Keywords: Dow's Island
Item 17884
Pvt. Vera Edwards mails a Christmas package, Bangor, 1944
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1944-11-15 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print
Item 15281
Portland Light Infantry, Long Island, 1901
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1901-06-01 Location: Long Island Media: Photographic print
Item 82435
Dow property, Meridian & Oakland Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Joseph H. Dow Style: Cottage Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 89798
Dow property, S. Side Brackett Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Char L. Dow Use: Summer Dwelling
Exhibit
Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery
"In 1827, Neal Dow made some of his first converts to prohibition while serving as the clerk of the Deluge Fire Company."
Exhibit
Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1919 to 1934: The Nation Follows Maine Into Prohibition
"… consumption of alcoholic beverages begun by Neal Dow was realized in 1919 and tested from 1920 to 1934."
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2
"According to Peter Dow Bachelder in his book Ships and Maritime Disasters of the Maine Coast, the ship was the largest wooden sailing ship ever…"
Story
A Note from a Maine-American
by William Dow Turner
With 7 generations before statehood, and 5 generations since, Maine DNA carries on.
