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

"Originally, the islands and the mainland were known as Stratton's Plantation. Settlement (1631-1674) Captain Thomas Cammock was the first legal…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Point (Lubec) • John Allan settles on Treat’s Island (Allan’s Island) 1790 • John Cooper, acting as agent for North Lubec (Seward’s Neck) settlers…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Photo Courtesy of the Larchmont (NY) Historical Society. X The Rhode Island Century described the Larchmont “as one of the finest side-wheel…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"… a view looking over to downtown Lubec from the island of Campobello on the Canadian side. The waterfront landscape was densely crowded with…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 7 of 7

"… assaulting them on the road or even in their homes. Clashes between the Great Proprietors and frontier residents climaxed in the years around 1800…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"John Allan lived on Eastport’s Moose Island in retirement. And patriot Hopley Yeaton, native of New Hampshire and appointed by President Washington…"

Portland Public Library

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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… he was sailing with his brother to Prince Edward Island. Both canneries were important operations later in Seacoast Canning Co., as Plants 9 and 8."

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"… while swimming in the Kennebec River at Swan Island opposite Richmond. These daguerreotypes of young Sarah were preserved in the Richards family…"

Skowhegan Community History - Early Settlement in Skowhegan

"In the fall Joseph went back home. to get the rest of his familly. Isaac, Peter, and Eli stayed on the island and waited for him to get back."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"Spring built bridges connecting the Island to Biddeford and Pepperellborough 1795-8. Captain Bradbury built a fulling mill on Spring's Island for the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 12 of 17

"… Fifth Maine Regiment Veteran Reunion, Peaks Island, 1912Fifth Maine Regiment Museum B Company, Fifth Maine Infantry Regiment, served as the most…"

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

"Bryant, 1907. Chase, Georgiana. Stratton's Islands of Saco Bay, An Interwoven History 1605-1993. Fort Bragg, CA: Mendocino Lithographers."

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

"… Waymouth, set a small fishing net near Monhegan Island and hauled up a net filled with various fish and “thirty very good and great lobsters.” In…"

Bar Harbor Historical Society

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… series of blazes from York County to Mount Desert Island hit Maine during an extremely dry autumn. The entire Mercy staff stood on high alert to…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"For his “extraordinary heroism in action against the enemy” during the assault and capture of Saipan Island, he was awarded the “Navy Cross”, the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"He was in the initial assault on Peleliu Island, where he was killed by mortar fire on September 20, 1944."

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… towards Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island; some of them discovered Surry during their travels and several of them purchased summer…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… jobs in Ellsworth, Bangor and on Mount Desert Island. Surry Elementary School, which was designated a National Title 1 Distinguished School in…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… also granite from the same quarry at Mussel Ridge Islands in Penobscot Bay. The architectural style of the 2.5 story building is Italianate."

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"The first time it hit land was on Long Island, and New York. It hit Long Island directly as a category 2 hurricane."

Acadia National Park

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"The flood was caused by ice jams at Swan Island and Browns Island but with the warming temperatures in the late winter, early spring, the winter ice…"