Keywords: Land and sea
Item 21072
Announcement for the Opening of St. Mary's By the Sea, 1882
Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: 1882 Location: Mount Desert Media: Ink on paper
Item 1194
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Belfast Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Harry Lyon: An Old Sea Dog Takes to the Air
Through a chance meeting, Harry Lyon of Paris Hill became the navigator on the 1928 flight of the Southern Cross, the first trans-Pacific flight. His skill as a navigator, despite his lack of experience, was a key factor on the flight's success.
Exhibit
Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town
Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4
"“Transforming the Garden of the Sea; The Individual Place in the Manipulation of the Scarborough Marsh.” Snow, John. Secrets of a Salt Marsh."
Site Page
Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866
"It also includes municipal records for towns settled by the company, most notably Brunswick, Maine, with warrants and reports."
Story
A Note from a Maine-American
by William Dow Turner
With 7 generations before statehood, and 5 generations since, Maine DNA carries on.
Story
In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood
An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.
