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Main Street, Walnut Hill, North Yarmouth, 1910

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"At the Corner, West Pownal Road, set out in 1799, veers west to New Gloucester while Route 9 continues north to Hallowell."

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Congregational Church of Cumberland, ca. 1905

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"North Yarmouth Congregational Church ca. 1900North Yarmouth Historical Society Like the people in these two towns, those in the ‘back’ lots of North…"

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Map of North Yarmouth, 1687

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

"… Yarmouth, Cumberland, Yarmouth, Chebeague Island, Pownal, Freeport, Harpswell, and the Mere Point portion of Brunswick."

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Connie Duran, the acrobat, Cousins Island, ca. 1920

Yarmouth Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Dedication of monument to Blue Hill's founders, 1910

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"Soon Fort Pownall was constructed at a place called Wasaumkeag (the seal place) in what is today Fort Point in Stockton Springs."

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Big Tree, Islesboro, ca. 1920

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… at the north end of Islesboro was named by Thomas Pownall (1722-1805), the English Governor of Massachusetts."

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Howard House, Bangor, 1869

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Fort Pownall now guarded the entrance to the Penobscot Valley; stalwart and hardy settlers began to settle where the two rivers met."