Maine Memory Network

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

"… habitat was severely threatened, in 1957 the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) began a twenty-year process of acquiring the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarbrough Middle School

"… school students embody the School entity of the Maine Community Heritage Project (MCHP). Scarborough Middle School has more than 800 students in…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… Congress and William led the movement to separate Maine from Massachusetts, subsequently becoming Maine's first governor."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… in favor of commercial air service and Boston & Maine Airways had just inaugurated its Maine service.(2) Airplanes on Beach, Scarborough…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Explore the Exhibits

"… include historic images that will link you to the Maine Memory Network's online catalog. At the end of each exhibit, you will also find source…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"1890Farmington Historical Society Farmington’s rural schools varied in the length of terms and the level of education provided – the reason was…"

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 - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"Noting the hardships Maine had suffered, he began a seven-year effort toward statehood that began with a petition to Massachusetts for separation."

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

"Lobstering and the Maine Coast . Bath, ME: Maine Maritime Museum, 1985. Milliken, John, et al. petitioned the 59th Legislature of Maine to abrogate…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 2 of 3

"Larissa Vigue Picard, Maine Memory's Community Partnership Coordinator for the three teams, has guided the teams' website development."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Public Library

"The Maine Community Heritage Project has provided the perfect vehicle to translate the purposeful vision of the Library's 19th Century founders to…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"A second airport, the Port-of-Maine Airport, opened after World War II at a site off Pleasant Hill Road."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"European settlement along the Maine coast was an accidental by-product of the pursuit of fish. Early 1600s ships' logs had accounts of fishing and…"

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

"… Bruce Thurlow, Friends of the Scarborough Marsh, Maine Audubon and Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center To the Sokokis Indians, the area we call the…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village Schools

"Soon after this the Rural Living Center was formed by the Presbyterian Church which housed the New Portland Community Library and a daycare center."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… station agent in Scarborough for the Boston & Maine Railroad, who had two amazing hobbies. Who hasn't heard of Winslow Homer? In his late 40s, he…"

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

"… his residency at the Osteopathic Hospital of Maine in Portland. He arrived in Scarborough in 1944 and opened his first office in the Marshview…"

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… undeveloped and managed to maintain its rural scenic identity as it strengthened its infrastructure."

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

"… in his book Ships and Maritime Disasters of the Maine Coast, the ship was the largest wooden sailing ship ever wrecked off the Maine coast."

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

"In 1941 the Maine State Legislature passed an act to create an independent state agency, the Maine Turnpike Authority, for the purpose of building a…"

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

"… initiated one of the first diking experiments in Maine. His experiments attracted the attention of farmer Seth Scamman who introduced large-scale…"

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

"… Heseltine, Trolley Car Era, Scarborough, Maine 1903-1932 (Scarborough Historical Society, 2006) 2.Susan Dudley Gold, ed., Scarborough at…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"Clam diggers and fishermen petitioned the Maine State Legislature to abrogate an earlier act, which allowed the Southgate Diking Corporation to exist."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… a conservation measure already practiced by many Maine lobstermen, and in 1874 the first laws regulating the minimum size of lobsters were enacted."