BANGOR  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, See also:

• PORT

port of entry, and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of See also:

• PENOBSCOT

Penobscot county, See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine, U.S.A., at the confluence of the Kenduskeag stream with the Penobscot See also:

• RIVER

river, and at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation on the Penobscot, about 6o m. from the ocean, and about 75 M . N.E. of See also:

• AUGUSTA

Augusta . Pop . (1890) 19,103; (1900) 21,850, of whom 3726 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born and 176 were negroes; (1910, See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 24,803 . A See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge (about 1300 ft. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long) across the Penobscot connects Bangor with See also:

• BREWER, JOHN SHERREN (1810-1879)

Brewer (pop. in 1910, 5667) . Bangor is served directly by the Maine Central railway, several important branches radiating from the city, and by the Eastern Steamship See also:

• LINE

line; the Maine Central connects near the city with the Bangor & Aroostook railway (whose See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general offices are here) and with the See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington County railway . The business portion of the city lies on both sides of the Kenduskeag and for about 3 M. along the W. See also:

• BANK

bank of the Penobscot, which is here quite See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low, while many See also:

• FINE

fine residences are on the hillsides farther back . Bangor is the seat of three See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state institutions—the Eastern Maine general See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital, the Eastern Maine insane hospital and the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law school of the University of Maine—and of the Bangor Theological See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

Seminary (Congregational), incorporated in 1814, opened at See also:

• HAMPDEN, HENRY BOUVERIE WILLIAM BRAND, 1ST
• HAMPDEN, JOHN (c. 1595-1643)
• HAMPDEN, RENN DICKSON (1793-1868)

Hampden in 1816, removed to Bangor in 1819, and empowered in 1905 to confer degrees in divinity . The city has several public parks, a public library and various charitable institutions, among which are a See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children's See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home, a home for aged men, a home for aged See also:

• WOMEN

women and a deaconesses' home . Among the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal buildings are the county See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, the Federal See also:

• BUILDING

building, the city See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall and the See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera'house . The Eastern Maine See also:

• MUSIC

Music Festival is held in Bangor in See also:

• OCTOBER

October of each See also:

• YEAR

year . The rise of the See also:

• TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide here to a height of 17 ft. makes the Penobscot navigable for large vessels; the Kenduskeag furnishes See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power; and the city is the See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade centre for an extensive agricultural See also:

• DISTRICT

district .

The Eastern Maine State See also:

• FAIR

Fair is held here annually . Bangor is one of the largest See also:

• LUMBER

lumber depots in the See also:

• UNITED

United States, and also See also:

• SHIPS

ships considerable quantities of See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice . The city's foreign trade is of some importance; in 1907 the imports were valued at $2,720,594, and the exports at $1,272,247 . Bangor has various manufactures, the most important of which (other than those dependent upon lumber) are boots and shoes (including moccasins); among others are trunks, valises, saws, stoves, ranges and furnaces, edge tools and cant See also:

• DOGS, ISLE OF

dogs, saw-See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill machinery, See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick, clothing, cigars, See also:

• FLOUR

flour and See also:

• DAIRY

dairy products . In 1905 the city's factory products were valued at $3,4o8,355 . The See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality owns and operates the water-See also:

• WORKS

works (the water-See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply being See also:

• DRAWN

drawn from the Penobscot by the See also:

• HOLLY (Ilex Aquifolium)

Holly See also:

• SYSTEM

system) and an electric-See also:

• LIGHTING

lighting plant; there is also a large electric. plant for See also:

• GENERATION (from Lat. generare, to beget, procreate; genus, stock, race)

generation of See also:

• ELECTRICITY

electricity for power and for commercial lighting, and in Bangor and the vicinity there were in 1908 about 6o m. of electric See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

street-railway . Bangor has been identified by some antiquarians as the site of the mythical city of Norumbega, and it was reported in 1656 that Fort Norombega, built by the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, was See also:

• STANDING

standing here; but the See also:

• AUTHENTIC (from Gr. aOO 'rns, one who does a thing himself)

authentic See also:

• HISTORY

history of Bangor begins in 1769 when the first settlers came . The See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement was at first called Conduskeag and for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time was locally known as See also:

• SUNBURY

Sunbury . In 1791 the See also:

• TOWN

town was incorporated, and through the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the Rev . See also:

• SETH
• SETH (Egyptian Set, Sth~~~{{{or Sts)
• SETH (I* according to Dillmann, " setting " or " slip "; Septuagint, Philo and New Testament, fie, but r Chron. i. 1 Ells in A ; Josephus, EfjOor, Vulg. Seth)

Seth See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

Noble, the first pastor, the name was changed to Bangor, the name of one of his favourite hymn-tunes . During the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of 1812 a See also:

• BRITISH

British force occupied Bangor for several days (in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1814), destroying vessels and cargoes . Bangor was chartered as a city in 1834 .