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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - U.S. Flagship Hartford

"… Historical Society Works Cited "Farragut's Fleet." 01 May 2009…"

Millinocket Fire Department

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"… Rustic to Rusticators Northeast Harbor Fleet Race, ca. 1930Great Harbor Maritime Museum In 1761, Abraham Somes moved his family to Mt."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Braden Theater

"… Be Blood”, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”, and “The Spiderwick Chronicles”. Sources: Clark, Janice."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"In 1879 the Swan’s Island fleet landed 15 thousand barrels of mackerel selling at $5 each. In 1881 three of the ten most successful boats of the New…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Small fleets of faster, more expensive vessels fished for mackerel and Swan’s Island fishermen became experts in their field."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… steamer, a Wabanaki canoe maker was carrying a fleet of bark canoes that he would rent to Bar Harbor's burgeoning tourist population."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"… by a photographer named Goodwin shows the fishing fleet in the harbor with the village beyond. More site specific are five images that document…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"Lumber and fish were bought and sold; fishing fleets sailed to the Grand Banks fishing grounds; and ships sailed to England, the West Indies and…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"… Militia, as soon as he learned that the British fleet was heading toward Hampden. Both Blake and Morris were ready to defend the ship, but they…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… masts from the local forests for the King’s fleet of ships back in England, and trade continued smoothly until King Phillip’s War in 1675 -1678."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… their excess to vessels in the Grand Banks fleet and other fishing areas. Clams were shucked (meat cut from the shell), salted, and barreled in…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"… Bangor to behold such a large city with its vast fleet of vessels, steamers and cars, everything that my eyes beheld was a continual panorama of a…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… companions traded with Indians and the fishing fleets that visited the Maine coast. In the Cammock Patent of 1631, the islands were referred to as…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"… voters of Guilford approved the purchase of a new fleet of school buses. A few years later, the voters also approved the construction of a bus…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… then and the standard yellow school bus delivers students to and from school daily. Currently, Scarborough has 29 school busses in its fleet."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… and was one of the largest vessels in the fishing fleet. In 1894, a steamboat company contracted to bring a daily mail run from Rockland, and in…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… shipbuilders and at one point had the largest fleet in the world under a family flag. He came into town and got the idea that he wanted to build…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… us glad, in the days now gone before; May your fleet winged-feet beat the music sweet of a well won race once more."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"All thirty-nine ships in the American fleet were either captured, burned or scuttled. The Penobscot Expedition, as it came to be known, remained the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… of international trade and therefore of maritime fleets. Many of those ships were built in Bath. In 1854, at the peak of this boom period, at least…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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