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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… site to hunt seal and porpoises for skins and oil, as well as to gather sea fowl eggs, sweet grass, clams and lobsters. As Dr."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - History Detectives

"… the fall of 2012 by Island Institute Fellow Kate Webber, with the goal of involving kids in Swan's Island history and the Maine Community Heritage…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - -Across the Sea- a history through transportation

"… a history through transportation Text by Kate Webber Images from the Swan's Island Historical Society Four men line fishing from a dory…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew

"… it's been a fun journey! Kim Colbeth X Kate Webber X Bev McAloon X Candis Joyce X Kim is a a 5th generation islander."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"Then in the 1900s, oil was brought to the waterfront in tanks. Later in the 1940s and 50s, the waterfront was used by people along Water Street and a…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"… followed, as did a woodworking mill and a linseed oil factory. Sheppard's PointHubbard Free Library Sheppard's Point was the location of many…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… 1 barrel of molasses 1 cask of raisins 1 cask of oil 1 bundle of bed springs 54 1/2 of shingles 15in 73 feet of boards 17 barrels of pot ashes 1…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"… Dam, Glue Mill, Quartz Mill, Machinery & Oil Mill, and Flint Paper Stock Isinglass & Stock for Same."

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"One of the earliest industries was the Linseed Oil factory. In 1879, the Knickerbocker Ice Company had several ice houses, and the ice was cut from…"

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