Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… Historical Society & Museum William King William King, son of Richard King and Mary Black King, was born 9 February 1768 in Scarborough."

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

"Jones, Herbert G. The King's Highway from Portland to Kittery. Portland, ME: Longfellow Press, 1953. Karr, Paul and Jeff Clark."

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

"… of Maine and Massachusetts.(2) Milestone on Kings HighwayScarborough Historical Society & Museum A post rider could ride 30 miles on a clear…"

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

"Preble to William King regarding Missouri Compromise, Portland, 1820 Although delighted by the arrival of statehood for Maine, Preble expressed his…"

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

"1806 William King became a prominent figure in 19th century Maine separation politics and would continue to play a major role in early statehood as…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"William King's brother Rufus, along with the Secretary of Treasury William Crawford, passed a revised Coasting Law through Congress, which turned the…"

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

"1900Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Generally, the American flag hangs from a pole outside every school."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"… Homer to the front lines of the Civil War with General McClellan’s army where he sketched battle scenes and camp life."

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

"… and then submit their votes to the Massachusetts General Court. Perhaps in reaction to the "Shaysite" movement, fewer than 1,000 of Maine's nearly…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"With continuing public pressures, the General Court agreed to a hold a vote on the question in May, a month after the 1816 gubernatorial elections."

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

"… from incorporated towns to the Massachusetts General Court. Despite having some political voice, a growing faction of the District's populace felt…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"… effort to place a separation bill in front of the General Court in Massachusetts. In haste, only a small delegation showed up at a convention at…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Active & Casual Wear

"… of outdoor and indoor activities pursued by the general populace increasingly required specific, activity related garments."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"One of them is the present Beal’s General Store. In the late-1800s, this store was operated by Albert and Washington Daggett, and was known as…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"William King owned a large tract of land in Thomaston, formerly owned by General Henry Knox. This property included Limestone Hill and its nearly…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"Governor William King William King, Bath, ca. 1845Maine Historical Society Born in Scarborough in 1768, William King received only a grammar…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early 1800s

"The Honorable William King of Bath, who owned the Knox Wharf at the foot of Wadsworth Street, the Limestone Hill quarry and other valuable property…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Incorporation

"… pay what he considered an illegal tax imposed by King Charles I appealed to those early residents of the town, who during the American Revolution…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"George River-- possibly after King George of his native England. Up until the early 20th century, the river played an important role in Maine’s…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 4 of 7

"… meeting at the Royall Exchange Tavern on King Street in Boston. X While claiming ownership to hundreds of thousands of acres in Maine, most of…"

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

"… European settlers in New England became known as King Philip’s War. As part of this conflict, all 65 colonists of North Yarmouth were driven off…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"He was the Surveyor of the King's Woods in the 1750s. Moses was a colonel in the Revolutionary army and fought at Bunker hill and in New York."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"… Portsmouth New Hampshire, was a Surveyor of the Kings Woods and served as Lieutenant Governor from 1717-1730."

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"On January 25, 1803, John Ross, an agent to General David Cobb, wrote a letter to General Cobb who was then President of the Massachusetts State…"