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Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers Della Collins, Eastern Steamship Company Wharf, Kennebec River, Hallowell, ca."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Shipping

"Henry Knox: Shipping Shipping the goods that he was producing was an important part of Knox’s business dealings."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"Finally, the granite was loaded onto barges to be shipped to New York and Boston. Sometimes the barges were towed away from the wharf by a pulley and…"

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

"It is diabolical.” Pinky Ship, Belfast, ca. 1880Swan's Island Historical Society Dr. Small states, “About the year 1850 a decided improvement…"

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

"Other ships were the Velzora; a three-masted bark named Horace that was wrecked on Kennebunk Beach in 1838; and the Watchman, which sank fifty miles…"

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

"… and Maritime Disasters of the Maine Coast, the ship was the largest wooden sailing ship ever wrecked off the Maine coast."

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

"The settlement was named Dunstan, a corruption of the name Dunster, the Algers' home in England. Massachusetts Bay Charter of Scarborough and…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"The men who built the ships were paid only for the days that they worked. If one of the men needed a rowboat to go to his home at Morgan's Bay or…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… war, he was particularly concerned with coastal shipping and defenses in the District of Maine. Noting the hardships Maine had suffered, he began a…"

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

"This name has been translated in two ways: either as the “evil spirit” or as the “place on the other side.” Burying Point, located near the Burnt…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"By the time the 1970s came around, women’s names regularly appeared on lists of people serving in town positions."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… in what was formerly school district No 4 and was named Minturn Mrs Arwilda Newman was appointed postmistress After the mails became somewhat…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… who were accustomed to recognizing the faces and names of those they met on the street. "William S. Silsby" Ferry, Swan's Island, ca."

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

"The original brand name was Ossipee, but Snow soon began using his family name. Because of the limited availability of soft shell clams, another…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"In 1753, the British Government named Benjamin Franklin as one of two deputies in charge of the colonial mail system."

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

"… of the Sagamore of Owascoag, the Indian's name for Scarborough. Richard King, Robert Southgate, and Philip Haigis arrived in Scarborough as young…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"In 1938 an eight grader named Harold "Scoot" Richardson was the janitor for Black Point School and according to the Scarborough Town Report he was…"

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

""We drew names of course, and spent twenty-five cents on the gifts we would swap. And the most exciting of all, we put on a show for our families."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"Reference to this name cite the Pripet River and Pripet Marshes in the Ukraine. These usually frozen marshes were probably similar to those found at…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… special passion for Isaac, the way she wrote his name so many times into her Methodist hymnals. Phebe attended the “Methodist E Church” that stood…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… in in Ellsworth, and leaving as their legacy the name “Contention Cove.” Contention characterized the early settlement of this area."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"No record remains listing the name of that one perfect child. Hopscotch and London Bridges, marbles and ball games filled the play area adjacent to…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… Bay, Patten's Pond and Patten's Pond Stream were named after him. In Samuel Wasson's Journal of East Surry, he attributes Jonathan Flye, an…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… or bombing A look out station, with the code name Esther 74, was erected at Morgan's Bay. Surry volunteers maintained all night vigils in search of…"