Bangor at the confluence of the Penobscot and Kenduskeag Rivers, and at the head of tidewater, is site of the legendary City of Norumbega, which Champlain sought in 1604. Across the Penobscot from Bangor is the City of Brewer. In the surrounding territory are numerous cities and towns, which, with their agricultural communities, comprise a population of over 250,000. Among these are Orono, the seat of the University of Maine; Old Town, famous for canoes and Indian Island, the reservation of the Penobscot Tribe; Millinocket and its gigantic paper mill; Houlton, Fort Fairfield, Caribou, Fort Kent, and Presque Isle, of the great potato fields.

Pamphlet providing a brief overview of the history of Bangor, Maine. Includes a list of places of historic interest near Bangor.

Facts, photographs, and anecdotes about Bangor's first century as a city, including reminiscences of several residents in their late nineties who witnessed Bangor grow from a small city to a logging industry metropolis.

Scrapbook consisting of newspaper clippings from a February 1934 issue of the Bangor Daily Commercial commemorating the first 100 years of Bangor, Maine, as a city. Features many historical narratives and photographs of Bangor sites and citizens.

One may follow the rugged coast farther East through the blueberry barrens into Washington County, the heart of the sardine and blueberry canning industry and the entrance to Canada. Again, one may turn North to the rich farming region of Aroostook, famous for its potatoes, forests and grain. Still another North road leads up the Piscataquis Valley to Mooschead Lake, the great fishing and hunting territory and the starting point of many canoe trips. To the West and North lead the highways to the White Mountains, the Rangeleys, Quebec and Montreal.

Regulations cover Vehicles in Motion; Right of Way; Speed of Vehicles; Stopping, Standing, and Turning; Control of Horses; Stealing Rides; Obedience to Police; and more.

"Ask the man who knows," and he will tell you that Bangor, Maine, is one of the liveliest, most energetic, most attractive cities in all New England. It is a good city to visit--easy to reach, by a pleasant run over good roads--and there are many and varied attractions around about the town to keep the visitor well entertained, even though his stay is of considerable duration. A lot of automobile parties have declared they have had "the outing time of their lives at Bangor, Maine"; it is logical, therefore, to believe that you and your party will find this widely popular recreation city well worth visiting.

Metropolis of Eastern Maine: As will be noticed, the present number of the Chamber of Commerce Journal of Maine gives considerable space to setting forth the attractions, the business enterprises and the schools of Bangor, which is fittingly called the metropolis of Eastern Maine. Long ago Bangor took a front place among the progressive cities of New England, and the disastrous fire of April 30, 1911, which burned over an area of fifty-five acres, destroying about three million dollars' worth of property, proved only a temporary setback. Bangor, to-day, shows many improvements over the city of four years ago. Larger and handsomer buildings, in the majority of cases, have replaced those that were burned, and the spirit, enterprise and indomitable energy of her citizens have continued unabated.

In Observance of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Publication of the Initial Issue of Bangor's First Newspaper, The Bangor Weekly Register by Peter Edes. Bangor House, Saturday, November Twenty-seventh Nineteen hundred and fifteen.

Transcription of a newspaper article published in the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier commemorating the 50th anniversary of the incorporation of Bangor as a city. Also includes transcriptions of obituaries for Charles P. Roberts, editor of the Bangor Evening Times during the Civil War and superintendent of Bangor schools in the late 1860s to 1877.

The important features of the revision of the present charter of the City of Bangor are, in the main, as follows: The elimination of the common council. Full appointive powers to the mayor. Provision for an auditor and purchasing agent. Initiative and Referendum. Recall. Provision for municipal ownership and control of public utilities. The Police Department. The Water Board. The Public Library and Hersey Fund.

Special issue focusing on the construction of new buildings in Bangor following the fire of April 1911. "The building record in Bangor for 1913 is particularly notable because of the completion of the magnificent Public Library and the splendid High School, these two superb edifices representing an investment considerably in exress of a half million dollars, while in beauty of design, splendor of execution and richness of furnishings they are worthy of a city nuch larger than Bangor and their equal cannot be found in Maine today."

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled. The charter of the City of Bangor is hereby amended so that same shall read, as follows: Section 1. That the inhabitants of the Town of Bangor shall continue to be a body politic and corporate by the name of the City of Bangor, and, as such, shall have, exercise and enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers, privileges and franchises, and shall be subject to all the duties and obligations now appertaining to, or incumbent on said town, as a municipal corporation, or appertaining to or incumbent upon the inhabitants or officers thereof...

It is with combined pleasure and pride that we present to the Journal readers this month the story of Bangor, the Queen City of the East; a city coming out of her ashes more queenly than ever before. We say with pleasure and pride because it is a real pleasure to be able to speak well of friends, and Bangor and Portland are becoming closer friends as they become better acquainted, and too, the whole state viewed with pride the splendid "Maine spirit" evinced by the citizens of Bangor when they met the calamity of 1911, when some $4,000,000 worth of her best business and residential property melted away in a mighty conflagration. The writer was on the scene within twenty four hours of the incident and was much impressed by the buoyant spirit evident on all sides. As one man put it: "It is a severe loss but in the end is going to prove a mighty good thing for Bangor. lt is going to afford her a much-desired opportunity to develop a city-planning scheme which otherwise would have been impossible, and you are going to see a bigger, better and more beautiful Bangor come of these ashes than would have seemed possible two days ago.''

Sample paragraph: Bangor is recognized as one of the busiest and most progressive cities in New England. In no other eastern city does the so-called "western spirit" prevail to such an extent as in Bangor. The conflagration of 1911 which did damage to the amount of $4,000,000 has served to cement the common interests and Bangor is building and booming in a manner which has evoked wide commendation. The new Bangor will be even better and busier city than the old.

Article focusing on the damage and planned recovery from the April 30, 1911 fire in downtown Bangor. Includes maps and photographs. Author Fletcher Steele was one of the architects tasked with the post-fire recovery. Opening paragraph: Among the interesting reports that have been prepared on the subject of Civic Improvements during the last few years, the recommendations that were made for Bangor, Maine, are unique. On April 30, 1911, fifty-five acres, extending from the heart of the business district nearly to the outskirts of the city through a good residence district, was devastated by fire. One hundred business blocks, two hundred and eighty-five dwellings, the Library, High School, seven churches, and many magnificent trees, were swept away.

The Bangor Fire started in a hay shed on Broad Street, at 4:10 PM, Sunday, April 30, 1911. High wind carried burning brands diagonally across Kenduskeag Stream and ignited a shed in the rear of The Fairbanks Company, on Exchange Street, and almost at the same time one of the steeples of the Universalist Church on Center Street. In a few minutes the wooden buildings in the rear of Exchange Street were a furnace, the intense heat and flames from which, swept onward by the wind, fairly melted everything before them, leaping from one large block to another with great rapidity.

"April Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Eleven, dawned clear and bright on the historic old city of Bangor. It was the first Sunday of the year to show signs of the joyousness of Spring and throughout the day hundreds of pleasure seekers thronged the streets. No sign of the coming catastrophe marred the happiness of the young or the contentment of the old. It was a day of beauty and the horror of its aftermath was beyond conjecture. Shortly after four o'clock in the afternoon an alarm of fire was nmg from Box 24, the origin of which will remain unaccountable, calling the fire department to the burning hay shed of ]. Frank Green on Broad street. Hundreds thronged to view the spectacle of the blazing building, little dreaming that from this small beginning a conflagration, covering an area of over sixty acres, would result. Chief Mason soon realized the danger of the situation on account of the high wind and sent in a call for the remainder of the fire apparatus. Several small fires in the immediate vicinity of the hay shed were quickly extinguished and it appeared to the casual observer that the fire was under control. Some of the people were leaving the scene of the Broad street blaze, when the sight of fire on Exchange street, in the building occupied by the Telephone Exchange, arrested their movements for a time."

To Hon. Charles W. Mullen, Mayor, and Citizens of Bangor: Your Committee on Civic Improvement, appointed by the Mayor in accordance with a vote of the citizens of Bangor at a mass meeting held May 2, 1911, begs to submit the following report: This report combines the study which your Committee has made, and that made by Mr. Watren H. Manning, Landscape Designer, of Boston, who was retained by your Committee to advise them in the work. Realizing the need of haste on account of our short building season, your Committee has confined its study entirely to the burned district, but hopes to be able to make reports on the outlying territory from time to time in the near future. We have tried in this report to recommend only what we considered absolutely necessary to be done at the present time by the City, looking to the future. While we have suggested plans to beautify the City, we have, at the same time tried to make no recommendations that would not in the near future repay the City many fold for the immediate outlay recommended.

Pamphlet functions primarily as a schedule for the Bangor Railway and Electric Company, providing locations and times for arrivals and departures. Also includes schedules for Maine Central Railroad, Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, and the Eastern Steamship Company; as well as advertisements for Bangor businesses, locations of doctors' offices, churches, civic organizations, schools, and much more.

Contains a brief history of Bangor and description of the city in the early 20th century, but functions primarily as a directory of Bangor businesses circa 1906. Contains many portrait photographs of businesspeople. Opening: As a commercial centre, there is no city in Maine that rivals Bangor. To thousands of people, north, east, west, and even south of it, it is the Mecca of tradesmen, on the one hand coming to town, laden with produce or stock; on the other hand, returning to their household carrying all sorts of necessities or luxuries; or having left an order that demands freight transportation. Commercially then, Bangor ranks first in inportance in the Pine Tree State and has such advantages in location, water power, shipping facilities and abundant profitable surrounding acreage, that should she ever assert herself in these lines, she would become a leader in industrial and manufacturing centres.

A overview of the industrial, recreational, and day-to-day life of Bangor circa early the early 1900s. Contains many sketches or photographs of downtown business buildings and churches.

Pamphlet illustrating Bangor buildings and scenery. "Bangor, Maine, the 'Queen City of the East,' a city of surpassing natural beauty and advantages, enhanced by many magnificent buildings, artistic homes, and handsome lawns, is universally recognized as the business center of Eastern Maine, and is rapidly coming to the front as the Metropolis of the Northeast.