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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 3 of 4

"… Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" Site of Scarborough Marsh Audubon CenterScarborough Historical Society & Museum Realizing that this significant…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"“An Inter-tidal Survey of the Scarborough Marsh.” (Copy of article provided by B. Robinson.) Sebold, Kimberly."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Timeline of Events

"Timeline of Events   Watch movie about Scarborough's MCHP experience October 2008 Scarborough Team begins monthly meetings to explore grant…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Welcome

"… its past, and the lives of those who once called Scarborough home. Sunset on Scarborough Marsh X A Winter View of Scarborough Marsh X"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"Source Moulton, Augustus. Grandfather Tales of Scarborough. Portland, ME: Katahdin Publishing Co., 1925."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"… hay continued to be important to the people of Scarborough well into the 1800s, as it became a source of income for owners of marsh property."

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

"The purchase price of the land was traditionally believed to be a bushel of beans down and a bushel of corn yearly."

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

"Haigis trained the personnel. Scarborough was the first town in Maine to have a rescue service, and later the group helped set up units in Standish…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"1820Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Rufus King, the first child of Richard King and his wife Isabella Bragdon, was born 24 March 1755 in…"

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

"Scarborough Town hall X Bibliography Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… Trolley Car Era, Scarborough, Maine 1903-1932 (Scarborough Historical Society, 2006) 2.Susan Dudley Gold, ed., Scarborough at 350:Linking the Past…"

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

"… Land Conservation Trust and the Friends of the Scarborough Marsh, formed to safeguard the town's open space, marshland and nature trails for future…"

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

"Scarborough, ME: Friends of Scarborough 350th, 2007. http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/636419.html…"

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."

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

"Scarborough's extensive salt marsh and rivers served as boundaries separating settlements that sprang up around their perimeters."

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

"By 1927, popularity of the automobile forced Scarborough to address the issue of road repair and maintenance at a town meeting."

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

"… boats, and smaller watercraft were built in Scarborough, but the town does not share the same long shipbuilding history of many other Maine coastal…"

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

"Scarborough, a town of three settlements of over one hundred houses and 1,000 cattle, had been destroyed."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"Beech Hill School, Scarborough, ca. 1879Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Testing Ian, grade 8 School items on display at the Scarborough…"

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

"… for Black Point School and according to the Scarborough Town Report he was paid $9 for the year for this service."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"… Protection of clams in the Town of Scarborough, 1853Scarborough Historical Society & Museum By 1880 conflict arose between Scarborough…"

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

"… a turnpike corporation within the town of Scarborough.(6) The Scarborough Turnpike Corporation, headed by Dr."

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"William King was born in 1768 in Scarborough, Maine. He originally worked at a sawmill in Topsham, eventually owning it."