Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Blizzard Poems

"… plow’s success died down difficult transportation troubled vehicles Deaths 56 seamen, 5 others on the Turnpike, and 2 lobstermen By Emma Wilson"

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

"The turnpike, the first in New England, ran straight across the marsh from Oak Hill to Dunstan, the current path of Route 1, and was funded by tolls…"

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

"Dr. Southgate passed away 2 November 1833 at the age of 92. Sources Chapman, Leonard. Monograph on the Southgate Family of Scarborough, Maine."

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

""An Act for Establishing a Turnpike Corporation Within the Town of Scarborough." Chapter 34,1802. Chapman, Leonard B."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… William and Cyrus King, built the Cumberland Turnpike, the first turnpike in New England. It crossed the marsh between Dunstan and Oak Hill, the…"

Historic Hallowell - Blizzards in Hallowell

"Overall, this storm had many effects in Hallowell and all over the great state of Maine. Written by Emma Wilson Blizzard, Union Street…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… navigation, agricultural societies, India trade, turnpikes, physics, brick machines etc., bridges, bank stock, Society To Direct Foreigners…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"The Maine Turnpike opened in 1948, bringing business to Scarborough. Population grew as people moved to town to fill jobs created by commercial…"