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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"Residents of the City Farm worked the land and produced goods and produce sold in town to earn their place."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"… of Plymouth. The Council granted large tracts of land to various gentlemen, including a tract along the western banks of the "Swanckadocke" River…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… Biddeford Copy of Major Phillips sale of lands to Richard Russell, Biddeford, 1673McArthur Public Library The village of Winter Harbor -…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War & Biddeford

"… day, when peace shall reign through all our land, and the smiles of Heaven rest again upon a united people." -Mayor John Q."

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… to make their livings from the sea and from the land, and some of them worked at the paper mill in Bucksport."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Riverside Park and Arboretum

"… multi-use area, playground and picnic areas, boat ramp, gazebo and more. An arboretum which contains more than 20 species of trees was established…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… disappear altogether--driven from their ancestral lands to disappear among the tribal bands to the north and east; their culture and customs only…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… General Court, anxious to see the "eastern lands" settled, readily made grants of land to individuals or larger groups."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"A few people strive to subsist off the land by growing their own food or by wreathmaking, clamming, and blueberrying, while others work in both blue…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"People depended upon boats for the early transport of goods, livestock and people. In the “History of Thomaston, Rockland and South Thomaston”, Cyrus…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"… to make boards, staves, and shingles needed for boats, dwellings, barns, fences, and barrels. They cut hay in the salt marshes and turned ancient…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… potatoes, rye, beans and pumpkins on burned over land. Bears and raccoons ate their corn so that was not a successful crop."

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… Maine, after the revolution and purchased land in what was to become the Town of Surry in 1803."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… be rescued, he watched the dory dock at the Lubec boat landing and unload most of the workers. After a time the crane operator, who had stayed…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… did brisk business, with Roberts building pinkey boats for local fishing and Clement making fish barrels, washtubs and pails."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… rigging and gear used to work the sails of the boat) were configured and set up by riggers. A ropewalk situated on the eastern bank of Mill…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"The trip was anything but routine and the boat she was on was torpedoed and sunk. Mattie and other survivors spent ten hours in a lifeboat before…"

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"September 11th 1954 2:00 PM Hurricane Edna hits land for the first time landing in Cape Cod it also becomes a category 1 hurricane."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"… of monitoring and caring for David Rockefeller’s boats and waterfront property soon after this decision."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The trip was doomed from the beginning as boats were ordered only two weeks prior to the journey and the bateaux constructed from this wood were…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… ropes fashioned to make a raft, or they could be boats, large or small, which could carry men and provisions from one shore to the other."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"… as one local put it, “A birch canoe was a good boat if there was an Indian in it.” Passamaquoddy hunting guide Joe Mell, ca. 1895."

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"Bangor became the lumber capital of the world. boat pulling logs across Moosehead Lake X Logging started with the contractor- he selected the…"