Maine Memory Network

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

"Richard King House, Dunstan Landing, Scarborough, ca. 1930Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Richard King Richard King, born in 1718 in Boston…"

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

"He built his last powerboat in 1959 for Cecil Pinkham. This boat was built on the vacant lot next to Cecil’s house; it was larger, about 34 feet, and…"

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

"The original Cammock house was built on the headland now known as Prouts Neck. Friend Henry Jocelyn joined Cammock and his wife, Margaret, in 1635…"

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

"Portland, ME: Katahdin Publishing Co., 1925. Moulton, Augustus. Old Prouts Neck. Portland, ME: Marks Printing House, 1924."

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

"… see a clam tray leaning against every fisherman’s house. The clam tray was used while cutting clams and usually held half a bushel at a time."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"Often people frame them and hang them in their house. Now “Pomp and Circumstance” is played while students are graduating and receiving their…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"… the Middle School today, we celebrate events like House Assemblies and CSS rather than holidays. Sources 1."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Hotels in Thomaston

"The Knox Hotel was rebuilt shortly after the fire. The Georges Hotel was built in 1852 on the corner of George's and West Main Street, and was…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… settle 60 Protestant families, build 60 dwelling-houses and a meeting-house, and settle a minister within six years, or failing this, by March…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Public services also expanded with time. Fires on Swan's Island are fought with volunteer efforts, but a truck and fire station were acquired in the…"

Historic Hallowell - Portrait of the Proprietor

"Bodwell House, Hallowell, ca. 1900Hubbard Free Library Bodwell purchased a Greek Revival house in 1866 and selected a rather grandiose version of…"

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place

"… there are, for instance, some fine Federal-style houses in Hallowell, it’s the quirkiness and randomness of the houses that charm, how they have…"

Historic Hallowell - Natural Resource to Finished Product

"… shop, blacksmith's shop, stable, wagon house, storehouse, boiler-house with stack and a rail siding."

Historic Hallowell - Affects of the Blizzard of 1952

"… lack of food because you couldn’t leave your house, and a bunch of other things. It affected their emotions by losing some of their loved ones…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ship Captains

"Agry built his house of bricks on Second Street, two houses north of the U.S. Post Office, which is on Winthrop Street and still stands today."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"… were used to keep tons and tons of ice in ice houses during the winter. When summer came around, they would send out the ice to be purchased and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northeastland Hotel

"… the Presque Isle House Hotel was destroyed by fire. The remnants of the building were not demolished until September of 1930 in getting ready for…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… native French, presumably due to evidence of past fires on the island. This name was later partially translated into Burnt Cote, and later Burnt…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"Moore's Ice House HallowellHubbard Free Library “It was a terrible job. Terrible! Cold in the winter and cold and wet in the summer. Horrible."

Historic Hallowell - Wire, Ice, and Iron Industries

"… in Hallowell’s history were the Fuller Foundry, several ice houses, and the Kennebec Wire Company. Click on the links to find more information."

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"Row House, Hallowell, ca. 1935 Hallowell mill workers lived in The Row House on Second Street. Hubbard Free Library The Cotton Mill's main textile…"

Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus

"A Bay State Exodus Peter Clark, Jr. House, Gows Lane, Hallowell, 1968Hubbard Free Library In Liberty Men and Great Proprietors, Alan Taylor…"

Historic Hallowell - Our Journey Home

"… Home Written by Gerry Mahoney Powder House Hill, Hallowell, 1938Hubbard Free Library The history of Hallowell is one that is linked to the…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"Moore's Ice House HallowellHubbard Free Library "It was a terrible job. Terrible! Cold in the winter and cold and wet in the summer. Horrible."