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Pownal Scenic and Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865

"Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description On page 122 of…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 7, pages 114-134

"Daniel White Ed Getchell Fort Point Light For Pownal Howard L. Sampson James G. Wasgatt Hugh Ross Elmer Martin Annie Martin Hoop skirts Women's hats…"

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New Gloucester Historical Society

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Yarmouth Historical Society

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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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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"… their grain several miles down-river to Fort Pownal to have it ground. Although it took several years for the settlement to be established, several…"

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

"… set off as its own town in 1789, followed by Pownal in 1808. North Yarmouth Congregational Church ca."

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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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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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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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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."