Keywords: Churchill's Store
Item 31051
William A. Fall, Brunswick, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1910 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 99258
Thomas H. Marshall Post #42, Belfast, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Belfast Media: Photographic print
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Britain was especially interested in occupying Maine during the Colonial era to take advantage of the timber resources. The tall, straight, old growth white pines were perfect for ships' masts to help supply the growing Royal Navy.
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Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House
"Churchill of Portland was the lead architect. The Opera House had its grand opening in September of 1913."
