Maine Memory Network

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"… care, purchased immunizations and sanitation supplies, and partnered with the Maine Seacoast Mission."

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

"All of their best equipment was taken by the flames. While they were doing that, the Brunswick Fire Department was on its way, soon to arrive at…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Another form of transportation was supplied by the Maine Seacoast Mission, an organization founded in 1905 to help Down East island communities."

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

"In 1987 still on the Clambake property, the business moved to a new store, now the Nestling Duck Gift Shop, and was operated by Donald H."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house

"And on this side was some old post office boxes. And you had your numbers, you know, to get your mail out."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… a good site to hunt seal and porpoises for skins and oil, as well as to gather sea fowl eggs, sweet grass, clams and lobsters. As Dr."

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

"The increase in prosperity in the mid to late 1800s—with new homes, better roads, and increased travel—made Swan’s Island a profitable enough…"

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

"Leavitt Brothers supplied Burnham & Morrill and the Soldiers’ Home in Togus. A December 1893 newspaper article stated that Leavitt Brothers shipped…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Lobstering

"Boat engines and fishing equipment also changed. Fishing for tuna with a harpoon, Swan's Island, ca."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"The pay for firemen was either $3 per year or their poll tax. The water supply came from the river using a pump in the Piscataquis Woolen Mill."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"The Seawind, operated by Fred Thomas and George Stanley, also supplied the island with goods from the mainland in the mid 1900s."

Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!

"… shell middens to the rusted remains of quarrying equipment, Swan's Island holds a living history of the industries that have sustained its…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"The school outhouse changed location over the years, and at one point its runoff froze on the rocks below."

Colby College Special Collections

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"There are still two cisterns in the cellar that were the water supply, and Clevie's original workbench still stands out back."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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

"They sold all manner of necessities and delicacies, from flour, candy and gasoline to the "rat cheese" much favored on the island."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"… blowing nonstop till it ran out of steam and died away. Many of the workers just walked away from the hill, leaving tools and equipment behind."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"There is currently one store supplying groceries and basic goods on the island, though seasonal businesses cater to the increased population in…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"And right next door to where that was, there was—Chetwynds have got that little house now, used to be bigger."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry

"The largest and most well known of the Swan's Island quarries is Baird's quarry, and it is that site which we will explore in this exhibit."