Maine Memory Network

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Student Projects

"… museums in New Sweden, Stockholm, and the Nylander Museum in Caribou. Mr. Easter 7th & 8th Grade Teacher New Sweden School New Sweden, Maine"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Edward O'Brien moves to Thomaston - 1850s

"… and barges to full-rigged ships called Down Easters. The Honorable Edward O’Brien and Captain Samuel Watts were two of the most successful shipyard…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"All the girls were adorned in new Easter hats and pretty dresses that were beautifully puffed out with crinoline petty coats underneath; the boys…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"… and Captain Samuel Watts produced several Down Easters, a practical replacement for the clipper ships."

John Martin: Expert Observer - First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857

"… an upper current and began to sail off bearing easterly." His 6-year-old daughter, Ada, commented, while the balloon was at its highest point…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony

"… to the West, divided T15-R3 WELS (West of the Easterly Line of the State) into 160-acre lots and offered them - free - to anyone willing to put in…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Project Partners

"For more information, contact teacher Ernest Easter, 207-896-5541. Visit New Sweden School's website."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… O’Brien and Watts continued to build Down Easters and schooners in great numbers, employing large numbers of workers and tradesmen."

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

"During this period, Thomaston Down Easters, designed with fewer sails that required smaller crews and built with larger and deeper hulls, greatly…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"The seven-mile stretch of beach from the easterly tip of Pine Point through Old Orchard Beach to Hill’s Beach in Biddeford was often used."

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

"… celebrate MCHP with cake X Christmas, Easter, Passover, Chinese New Year, Thanksgiving, Halloween, and Yom Kippur are all major holidays in the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church

"… are fun things that go on after church, like Easter egg coloring, kids singing in front of the whole congregation, turkey pie suppers, craft fairs…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"… River flows into Strong from the west, tracks easterly to a point south of where the village was settled, then sweeps around a large bend to a…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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