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Charles A. Peavey and James H. Peavey were the grandsons of Joseph Peavey, inventor of the peavey logging tool that combined a solid socket cant hook with a pike to create a reliable, versatile tool used by workers in the logging industry.Demand for…

The husband of Rebecca Jane Billings Thatcher, a cousin to Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau referred to George Thatcher as "the relative" who accompanied him on his trips in the word, The Maine Woods.

Rebecca Jane Billings Thatcher was the daughter of Caleb C. and Ann (Thoreau) Billings and a cousin to Henry David Thoreau. Rebecca's husband, George Thatcher, accompanied Thoreau on his travels referenced in the work, The Maine Woods.

Samuel Veazie, born in Portland in 1787, apprenticed to a baker at an early age but seeing no future in it, became a sailor. He is said to have made his first fortune “by clever use of his stowage rights aboard ship.” Through this method, he raised…

Constructed in 1868, the Receiving Tomb served as a storage facility for the bodies of citizens who died during the winter months when interments could not take place due to the frozen ground. Designed by architect, Charles G. Bryant.

Joseph H. Marie Junin was the first European settler murdered in Bangor, Maine.  Junin was a French merchant, trapper, and trader who was suspected of acting as a British agent in 1777, using his influence with Native American tribes to generate…