Keywords: Presbyterians
Item 71801
Walpole Church, Walpole, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: South Bristol Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 9860
Presbyterian Church, Fort Kent, ca. 1896
Contributed by: Fort Kent Public Library Date: circa 1896 Location: Fort Kent Media: Postcard
Exhibit
The Irish on the Docks of Portland
Many of the dockworkers -- longshoremen -- in Portland were Irish or of Irish descent. The Irish language was spoken on the docks and Irish traditions followed, including that of giving nicknames to the workers, many of whose given names were similar.
Exhibit
In 1857, when Daniel Cough left Amoy Island, China, as a stowaway on a sailing ship from Mt. Desert Island he was on his way into history as the first Chinese person to make his home in Maine. He was soon followed by a cigar maker and a tea merchant who settled in Portland and then by many more Chinese men who spread all over Maine working mostly as laundrymen.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740
"… business, Waldo gathered several Scottish Presbyterian families together, bringing them to the area with renewed hopes for a permanent and…"
Site Page
New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village Schools
"… this the Rural Living Center was formed by the Presbyterian Church which housed the New Portland Community Library and a daycare center."
