Maine Memory Network

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

"S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End Text by Jennifer Multhopp With images from the collections of…"

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail by Ronald Pesha, Lubec Historical Society Who was Myron Haliburton Avery? The first 2000-miler of the…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2

"The Gardner Lake Tragedy The fifth graders observations “One day in 1936 school children went to spend the end of the year by going on a boat at…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"The Gardner Lake Tragedy Miriam Kelley as a young woman X Images from the family of Miriam Kelley Doherty Research and text by Seth Doherty…"

Museum at Portland Head

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Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands

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Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"… behind him, complete with a sailing vessel and a lighthouse. This setting has the look of the interior of a late nineteenth century tintype studio…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Our Resources

"… PO Box 183, 138 Church Turn Road Grindle Point Lighthouse/Sailors’ Memorial Museum, Lincolnville Ferry Dock, 734.0913 www.lighthouse.cc/grindle…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… villages.” (Ghere, 513) Wood Island and lighthouse, Biddeford Pool, ca. 1915McArthur Public Library Their doom was just over the horizon…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"… the Sheriff (the island), that’s out behind the lighthouse. If it was really a calm day. And they’d play all the way in the harbor." Ocean…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… boiling its fine oil to sell to watchmakers and lighthouse keepers. Wabanakis harvested their own fish and sea mammals, but lard and flour usually…"

South Portland Historical Society

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"About Us Grindle Point Lighthouse X TEAM ISLESBORO’S PROCESS From the start, Islesboro stressed student participation and community involvement."

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The Town of Islesboro purchased the lighthouse from the government for $1,200, to be made into a museum dedicated to honoring seafaring men from…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… Village and Grindle Point where Islesboro’s only lighthouse was built in 1850. A schoolhouse, the Creek School, located near the creek overlooking…"