Maine Memory Network

Map of highways, rivers, bridges, and houses of worship in Falmouth, together with public and private buildings, Portland, ca. 1804

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1804 Location: Portland; Cape Elizabeth; Westbrook; Gorham; Scarborough Media: ink on paper

Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… Scarborough, airport operations were relocated to Stroudwater, location of today’s Portland International Jetport."

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.