Maine Memory Network

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

"Objecting to the twenty-five cent tariff to cross the marsh, stagecoach owner Josiah Paine laid out a direct road from Dunstan to Stroudwater."

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"Prices for food ranged from one ration point to twenty two points - everything was rationed, even gas."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"The town included lands formerly called Black Point, Blue Point and Stratton's Island and extended eight miles inland from the sea."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - EXPLORE the history of Biddeford, Maine...

"Passengers boarding trolley at Five Points, Biddeford, ca. 1900McArthur Public Library City Building commemorative cup, Biddeford, ca."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Biddeford's Movers & Shakers

"… or local lore, and it is assumed that at one point, they were famous within the community. Very often, these same people were involved in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Pendleton & Ross stand, Bangor, 1864

"… reflected on his life and activities up to that point. He wrote that the front of the building, which contained three stores, was built about 1832."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"the same day, the station was moved to the Pine Point side of the tracks.(2) When the Pine Point station was discontinued, it was again moved to…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"About Us Grindle Point Lighthouse X TEAM ISLESBORO’S PROCESS From the start, Islesboro stressed student participation and community involvement."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools

"At one point, 306,000 people (which was about 40 percent of the working population at the time) worked in the factories."

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

"The first was built in the Pine Point Boathouse, but the building wasn’t tall enough for the cabin and it had to be put on outdoors.(3) Bickford’s…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"… first settled in 1775 near present day Manchester Point at the mouth and Southeastern shore of Somes Sound and obtained title to their property…"

Belfast Free Library

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… Society and Charlene Fenlason Pine Point Road, Scarborough, ca. 1907Scarborough Historical Society & Museum The first “roads” were not really…"

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

"At that point, hot lunch cost from six to twelve cents a meal. Prior to the hot lunch program many students went home for lunch or brought lunch."

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"At one point he lent his notes to someone, but never got them back. He had to record them again from memory."

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

"… extensive beaches: Higgins, Scarborough and Pine Point. There are ledges, however, around Prouts Neck, Bluff and Stratton Islands (now part of…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village Schools

"… was known for five different schools at one point in time. The three schools listed here as well as two schools that information is very scarce."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"Dixfield citizens traveled from all points of the town to hold a day-long gathering to vote on important elected positions of the town and to discuss…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… connection to the Rickers, who acquired the Bay Point Hotel in Rockland in 1902, renaming it the Samoset Hotel."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"They were seeded #1 in Western Class A for five straight years (1973 -1977). They won 48 games in a row from 1975 – 1978."

Maine State Museum

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Westport Island History Committee

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… the northern edge of Blue Hill Harbor to Wood Point, then turning south along the length of Long Island glaciers left exposed a rich vein of…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… Island, Pownal, Freeport, Harpswell, and the Mere Point portion of Brunswick. It was one of the oldest and largest towns in the Province of Maine."