Keywords: South Bay
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Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement
"Patten's Bay, Patten's Pond and Patten's Pond Stream were named after him. In Samuel Wasson's Journal of East Surry, he attributes Jonathan Flye, an…"
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Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century
"… the code name Esther 74, was erected at Morgan's Bay. Surry volunteers maintained all night vigils in search of German boats and submarines."
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Blue Hill, Maine - Buggy Ride to South Blue Hill, 1907
"Buggy Ride to South Blue Hill, 1907 Contributed by Blue Hill Public Library Description Rusticators on a summer ride to South Blue Hill in…"
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Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property
"… was born November 17, 1841 and grew up on Morgan Bay Road in Surry, Maine. She was the only daughter of Benjamin and Jemima Lord and the youngest…"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts
"Bay View House Booklet, Islesboro, ca. 1920Islesboro Historical Society As was true at Ryder’s Cove, there were year-round residents at Hewes Point…"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements
"… of Maine dividing East and West Penobscot Bays. Early settlers arrived by various seacraft (or by sleigh over frozen water) bringing with them all…"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview
"… Captain Benjamin Church arrived in Penobscot Bay with a company of men and landed on what came to be known as 700 Acre Island, a small island near…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast
"… to run East North East Eight Miles, then South South East to the Ocean and then West South West Eight miles and then to the first Bounds mentioned…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4
"… between the Neck in South Blue Hill and Morgan Bay in East Blue Hill. The owners had permanent homes in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4
"… Clam Packing Factory and Steamboat Wharf, South Blue Hill, ca. 1900Blue Hill Historical Society A Tight-Knit Community."
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Blue Hill, Maine - Looking for the Lost Cemetery
"… the Indian Camping Ground" which may have been south of Parker Point near what was referred to as Indian Point or possibly somewhere else nearby in…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4
"… cotton from India to England, and bird guano from South America to Europe. The stately federal-style houses that grace the shaded village streets…"
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"… owned a mansion in Dock Square, opposite the south side of Faneuil Hall, the Pejepscot lands left to him by his father, as well as other dubious…"
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"… first European whalers were the Basques, from the Bay of Biscay. The first known method for whaling is driving the whales into the shallow water by…"
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"Portaged canoes over Carrying Place bog to reach ocean travel routes. Harvested smelts and sweet grass. Ox Cart at N.W. Marston's Store, South…"
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"… passengers and freight were ferried across the bay to Eastport to board steamships bound for New Brunswick or Portland and Boston."
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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4
"… generally three of them, and further, into “bays” with “rails” in them. Above the ground level, the smokehouse had a series of “windows.” (P."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House
"… same quarry at Mussel Ridge Islands in Penobscot Bay. The architectural style of the 2.5 story building is Italianate. The roof is a hipped roof."
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"In 1832 a canal connecting Johnson Bay and South Bay was dug and plaster mills constructed where Jeremiah Fowler employed 125 men."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings
"… bone flutes found by archaeologists on Frenchman Bay. They also had, and continue to have, a rich oral tradition that explained the world around…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born
"… built to the house, and a front porch, with a bay window and balcony above it on the second floor… Mr."
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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head
"… and craggy, defile the entrance to Passamaquoddy Bay. Early navigators petitioned for protection from the treacherous scarred precipice as they…"
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