Keywords: Summer Colony
Item 12226
Auburn Colony Association, South Harpswell, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1890 Location: Harpswell Media: Photograph, print
Item 66545
The Colony Hotel, Kennebunkport, ca. 1948
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1948 Location: Kennebunkport Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 151444
Cottage for Francis Cushing on Cushing Island, Portland, ca. 1896
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1896 Location: Portland Client: Francis Cushing Architect: John Calvin Stevens
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
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
Site Page
Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73
"A survey of the Colony in 1873 found that a population of 600 had cleared 1500 acres of land and built 130 homes and nearly 130 barns."
Site Page
Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4
"The so-called rusticators came to Blue Hill's summer colony on steamships that met their passengers at the railhead in Rockland."
Story
How Belfast was the Chicken Capital of the Northeast
by Ralph Chavis
My memories of spending time in Belfast as a child when my father worked in the chicken industry.
Story
Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey
Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics
