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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is built - 1823 to 1824

"This sum included the wharf on the George's River and loading gondola for granite. Fifty builders and two lighters (unpowered barges used to transfer…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… Shipbuilders - 1780s Map of the Georges River, Thomaston, Maine 2009Thomaston Historical Society By the time Thomaston was incorporated in…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"… English ships were navigating the George's River to reach the dense inland forests. Great timbers were transported back to England for use as masts…"

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

"… Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" Sources Dunstan River X Acts and Resolves of the Legislature of Maine."

Old Berwick Historical Society

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Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… they would be almost there, but realized that the river wound around mountains and they still had a ways to go.Then the river narrowed and the wind…"

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

"A ferry was established on the Spurwink River, and Ambrose Boaden was the first ferryman.(1) Around 1673 the town was ordered to have good and…"

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

"In 1762 six townships west of the Union River and 6 townships east of the Union River were granted. The townships west were: #1 now Bucksport; #2 now…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… Dispute Originally, Surry extended to the Union River and north to Ellsworth Falls. On an early settler map of the area, this section was called…"

Acadian Archives

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"By 1879, this standard gauge railroad connected with the Sandy River Narrow Gauge Company rail system."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… Brewer, Orrington, section of the Penobscot River during the lumber boom of the 1850’s. In 1952 the most recent Stearns mill was built on the…"

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

"… with its marsh, fresh water streams, saltwater rivers, beaches and rocky ledges, has been a site for fisheries, clam digging, lobster fishing and…"

Bridgton Historical Society

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… In 1824, the first dam across the Piscataquis River in Guilford was erected, and another sawmill built alongside it on the north side of the river…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"The close proximity to rivers and streams gave early settlers drinking water, a good source of food, power for mills, and ease of transportation and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The "Edward O'Brien", the "Washington B. Thomas", & "Edna Hoyt"

"The vessel headed to the river prematurely and, dragging a 4200-pound anchor through the hillside above her, cut a furrow five feet deep, tearing…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… interior Maine was settled in the vicinity of a river which could be harnessed for power to run saw mills, shingle mills, grist mills, or anything…"

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

"After the Civil War Seth Scamman and partners formed the Cumberland Diking Company, the Little River Diking Company and the Southgate Diking Company."

Margaret Chase Smith Library

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"1910Maine Historical Society The rivers provided an excellent form of transportation for these original inhabitants."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …next came the artists and rusticators.

"Cole founded the Hudson River School, a famous movement of landscape and seascape painters influenced by romantic primitivism."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"To catch a train, or to use the railroad for freight, a traveler or shipper had to cross the river. Certainly having the train into West Farmington…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… Brewer, Orrington section of the Penobscot River during the lumber boom of the 1850s. In 1952 the most recent Stearns mill was built on the…"