Keywords: Mission ships
Item 148794
Children waiting for Sunday School, Cutler, 1956
Contributed by: Maine Seacoast Mission Date: 1956 Location: Cutler Media: Photographic print
Item 152204
Maine Seacoast Mission Church on Head Harbor Island, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Maine Seacoast Mission Date: circa 1938 Location: Jonesport Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
George Popham and a group of fellow Englishmen arrived at the mouth of the Kennebec River, hoping to trade with Native Americans, find gold and other valuable minerals, and discover a Northwest passage. In 18 months, the fledgling colony was gone.
Exhibit
The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History
After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history
"Finally, the granite was loaded onto barges to be shipped to New York and Boston. Sometimes the barges were towed away from the wharf by a pulley and…"
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII
"… marked an end to the age of East coast shipping and reliance on forest products. The nation turned to coal, iron, and oil."
Story
Saga of a Sub Chaser S.C. 268 along Maine Coast
by DANIEL R CHRISTOPHER
A look back at a Sub Chaser Crew on duty along the Maine coastline near the end of World War I
Story
In the midst of the tragedy of war, there are humorous moments
by Roger Ek, Seawolf 25
Never leave beer with the PBRs
