Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Resources

"Surry's Centennial Souvenir, 1903. Varney, George J. Gazetteer of State of Maine, Boston: B.B. Russell, 1882."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"In that same Centennial Souvenir, Rev. J.D. McGraw wrote, “In the town of Surry we have not a single rum shop."

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"The contrast of the white linen and the black background further serve to isolate Mrs. Herbert’s head in the picture."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"In 1676 Mogg Heigon and his men led an unsuccessful attack on the Black Point garrison. Mogg suggested to Jocelyn that the settlers in the garrison…"

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

"Henry Jocelyn arrived at Black Point in 1635 and remained involved in the early settlement for nearly forty years."

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

"… for New England granted Cammock the Patent of Black Point, 1500 acres from the Spurwink to the Black Point River, back one mile from the sea and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… (1675-1702) Garrison Cove Marker on Black Point Road in ScarboroughScarborough Historical Society & Museum The first Indian attack occurred…"

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

"… at a place still called Ferry Beach, located near Black Rocks off the Black Point Road. It was part of the first King’s Highway."

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

"… King William King, son of Richard King and Mary Black King, was born 9 February 1768 in Scarborough."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"… school master taught alternately ¼ of the time at Black Point and then at Dunstan. In 1735 the town hired another school master, Robert Bailey."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… it was often quicker to travel from Dunstan to Black Point via boat. Travel of any distance was usually via boat or horseback."

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

"… Killelea recalled the heating conditions at Black Point School in the 1930s. She said, “Each year the lavatory and drinking fountain at the front…"

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

"… been at Dunstan Landing and other yards were at Black Point on the Nonesuch River and the Libby River.(1) By the 1840s, a railroad drawbridge…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"… meetings were sometimes about voting rights for black veterans. During the picnics they also talked about life and the war."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Co. B, Maine State Guard member, Bangor, 1864

"Martin wrote, "Co B State guard black pants blue Broad cloth frock coat & a United States cap J R Richr Capt R L Morrison Lieut." View additional…"

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"… and where’ in the form of a few paragraphs" J. J. Newberry Co., Lincoln, ca. 1945Lincoln Historical Society The history of Solomon’s Store is…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"The Black Mountain Ski Resort now features skiing for the family at affordable rates, a tubing hill for the non-skier, and a modern, up-to-date lodge…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"Greenleaf “ “ “ Drover J.D. Bartlett “ “ “ “ S.G. Weathern Somerset House Micha W. Norton Deputy Sheriff A.D. Willard School Teacher J.G."

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"… Mattawamkeag was rented out to the Army to house black soldiers who guarded the rail during that time."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Hanson Black Robe on the Kennebec by Mary Calvert Skowhegan Community In partnership with the Maine Memory Network | Project of Maine Historical…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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