
Bangor has grown in many ways since Jacob Buswell and his family, the first white settlers, built their cabin by the Penobscot River in 1769. Over the course of the nineteenth century, Bangor developed into a cosmopolitan center of Maine, but to this day it retains...

Bangor's landscape has changed considerably since its settlement in 1769. Old buildings have vanished, while new ones have replaced them. Even still, the Queen City of the East retains its historic charm, captured in thousands of photographs dating to the mid-19th century.


Bangor is a city that has grown in many ways since Jacob Buswell and his family, the first white settlers, built their log cabin by the Penobscot River in 1769. Over the course of the nineteenth century, Bangor developed into a cosmopolitan center of Maine, but to this day it...