Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… established a mail route and paid the mail carrier In 1894 this old mail route was discontinued and a steamboat company contracted to bring the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"The first mail carrier went by the last name of Moor. He drowned in the Mattawamkeag River. The body was found in Babcock’s Boom in what now is…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"Bridle paths were the only tracks for early mail carriers through the wilderness north of Augusta. The first mail route to Strong was established in…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… had no bridge until 1837, so at first the mail carrier had to ford the waters at the Narrows or ride Captain Thompson's ferry."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… the stagecoaches replaced those equine mail carriers. As Strong grew, townspeople added churches and schools."

Westport Island History Committee

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… was a farmer and East North Yarmouth's first mail carrier at the turn of the century. His daughter Charlotte became a schoolteacher and taught for…"