [[Eureka, California]], in 1891. ''The City of Bangor'' was an Eastern Steamship Co. steamer that connected Bangor and Boston on a daily run in the early twentieth century. The [[Tacoma class frigate]] ''[[USS Bangor]]'' (PF-16), launched in 1943, escorted North Atlantic convoys during World War II. |
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===Business=== |
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Two businesses listed on the [[New York Stock Exchange]] have used 'Bangor' in their names. The [[Bangor and Aroostook Railroad]], which operated between 1891 and 2003 was founded by local capitalists and originally had its offices in Bangor. In 1964 it merged with the Boston-owned but Cuba-based Punta Alegre Sugar Corp., forming Bangor Punta Alegre Sugar or after 1967 just [[Bangor Punta]]. On the advice of BP Director and former president of the B&A Curtis Hutchins, the railroad was sold in 1969, but Bangor Punta, managed by Hungarian-American financier Nicolas Salgo (who also built the [[Watergate]] complex in Washington), and with Bangorean Hutchins still on the board, became a classic 1960s [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]], accumulating such diverse holdings as the arms-maker [[Smith and Wesson]], [[Piper Aircraft]], and a number of yacht-makers. It was on the [[Fortune 500]] List for most of its existence. Salgo was bought out in 1974 and the corporation dissolved in 1984.<ref>[http://www.bangorpunta.com/index.html Bangor Punta Corporation], Retrieved Jan. 28, 2008</ref> |
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== Accidents and natural disasters == |
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The [[Great Fire of 1911]] was Bangor’s most spectacular catastrophe, but other natural disasters and accidents have occurred there, often with greater loss of life (only two were killed in the Great Fire). The most recurrent problem, besides fire, was the formation of [[ice dams]] causing spring [[floods]] on the [[Penobscot River]], a situation that's resolved itself with warmer winters. The only destructive flood since the 1930s (in 1976) was caused by a storm at sea. Notable incidents include: |
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1832: A [[cholera]] epidemic in [[St. John, New Brunswick]] (part of the [[Second cholera pandemic]]) sent as many as 800 poor Irish immigrants walking to Bangor. This was the beginning of Maine's first substantial Irish-Catholic community. Competition with yankees for jobs would cause a riot and resulting fire in 1833.<ref name='Mundy'/> |
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1846: The “Great Freshet”, or spring flood, was the most destructive of the 19th century, carrying away the Penobscot River covered bridge, two bridges over the Kenduskeag Stream, and inundating a hundred shops and many houses. Its cause was the sudden release of a massive, 4-mile-long ice dam. There were no casualties.<ref>Best description is in John S. Springer, ''Forest Life and Forest Trees'' (NY: Harper Bros., 1851) pp. 210-220</ref> |
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1849-50: The [[Second cholera pandemic]] reached Bangor itself, killing 20-30 within the first week. <ref>Austin Jacobs, ''A History and Description of New England'' (Boston, 1859), p. 46; see letter of Samuel Gilman to his wife, Sept. 2, 1849, on-line at [http://www.mainememory.net/media/pdf/9531.pdf Maine Memory Network]</ref> |
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1854: The schooner ''Manhattan'' of Bangor was lost in a gale off [[New Jersey]]. There was a single survivor.<ref>''New York Times'', Apr. 20, 1854, p. 1</ref> |
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1856: The brig ''William H. Safford'' of Bangor was cut through by ice while anchored in the [[East River]] at New York, and 8 of 10 aboard drown, including the captain, his wife, and 2 children.<ref>''New York Times'', Feb. 5, 1856, p. 4</ref> |
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1858: The floor of an auction store in Bangor gave way, sending 200 men, women, and children into the building's cellar. Many were injured but none killed.<ref>''New York Times'', Mar. 29, 1858</ref> |
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1860: The brig ''Mary Pierce'', sailing with lumber from Bangor to [[New Haven]], was lost in a storm off [[Cape Cod]] with 6 crew and a child. One sailor survived. |
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1860: The brig ''H.N. Jenkins'' of Bangor, bound for [[Havana, Cuba]], was demasted in a storm and the captain the 3 crew killed. 2 were rescued by a passing whaler.<ref>''New York Times'', May 9, 1860</ref> |
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1869: The West Market Square fire, from which arose The Phoenix Block (the present Charles Inn) |
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1869: The Black Island Railroad Bridge north of [[Old Town, Maine]] collapsed under the weight of a [[Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad]] train, killing 3 crew and injuring 7-8 others.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9C01E2D61731EF34BC4A53DFBF668382679FDE&oref=slogin Fearful Railroad Accident] ''New York Times'', Sept. 2, 1869, p. 1</ref> |
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1869: The schooners ''Susan Duncan'' and ''Susan Hicks'' of Bangor, both carrying lumber, were lost with all hands in a storm off [[Cape Cod]].<ref>''Barnstable (Mass.) Patriot'', May 25, 1869</ref> |
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1871: A bridge in [[Hampden, Maine|Hampden]] collapsed under the weight of a [[Maine Central Railroad]] train approaching Bangor, killing 2 and injuring 50.<ref>''New York Times'', Aug. 10, 1871</ref> |
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1872: Another large downtown fire, on Main St., killed 1 and injured 7. <ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9C03E6D61F38EF34BC4B52DFB6678389669FDE&oref=slogin The Bangor Fire] ''New York Times'', Oct. 13, 1872</ref> The [[Adams-Pickering Block]] (architect [[George W. Orff]]) replaced the burned section. |
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1872: A [[smallpox]] epidemic closed local schools. |
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1882: A [[tornado]] blew the steeple off the [[Universalist]] Church, the roof off the County Courthouse, and sent hundreds of chimneys into the street.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F06E4DA1430E433A25755C1A96E9C94639FD7CF Storms of Great Severity; A Tornado at Bangor]''New York Times'', Aug, 16, 1882, p. 1</ref> |
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1889: [[Forest fire]]s in surrounding towns enveloped Bangor in smoke. |
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1892: Another [[tornado]] overturned the launch ''Annie'' in the [[Penobscot River]] drowning 8 passengers.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9806E7D91538E233A25756C1A9609C94639ED7CF Eight Persons Drown: A Steam Launch Upset by the Wind at Bangor]''New York Times'' June 15, 1892, p. 1</ref> |
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1895: Another Penobscot flood<ref>''Chicago Tribune'', Feb. 9, 1895</ref> |
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1896: The [[barkentine]] ''Thomas J. Stewart'' of Bangor was lost at sea in a [[hurricane]] with all hands (11 men) somewhere between New York and Boston<ref>''New York Times'', Sept. 26, 1896; Ibid Oct. 14, 1896</ref> The ship was named after one of Bangor's principle entrepreneurs, the owner of a large fleet of ocean-going vessels. |
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1898: A [[Maine Central Railroad]] train crashed near [[Orono, Maine|Orono]] killing 2 and fatally injuring 4. The president of the railroad and his wife were also on board in a private car, but escaped injury. [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9403E2D71039E433A25753C3A9679C94699ED7CF Train Wrecked in Maine] |
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1898: The steamer ''Pentagoet'' of the Manhattan Line was lost in a gale between New York City and Bangor with all 16 hands.<ref>''New York Times'', Nov. 30, 1898</ref> In the same storm, two schooners sailing from Bangor to [[Fall River, Massachusetts]] loaded with lumber, the ''William Slater'' and ''Oriole'' were similarly lost with no survivors.<ref>''New York Times'', Dec. 4, 1898, p. 2</ref> |
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1899: The collapse of a gangway between a train and a waiting ferry at [[Mount Desert]] sent 200 members of a Bangor excursion party into the water, drowning 20. |
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1900: The schooner ''Ada Herbert'' sailing from [[Gloucester, Massachusetts]] to Bangor was lost with all four crew.<ref>''Boston Daily Globe'', Sept. 3, 1900</ref> |
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1901: A powerful storm caused the Penobscot to flood, carrying 8,000 logs from Bangor into [[Penobscot Bay]], where they menaced shipping.<ref>''New York Times'', Dec. 17, 1901; Ibid Dec. 22, 1901</ref> |
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1902: Another great spring flood, caused by an ice dam, detached the middle section of the [[Penobscot River]] railroad bridge from its foundations and sent it crashing through the wooden covered pedestrian bridge down-stream, cutting all connections with [[Brewer, Maine|Brewer]].<ref>''New York Times'', Mar. 21, 1902</ref> |
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1903: The Bangor-based schooner ''Willie L. Newton'' turned turtle (upside down) in a storm off [[Connecticut]], with loss of all hands (7 men). |
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1907: The sloop ''Ruth E. Cummack'' capsized in [[Penobscot Bay]], drowning 6 young men, 5 of them from Bangor.<ref>''New York Times'', July 10, 1907</ref> |
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1908: [[Forest fire]]s burned in surrounding towns. 1,000 men fought them within a 35-mile radius of Bangor. |
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1908: Bangor's first [[automobile accident]] claimed the life of 10-year-old Freddie O'Conner, who ran in front of a chauffer-driven Pope Hartford which was running down State Street without its lights at dusk.<ref>Wayne Reilly, "Bangor's First Auto Fatality Claimed Life of Boy, 10", ''Bangor Daily News'', June 2, 2008</ref> |
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1911: The [[Great Fire of 1911]] |
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1911: A head-on collision of two trains north of Bangor, in Grindstone, killed 15, including 5 members of the [[Presque Isle, Maine|Presque Isle]] Brass Band.<ref>''New York Times'', July 29, 1911</ref> |
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1911: In Bangor's first [[automobile accident]] fatal to the driver, artist Emma Webb was killed and her two passengers injured in a collision with an electric street-railroad car.<ref>''New York Times, Sept. 4, 19ii</ref> |
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1918: The [[Spanish flu]] pandemic of 1918, which was global in scope, struck over a thousand Bangoreans and killed more than a hundred. This was the worst 'natural disaster' in the city's history. |
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1923: The Penobscot flooded again. |
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1928: Tiger-tamer [[Mabel Stark]] while performing in the John Robinson Circus in Bangor, was attacked by two of her tigers and severely mauled in front of a large crowd. She survived, and went on to survive 17 more tiger attacks, though none as bad as the one in Bangor. |
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1936: For the last time, an ice dam on the Penobscot caused serious flooding in Bangor. |
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1939: A truck carrying dynamite from Bangor through [[Holden, Maine]] was blown to bits, killing 6.<ref>''New York Times'', Aug. 27, 1939</ref> |
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1941: First fatal crash of a military aircraft in Maine, when a [[B-18 Bolo]] Bomber stationed at Bangor Army Airfield went down in nearby [[Springfield, Maine]], killing all 4 crew. Between 1941 and 1971, there would be 14 additional fatal crashes of military aircraft based in Bangor, 3 within city limits and the rest in small towns or wilderness areas between the north woods and the coast.<ref>[http://www.mewreckchasers.com/listnote.html State of Maine Military Aircraft Crash List]. Retrieved Feb. 4, 2008</ref> |
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1976: A coastal [[Northeaster]], known as The [[Groundhog Day gale of 1976]] caused a surge up the [[Penobscot River]], resulting in a flash flood downtown which covered 200 cars and closed both bridges to Brewer. No one was injured but it caused $2 million in property damage. |
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1984: The 740 ft. tall [[WVII]] TV antenna and 550 ft. tall [[WABI-TV]] antenna both collapsed under ice, knocking seven TV and radio stations off the air. |
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1998: The North American [[Ice Storm of 1998]]. Bangor was among a few metropolitan areas in the United States affected by this freakish storm, which was a major natural disaster for [[Canada]]. Electricity was knocked out for more than a week in some areas as all trees, utility poles, and other objects were coated with a glistening layer of ice.<ref>[http://bangorinfo.com/Focus/focus_ice_storm.html The Ice Storm of 1998] Retrieved June 20, 2008</ref> |
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==Neighborhoods== |
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[[Broadway Historic District (Bangor, Maine)|Broadway]] |
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West Broadway / Whitney Park |
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Fairmount |
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Judson Heights |
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Bangor Gardens |
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Little City |
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Chapin Park (Tree Streets) |
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==Suburbs== |
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Old Town |
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Hampden |
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Orono |
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Veazie |
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Hermon |
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Glenburn |
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Milford |
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Brewer |
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Eddington |
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Bradley |
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Holden |
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East Corinth |
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==References== |
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* [http://history.rays-place.com/me/bangor-me.htm History of Bangor, Maine (1886)] |
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* [http://maine.gov/local/penobscot/bangor/ Maine.gov -- Bangor, Maine] |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.bangormaine.gov City of Bangor, Maine] |
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* [http://www.bpl.lib.me.us/ Bangor Public Library] |
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* [http://www.bangormuseum.com/html/home.htm Bangor Museum & Center for History] |
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* [http://www.maineairmuseum.org/ Maine Aviation Historical Society & Maine Air Museum] |
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* [http://bangorinfo.com/ Bangorinfo.com] High-quality cultural content |
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* [http://www.bangorcvb.org Bangor Convention & Visitors Bureau - Tourism Information] |
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* [http://www.bangorregion.com Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce] |
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* [http://www.downtownbangor.com/ Downtown Bangor] |
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* [http://www.bangormetro.com Bangor Metro magazine] |
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* [http://people.maine.com/publius/almanac/encycweb/htm/bangor.htm "Bangor" in Maine: An Encyclopedia] |
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Bangor Maine aka The Tourist State, its not that we dont like tourists, its that there is way too many of them, please do not come to Maine for our world reknowned lobstah, or to come see our leaves die off, just stay home save you gas and watch your own damned leaves die, thank you, the state of maine