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Westport Island History Committee

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"One historian called the period from 1812 to 1912 the "Waltz Century." The speed, rhythm, and form of the waltz as well as its place in the social…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… he started practicing law in Fryeburg, Maine in 1812, moving his office to Paris in 1819. Lincoln served as a Congressman from 1818 to 1826, when…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… (1814), which brought the stalemate of the War of 1812 to a close, included four articles that sought to methodically resolve the location of the…"

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

"This is the Payne Road of today. The War of 1812 served as an impetus toward Maine's path to statehood."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… 1850s shipyardBrick Store Museum Shipbuilding In 1812, the area that later became Cumberland Foreside was the location of the Spear shipyard…"

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

"Swan mortgaged the island in 1812, and in 1824 settlers were given the option to pay for the land they already occupied."

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

"In October of 1812 the settlement was officially organized into Plantation 6, Range 7, and in November a meeting of voters was held for the purpose…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"The War of 1812, Civil War and WWI took the men out of the fields, leaving farm hands in short supply."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"Between 1812 and 1816, the population of New Portland declined when many people left to go out West."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… Bartlett came to the West Village in the year 1812 and felled trees and started a carding mill, hauling the machinery from Lisbon by the way of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The War of 1812 roused divergent sectional feelings within the United States. In New England, this war was hated as the years prior to its outbreak…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The War of 1812 proved to be a difficult time for islanders. British ships prowled Penobscot Bay, cutting off supply routes and conscripting men into…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… City of Ships (1815-1860) Following the War of 1812, Bath and the rest of the country experienced a lengthy period of expansion of international…"