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

"Beginning in the 1860s, the Portland Railroad Company operated horse-drawn cars on rails that ran through Scarborough and other area towns."

Architecture & Landscape database - Lost Gardens of Eden

"… of its powerful natural beauty to a greater public. The development of the area as a summer resort and prestigious destination was the impetus of…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… of transportation had begun to take shape as the Portland and Kennebec Railroad reached Bath in 1849, intersecting the downtown at Centre and…"

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

"By 1653, the King’s Highway reached from Portland to Kittery and followed Scarborough’s coastline. At Scarborough, the highway began at the Spurwink…"

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

"Grandfather Tales of Scarborough. Portland, ME: Katahdin Publishing Co., 1925. Moulton, Augustus. Old Prouts Neck."

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

"… & Museum The Thomas was en route from Norfolk to Portland with a cargo of coal. Encountering dense fog off Wood Island, Captain Lermond anchored…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"Hundreds of local school children, collectors, and other interested people visited the farm and its well-known carriage collection to hear Ken…"

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

"… or gill-netting vessels, most likely out of Portland. Scarborough men have engaged primarily in coastal fishing, particularly clams and lobsters…"

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

"Secrets of a Salt Marsh. Portland, Maine: Guy Gannet Publishing Co., 1980 Van Cott, Leslie. “A Brief Scarborough Nature Center History.” Audubon…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… Fassett, a Bath native born in 1823, died in Portland in 1908. Fassett who was the architect for the Church Block, also designed the Courthouse …"

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

"By the 1790s, Portland had rebuilt its port and surpassed Dunstan as a trading center. 'Delia Chapin' construction, Dunstan Landing…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… Block was John Calvin Stevens who was from Portland. He was the architect for rebuilding burned properties."

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

"The company was founded in Portland in 1872, and at one time was only one of seven such companies in the country."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Moses came to Bath from Portland in 1826 to pursue the tinsmith trade. He created the Bath Iron Foundry on the west side of Front Street, directly…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"John Patten was the President of The Portland and Kennebec Railroad. John Patten had the idea and was also was the main builder for this project of…"

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

"In 1739 the laying out of a public highway from Falmouth through North Yarmouth to Brunswick was ordered."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"Rummery of Portland built the library for $15,578, and an additional $2,179 was spent on furnishings."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"He felt that the school was badly needed. He drafted legislation to bring the school to fruition. The bill was vetoed by the Governor."

Westbrook Historical Society

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Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… of Bangor High School after the fire, 1911Bangor Public Library Two fatalities resulted from the fire, both from across the river in Brewer."

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"In 1829 he started the Portland Courier, in which he published his Jack Downing letters. When the letters first appeared in book form in 1833…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"West Peru Grammar School West Peru Grammar School, c.1940Peru Historical Society In 1991 Peru joined School Administration District 21 with…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Mohney A short history of Cumberland libraries by Grace Trappan The history of Portland by William Willis Text by Thomas C. Bennett"