Keywords: causeway
Item 100720
Opening of Westport causeway, 1950
Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1950-06-25 Location: Westport Island; Wiscasset Media: Photographic print
Item 100874
Westport Island Causeway, ca. 1963
Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1963 Location: Westport Island; Wiscasset Media: Photographic print
Item 111327
Bay of Naples Inn, Naples, 1905
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Naples Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
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MY ISLAND HOME: Verlie Colby Greenleaf of Westport Island
Verlie Greenleaf (1891-1992) bore witness to over a century of Westport Island's history. Many changes occurred during Verlie's 100-year life. Verlie Greenleaf donated photographs, personal notes, and sat for an interview in 1987, all part of the Westport Island History Committee's collection. Her words frame this exhibition, providing a first-person account of her life.
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Westport Island History Committee
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3
"… walk across from the island to Peru on a natural causeway. When the river was high and swift, they would be rowed across by boat. In 1894, George W."
