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Historical Items

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Item 31343

Beech Ridge School, Scarborough, ca. 1947

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1947 Location: Scarborough Media: Slide, transparency

Item 100265

Noah and Harriet Pillsbury, Scarborough, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Item 31346

Murray's Pharmacy and Post Office, Scarborough, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: Scarborough Media: Postcard

Online Exhibits

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Scarborough: They Answered the Call

Scarborough met every quota set by the state for supplying Civil War soldiers for Union regiments. Some of those who responded became prominent citizens of the town.

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William King

Maine's first governor, William King, was arguably the most influential figure in Maine's achieving statehood in 1820. Although he served just one year as the Governor of Maine, he was instrumental in establishing the new state's constitution and setting up its governmental infrastructure.

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Luxurious Leisure

From the last decades of the nineteenth century through about the 1920s, vacationers were attracted to large resort hotels that promised a break from the noise, crowds, and pressures of an ever-urbanizing country.

Site Pages

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"People Who Called Scarborough Home Indian Jane Wackwarreska, Scarborough, ca. 1651Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Uphannum was the…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"6.Susan Dudley Gold, ed., Scarborough at 350: Linking the Past to the Present (Scarborough, ME: Friends of the Scarborough 350th, 2007), 98."

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

"… at 350: Linking the Past to the Present (Scarborough, ME: Friends of the Scarborough 350th, 2007), 104-105."

My Maine Stories

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My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne

Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima