Maine Memory Network

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

"… mid-1800s, Dunstan was an important shipping and trade port. It was here that Richard King settled in 1746 and Dr. Robert Southgate in 1771."

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

"… merchant, he was also a farmer, owner of trading vessels and a town justice. The King home, built across from the marsh, was originally a one-story…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"John McBride Shipyard, Lubec The John McBride Shipyard, located on Water Street, launched a number of schooners and barkentines in the 1860s and '70s."

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

"… facilitated development of inland areas and made trade and travel by land easier. In 1941 the Maine State Legislature passed an act to create an…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Shipbuilding and Seafaring . Shipyards were established on the sloping shores conveniently adjacent to the sawmills."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"My sister worked in a shipyard like my father. Also two of my father’s boats were in museums. One is in Massachusetts and one is in Penobscot Bay."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… were in the shipping business and operated a shipyard on Clark Point in Southwest Harbor. In 1853 they built the steamship wharf at the point and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"Verge was known as the “Maine Shipyard Song Writer”. The John R Braden March Song © 1922 (sung to the tune of “Boom Our State” also by Byron Verge)…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Illicit trade increases in Passamaquoddy region 1809 • First lighthouse at West Quoddy Head. Thomas Dexter was the first keeper 1810 • Committee…"