Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"… the Narrow Gauge Railroad as a means of accessing bountiful fishing and hunting grounds in the Western Maine mountains."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 2 of 4

"… a while, anyway—until the English issued scalp bounties starting in 1740s and 1750s) possible; Pere Pole, a Revolutionary War veteran, and his…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… by Shubael Williams who built a log house next to Bounty Cove near the center of the island. It was originally called “Little Island,” then “Longue…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… POINT Hewes Point, south of Ryder’s Cove, facing Bounty Cove and the present Northeast Point, welcomed its first summer visitors when its landing…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"… the 1800s the waters around Swan’s Island were bountiful with flounder, cod, halibut, haddock, and herring."

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

"This expansion was short lived, however; the bounty of land out West drew away many Maine farmers, and the Civil War (1860-1864) marked an end to the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… and built a log house near what is now called Bounty Cove, mid-point on the island near the Narrows."