Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"… Schooner Bowdoin, backing off the pier, Wiscasset, 1926 View the Wiscasset's Arctic Connection Slide Show Text by Cindy Dykes Images from…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"… during her visit to the small stylish town of Wiscasset in 1800, young Eliza Southgate wrote home urging her mother to “please send my spotted…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is Established - 1823

"… 1812 and later practiced medicine in Boothbay and Wiscasset. He was a member of the newly formed Maine State Senate from 1820 to 1824 and presided…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… Leaders Leonard Atwood 1852-1902: President of Wiscasset, Waterville, & Farmington Railroad Company (also see inventor above) Nathan Cutler…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"About the same time, John Elliot arrived from Wiscasset and, partnered with Benjamin Metcalf of Damariscotta."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"It was the only bank east of Wiscasset, but due to the carelessness of a cashier, Crosby suffered much financial loss through his position at the…"