Keywords: Tomah Lewy
Item 79303
Captain Lewy steamboat, Princeton, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Princeton Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Princeton Media: Photographic print
Item 100357
Lewis Island Passamaquoddy village, Schoodic Lake, ca. 1866
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1866 Media: Pencil and ink on paper
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Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town
Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.
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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?