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Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"Early Settlement Copy of Surry and Ellsworth map, ca. 1880Maine Historical Society Border Dispute Originally, Surry extended to the Union…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Permanent Settlement

"Permanent Settlement The first permanent white settlers were the Abraham Somes family and the James Richardson family from Gloucester, Massachusetts."

Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"Early Settlement Gravestones of John Savage and Sarah Dolliver SavageNortheast Harbor Library The first generation of Savages on Mount Desert…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"Early Settlement Wheeler and Crosby Text by Karyn Field Crosby's Grist Mill Store, called Old Brick Store, Hampden, built in 1807Hampden…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor Saco River narrows, Biddeford, ca."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor Piles of logs along the Saco River, ca."

Skowhegan Community History - Early Settlement in Skowhegan

"Early Settlement in Skowhegan Weston gravestone X Oldest cemetary in town X Samuel Weston home X By Jordan Everett The year was 1771…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"Early Settlements map of Islesboro  Text by Lang Smith Big Tree, Islesboro, ca. 1920Islesboro Historical Society Islesboro was first settled…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"Everton was skilled in obstetrics. She served the settlement for ten years, before being thrown from a horse, fracturing her hip."

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

"Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years Text by Kate Webber Images from the Swan's Island Historical Society Carrying Place X…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley By Cindy Stevens, avid historian, member of Farmington Historical Society, second grade…"

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

"Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement Photograph of a portrait of Colonel James Swan, 1795 X The beginnings of European…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"… geographically beginning in the 1500s as European settlements began to increase in the Northeast and the lives and livelihood of Native Americans…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - They Should Have Constructed Their Buildings On Wheels

"… length of stay by one family in one place and examine the lifestyles of the Savage family in Asticou over the generations. Early Settlement..."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Student Narrative of MDI History

"… on a ledge just outside of Seal Harbor as a memorial to Champlain’s visit by and naming of Mount Desert Island. Permanent Settlement - continued"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home

"The project documents European settlement of northern New England, specifically coastal and interior Maine, land distribution, and conflicts before…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Further Reading

"… the Old Town of Pownalborough from Its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900. Dresden, Me.: Jennie G. Everson, Eleanor L. Everson, 1977."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 3 of 4

"… is now Maine, and led to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980. A Conference between Wabanaki Leaders and Governor Belcher, July…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 3 of 4

"… economic activities, in short, undergirded both Wabanaki society and White New England colonists’ investment in and settlement of early Maine."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"This time also saw new settlements. John and Sarah Savage came to Asticou, at the head of Northeast Harbor, in 1798."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 6 of 6

"… “Projecting Power in the Dawnland: Weaponizing Settlement in the Gulf of Maine World, 1710-1800” (Ph.D."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 4 of 4

"… “Projecting Power in the Dawnland: Weaponizing Settlement in the Gulf of Maine World, 1710-1800” (Ph.D."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"… the site of one of the first French overwintering settlements in the Americas under an expedition led by Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons and Samuel de…"