Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… was named for Paoli Hewes, who established a salt works on the point in 1792. Hewes Point developed into Islesboro's second summer resort area in…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"They settled near the reversing falls and the Salt Pond. The settlement was not on the map at first because the British had found long straight trees…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… because his doctor advised him that the salt air would make him well. The Homestead could seat up to sixty people in its dining hall and communal…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Portland YMCA • “Klondike” – Electrolytic Marine Salts Co. established in Lubec • First Lubec High School class graduates (1897) 1900s 1900 •…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"In 1832 a canal connecting Johnson Bay and South Bay was dug and plaster mills constructed where Jeremiah Fowler employed 125 men."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"They caught cod from small boats and salted it. When they caught more than they could eat, they traded it for flour, sugar, soap, molasses, and oil."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Salt spray and dominating fog wreaked severe deterioration within twenty years. A second lighthouse of rubble masonry took over in 1831, the hastily…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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