Maine Memory Network

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

"… has always been a place where going to sea and fishing are a part of life. At one time ships, boats, and smaller watercraft were built in…"

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

"… men often outfitted their boats for dragging hen (sea) clams, scallops or shrimp. Stream and river fishing was recreational, as well as a source of…"

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

"… to the Black Point River, back one mile from the sea and including Stratton's Islands. Cammock arrived in 1633 from Piscataqua, where he'd been the…"

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

"Over the years, stormy seas and wave action have continued pounding on the ship’s remains and today some of those remains can still be seen at…"

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

"… to his family’s estate at Prouts Neck, where the sea and the cliffs in front of his studio became the subject matter of his great marine paintings."

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

"The sea, or hen, clam was trucked in from Wildwood, New Jersey. The hen clam became central to the factory’s operation, necessitating a need for more…"

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

"“Transforming the Garden of the Sea; The Individual Place in the Manipulation of the Scarborough Marsh.” Snow, John. Secrets of a Salt Marsh."

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

"… land and easy access to mountains and the sea are factors that have attracted families and businesses."

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

"… contains lobsters, but there may also be other sea creatures and seaweed as well. Legal lobsters are transferred to a holding tank on the boat, and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Mall on West Main Street

"… that were built for influential citizens and sea captains of the 19th century. Fine examples of Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1940 to Present Day

"… Thomaston in a book entitled “A Town that Went to Sea.” The moniker is most fitting for this tranquil coastal village - a village that might never…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"This new road, later called State Road, entered Bath on building Washington Streets. The resulting congestion led to installation of Bath’s first…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"Early roads were little more than footpaths. People depended upon boats for the early transport of goods, livestock and people."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early 1800s

"A dam, south of the County Road (Main Street) created a millpond, which backed up under the bridge and to the north, upon which several mills and a…"

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

"… on Mill Creek, where it passes under the County Road (now Route One.) A town landing was established on Mill Creek in the vicinity of the Gleason…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"… administration- ya know they had public road projects paving streets so it wasn’t so bad here. The city was much worse."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"It was the only highway to Thomaston before roads were established along Maine’s coastline. Map of the New England Coast, 1610Maine Historical…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"George road then and was went to school it’s no longer there used to be on school street. Kristen Sawyer: In Thomaston? What town did you live in…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… army has been steadily pushing on, cutting new roads, building new bridges until the advance is now in about four miles of Richmond."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"… corner of the park called The Spirit of the Sea. But what was there beforehand? An earlier fountain, called Stork Fountain, was destroyed in 1952…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Edward O'Brien moves to Thomaston - 1850s

"… 1852 at the corner of Wadsworth Street and County Road. It is now at the intersection of Route One/Main Street and Wadsworth Streets, and currently…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"… entrepreneurs moved west on the County Road to open spaces. John Paine arrived in 1805 from Bristol, Maine, settling on the western side of town…"

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

"… beginning in the southerly line of the county road 100’ westerly of the northwest corner of land conveyed by Lucy Knox to John Paine, whereon…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Fires - 1849 to 1924

"… built in front of the prison wall on the county road. It was named after W. W. Rice, a prison official who served as foreman."