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Historical Items

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Item 27761

Boat of sand, Biddeford Pool, 1916

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1916 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 79906

Capt. Charles Barnard letter from Ship Island, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: New Orleans; Mobile; Mississippi City Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31656

Howard W. Middleton shipwreck, Scarborough, August 10, 1897

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: 1897-08-10 Location: Scarborough Media: Slide, transparency

Online Exhibits

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Moosehead Steamboats

After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.

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400 years of New Mainers

Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.

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State of Mind: Becoming Maine

The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?

Site Pages

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures

"Most of Swan's Island shoreline is rocky, but there are a few lovely white sand beaches. Swan's Islanders on their bikes, ca."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!

"… and turns of these island lives, and find out for yourself which stories are 'history' and which live on! Fine Sand beach, Swan's Island X"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… at Higgins Beach horses could run along the hard sand. The highway continued on to the ferry at Ferry Beach; and from the ferry landing at Pine…"

My Maine Stories

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Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR