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Map of Scarborough with Marshland

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

"… the Council for New England granted Thomas Lewis and Captain Richard Bonython a four-mile-wide tract of land extending eastward from the mouth of…"

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Kennebec River Flood, Business district, Hallowell, 1870, 1870

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Written by William Lewis In 1936, a major flood came upon the Kennebec River. The flood was a total disaster to the surrounding areas."

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Aerial view looking toward Lubec, ca. 1950

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Lewis Hine, a photographer investigating the use of child labor in the canneries in 1911, was convinced unemployment and damage to family life…"