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Colby College Special Collections

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 3 of 4

"X In 2000, a group of volunteers and representatives from town, state and federal commissions and agencies organized as the Friends of Scarborough…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarbrough Middle School

"… School students X Jessica Kelly, Gifted and Talented Educational Services (GATES) teacher and 20 middle school students embody the School…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Public Library

"… (R), Scarborough Public Library Representative and Team Leader X Celeste Shinay, Manager of Programming and Development for the Scarborough…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Welcome

"The website serves as a "virtual downtown;" a place that brings together the new and the old, the ocean and the land."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4

"… food for hungry birds, and microscopic plants and animals drift with tide and feed siphon eaters, such as clams, and worms tunnel through the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"They harvested salt hay as fodder for cattle and sheep and used the marsh for summer pasture. Many settlers were often assigned a marsh lot (or lots)…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maine Community Heritage Project

"… online tools that allow site visitors to create and share their own albums; and much more. This project is supported by a National Leadership Grant…"

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

"It was destroyed by fire on 27 August 1908 and a temporary shed was used for the remainder of the tourist season."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Historical Society

"They became involved with the Maine Community Heritage Project because of a mutual fascination with the history of Scarborough and the opportunity to…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"Fall and spring it traveled on wheels and in the winter on runners.The number of school children riding school buses in Scarborough has risen…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"Girls and boys sat on separate sides and the younger smaller children sat towards the front of the room, with the older larger children in back."

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

"… Society & Museum As trains transported people and freight to Portland, Boston and beyond, the trolleys provided easy mobility within the Greater…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"These had many benefits that the slates did not have. For example, slate pencils were very wide, which made it hard to write neatly and quickly."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Meet the Team

"Each team has brought a unique compliment of strengths and resources to the MCHP partnership in support of the guiding principles of life long…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Educator Resources

"… to Super Highway Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks People who called Scarborough Home Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering A Look…"

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

"Realizing the impact of growth on services and the neighborhood "feel" of Scarborough, in 2002/2003 the town initiated a series of neighborhood…"

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

"… the first town in Maine to have a rescue service, and later the group helped set up units in Standish and Cape Elizabeth. For many years, Dr."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"“We had no backpacks and no homework, and we kept all our school books at school.” Throughout the next fifty years, homework cycled in and out of…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Timeline of Events

"… and Museum to meet members of Historical Society and Scarborough Public Library team and to tour the museum October 2009 Community Event is held…"

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

"… production stations (welding, wood, machine, and paint shops) and exit on the other side of the building a finished fire truck ready for delivery…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Explore the Exhibits

"… will also find source notes, reference materials, and an "Educator Resources" link to lesson plans created specifically for each exhibit."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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

"… Much Grass" Sources Dunstan River X Acts and Resolves of the Legislature of Maine. ------“An Act to Establish a Corporation for the Purpose…"