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Title: Sloop Hero weathervane

Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections

Location: Waterville

Media: photographic print

Title: Rusticators sailing, Blue Hill, 1907

Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library

Date: 1907

Location: Blue Hill

Media: Photograph

Title: Summer sailing, Blue Hill, 1907

Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library

Date: 1907

Location: Blue Hill

Media: Photograph

Commander George Henry Preble

George Henry Preble of Portland, nephew of Edward Preble who was known as the father of the U.S. Navy, temporarily lost his command during the Civil War when he was charged with failing to stop a Confederate ship from getting through the Union blockade at Mobile.

Moosehead Steamboats

After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.

A Brief History of Colby College

Colby originated in 1813 as Maine Literary and Theological Institution and is now a small private liberal arts college of about 1,800 students. A timeline of the history and development of Colby College from 1813 until the present.

Friendship Museum

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Colby College Special Collections

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea

The history of a town on the northern bank of the St. George River, as told by representatives from Thomaston Historical Society, Thomaston Public Library, Montpelier: the General Henry Knox Museum, and students from Georges Valley High School. Architecture, General Knox, the Civil War, the Great Depression, and the state prison are some of the topics covered.