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Author Archives: Wayne E. Reilly

Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living

A look back at the millionaire ‘lumber kings’ of Bangor

by Wayne E. Reilly March 12, 2017

These adventurous entrepreneurs built Bangor in the 19th century with reckless land speculation, legendary logging exploits, and a multitude of sawmills and other investments.

Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living

Trolley company bet its future on delivering cheap electricity to Bangor

by Wayne E. Reilly February 26, 2017
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living

German U-boat sent Bangor merchant schooner to sea bottom a century ago

by Wayne E. Reilly February 12, 2017
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living

A battle raged in Bangor over immigration a century ago

by Wayne E. Reilly January 29, 2017
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living

Boozileers make last minute effort to pull the plug on Bangor’s liquor trade

by Wayne E. Reilly January 15, 2017January 15, 2017
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living

Maine peonage law jailed logging camp deserters a century ago

by Wayne E. Reilly January 1, 2017
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living

Early winter wrecked roads, emptied Bangor harbor a century ago

by Wayne E. Reilly December 18, 2016
Posted inLiving

Bangor joined ‘the Telephone Nation’ a century ago

by Wayne E. Reilly December 4, 2016December 5, 2016
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living

Bangor businesses — and crooks — saw big money in junk a century ago

by Wayne E. Reilly November 20, 2016November 20, 2016
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living

When Hollywood arrived in Bangor a century ago

by Wayne E. Reilly November 6, 2016November 6, 2016
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living

Bangor cheered when Johnny came marching home

by Wayne E. Reilly October 23, 2016
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living

What happened to Bangor’s ‘forest of masts’?

by Wayne E. Reilly October 9, 2016October 9, 2016
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living

Joy riders and just plain terrible ‘autoists’ fueled mayhem on Queen City streets

by Wayne E. Reilly September 25, 2016September 25, 2016
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living

20 wealthy men supported Bangor soldiers’ families during Mexican expedition of 1916

by Wayne E. Reilly September 11, 2016September 11, 2016
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living

A trolley strike closed Bangor’s 112 saloons — at least, temporarily — a century ago

by Wayne E. Reilly August 28, 2016
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living

A mission to Texas gave Maine troops a taste of Army life before WWI

by Wayne E. Reilly August 14, 2016
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living

Summer of doom and gloom afflicted Bangor a century ago

by Wayne E. Reilly July 31, 2016
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living

Chautauqua tent show visited Bangor in 1916

by Wayne E. Reilly July 17, 2016
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living

Gypsy wagons, cannon crackers marked start of summer in 1916

by Wayne E. Reilly July 3, 2016July 3, 2016
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living

Bangor boys stepped up to fight as US, Mexico came close to war

by Wayne E. Reilly June 19, 2016June 19, 2016

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