Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… Clamming and Lobstering Lobster Fishing The first recorded lobster catch was in 1605 when crew from the Archangel, captained by George Waymouth…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"The first school committee hired the town its first school master in March 1730. This school master taught alternately ¼ of the time at Black Point…"

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

"Historical Overview The Twenty-First Century Scarborough Professional Gateway located on Haigis Parkway X Residential and commercial growth…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… there was no room for limbs to sprout for the first eighty feet. After the Revolutionary War, local craftsmen began building their own ships."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"… towns during the 1790s and another 53 in the first decade of the 19th century, as well as the incorporation of three new interior counties.[19]…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… at last! Written by William King—Maine's first governor—on March 16, 1820. Maine Historical Society The irony of this situation, however, had…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"… before, Maine was settled by Europeans in the first half of the 17th century and was gradually absorbed by Massachusetts land claims beginning in…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… Coast Guard could not get lines on the boat the first day, but they were successful at high tide the next day."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"… next several years proved unsuccessful, and this first significant push for independence for the District of Maine teetered out."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Index

"… Places Brief History - Main Page Carolyn Stone - People Chester Greenwood - People Corn Canning Industry - Agriculture Culture - Main Page Early…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"… is reflected in a daguerreotype of York’s First Parish Congregational Church of 1747 accompanied by the Bulman House."

Early Maine Photography - Art

"A member of Portland’s leading family of the first half of the nineteenth century, Julia Carroll was the granddaughter of businessman Asa Clapp, the…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"Lowell and Senter’s jewelry was located on the first floor and the Bank of Cumberland on the upper two stories."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"… Central Maine fought in such notable battles as First Bull Run, Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville before being killed at…"

Historic Hallowell - Communication

"Telephones were quite pricey back when they were invented, that is why most people did not have them."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures cont'd

"This was a time when the young people on the island got to meet people from the other sides of the island."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 604-650

"Littlefield Bangor Girls First Select School Third Parish Church Prof. George Shepard First Baptist Church Thomas A. Hill"

Presque Isle: The Star City - State Street Theater

"The Bridgham brothers owned the theater. The first movie that played was “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers” starring Barbara Stanwyck and Van Heflin."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 2, pages 27-37

"Other topics and people mentioned are: Excerpt from book about Virginia, South Carolina 1849 crime reports"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - -Across the Sea- a history through transportation

"Much has changed since people first set foot on the shores of Swan's Island, but there is a community spirit that survives, as constant as the tides."

Historic Hallowell - The Fireman's Musters in Hallowell

"Musters would have brought business to local stores and united people who normally never would have met."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 278-361

"… Verrill Moses Averill Prudence Soule Albert Noyes First Baptist Meeting House illustration, description First Parish Church illustration…"

Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades

"… has affected the town because it brought more people to Lincoln, including people from the north so they could purchase a vehicle."

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

"He continued to be a man of firsts and was the first person in the area to be married in 1789. He lived a long life in the area, having many children…"