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

"The road followed the perimeter of the marsh and climbed Cornshop Hill to enter Dunstan. It would take two days to simply walk from Scarborough to…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… Historical Society & Museum Richard King Richard King, born in 1718 in Boston, settled in the Dunstan Landing area of Scarborough in 1746 after…"

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

"Hearing of King's command, many from Maine volunteered for service under him. Defense of local coastlines and communities was left to town militias."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"The Southgate’s first home was at Dunstan Landing. They later built a large brick home on what is now Route 1."

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

"It was originally a one-third mile clay oval. Finally in 1985, the clay-oil surface was replaced with a smooth asphalt racing-surface."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… began operations at the end of Seavey’s Landing Road in Blue Point before 1869, using the same canning process as that used for farm produce, such…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"Thurston & Bayley not only bought clams from diggers, but they developed a cottage industry. Residents were hired to cut clams and paid by the gallon…"

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

"… the bottom of Oak Hill where 44-46 Black Point Road is today. During the Civil War, the Oak Hill station was a busy shipping point for horses and…"

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"Flying schools and service operations continued into the 1960s.(3) Remembrance Joseph Snow, a Scarborough resident, was very active in early aviation."

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."

Presque Isle: The Star City - King Farm, Presque Isle, ca. 1920

"The King family later sold the farm and bought a farm nearby on the Easton Road. The sprayer is hauled by two horses, which means that the pump was…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Explore the Exhibits

"… "Land of Much Grass" Click to see exhibit Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway Click to see exhibit Maritime Tales: Shipyards and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"Rail lines, roads and a pipeline across the marsh also negatively impacted the area, disturbing the hydrology, soils and natural vegetation and…"

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

"Overview: Road to Statehood Map of the Inhabited Part of Maine, Moses Greenleaf, 1829Maine Historical Society Many know that the Missouri…"

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 - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"Even as roads began to improve in the 1930s, farmers would keep a horse and wagon as backup. Aviation fever came to Scarborough in 1926 when Chester…"

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

"… inland from the rivers and seacoast until after roads were developed in the early 1800s. Even though incorporated as a town in 1658, residents…"

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

"Three men rowed out to the Thomas and were able to get a line onto the ship and safely rescue the crew."

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

"Most of the pines measured about a yard across and one hundred feet high and grew so close to each other there was no room for limbs to sprout for…"

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

"He was on call seven days a week: house calls were $5.00 and office visits were $3.00. In the early years of his practice, Dr."

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

"Maine has a maximum legal size of 5 inches carapace-length, to keep the largest breeders in the lobster population."

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

"Toward the end of the 1800s the lobster stock seemed to be in decline, spurring the enactment of laws to protect and conserve the lobster population."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… celebrated the opening of the connection of the rails of the Biddeford & Saco Railroad Company to those of the Portland Railroad Company.(2)…"

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

"In Scarborough at 350: Linking the Past and the Present, Rodney Laughton recalled testing in the 1960s."