Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"Finally, the granite was loaded onto barges to be shipped to New York and Boston. Sometimes the barges were towed away from the wharf by a pulley and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"It is diabolical.” Pinky Ship, Belfast, ca. 1880Swan's Island Historical Society Dr. Small states, “About the year 1850 a decided improvement…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maine Community Heritage Project

"… Project (MCHP), a partnership between the Maine Historical Society and Maine State Library, is an innovative program that promotes collaboration…"

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

"… a protected port and local sea captains needing ships for fishing and trade presented a perfect opportunity for building ships."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… 1775 • Machias residents capture British ship Margaretta in the first naval battle of War of Independence 1777 • John Allan appointed…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Jefferson initiated an embargo on overseas shipping which only served to further anger border communities."

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"Also, steamboats were used for shipping food, lumber and clothes that were not on the railroad out of Lincoln to the rest of the towns and cities on…"

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

"… and Maritime Disasters of the Maine Coast, the ship was the largest wooden sailing ship ever wrecked off the Maine coast."

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"The Lincoln News was printed in Bangor, then shipped to Lincoln. Some of the stories took place in Mattanawcook."

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"Navy named a Roll-on/Roll-off cargo ship U.S.N.S. Gordon in honor of Gary Gordon. He received many awards after he died, but the most important one…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"Railroad, tracks Delivering, connecting, shipping Lincoln people, mail, and goods Transportation Works Cited Train Collision in Lincoln Center…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

".---(SORL); (SHIP) (JF) Clements, Robert. Parker Point Homes - A Parker Point Scrapbook, 1983. .---(SORL) Duncan, R."

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"… 28, 1876, when the first carload of spools was shipped. The business was doing well until August 21, 1885 when the mill burned down, along with…"

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

"Clams were shipped to the factory from all over the east coast. In 1883 Burnham & Morrill and other companies canned and shipped 3,000 to 8,000…"

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

"… of Garrison Cove, the settlers lived aboard their ship. The following August they were besieged by five hundred French and their Indian allies led…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"The men who built the ships were paid only for the days that they worked. If one of the men needed a rowboat to go to his home at Morgan's Bay or…"

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

"Early 1600s ships' logs had accounts of fishing and fur trading along the coast. Fish, particularly cod, was abundant and a very profitable commodity…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home

"… Historical Society The Beyond Borders: Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary project, a two and half year initiative (2020-2022) supported in…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Borderland Essays

"… known between what is today the American state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Map of Campobello Island, ca."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Further Reading

"Allen, Charles Edwin. History of Dresden, Maine: Formerly a Part of the Old Town of Pownalborough from Its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900."

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

"… the Civil War, the Oak Hill station was a busy shipping point for horses and livestock for the Union Army.(6) Scarboro Beach Railroad Station…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Background

"… created through this project enables MHS and Maine Memory Network contributing partners to create or replicate similar collection “guides” for any…"

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

"Noting the hardships Maine had suffered, he began a seven-year effort toward statehood that began with a petition to Massachusetts for separation."

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

"Bayley’s shipped lobsters to the Fulton Fish Market in New York City and provided lobster meat to many Old Orchard Beach, Saco and Scarborough…"