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

"… Blue Point and Portland Street (Milliken Mills Road). It ceased operation in the 1920s and the building moved.(5) It was later burned down as a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"Like the Old House, the Old Ell saw more than one move. Its first move was just to the east of the present day Sand Garden feature in the Asticou…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… New Englander styled house with an ell on the South side, was built and located just uphill from A.C.’s parents and siblings living in the Old…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… passengers, were located at Sweetsers, just south of the Nonesuch River; Oak Hill; Scottow, just before the marsh; Southgate, on the Portland end…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"This new road, later called State Road, entered Bath on building Washington Streets. The resulting congestion led to installation of Bath’s first…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… of parting; to the east lies Woolwich, to the south Phippsburg, to the west, West Bath and Brunswick, and all the way up Washington Street is…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"To the south, at Union Wharf, King sold property to William Ledyard and Asa Palmer for $300 in 1806."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… Free Library The current railroad station, just south of downtown at the south end of Commercial Street, was built in 1941."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"When summer came, workers would take the ice down south by ship where they could use it to keep things cold, so produce, meats, and dairy goods would…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… of the Customs House, at 1 Front Street, south of Lambard Street, was started in 1852 and finished in 1858."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Mall on West Main Street

"This left a curved section of road encircling a grassy area between the two roadways. It was later set off by fencing and lined with trees by William…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"The building is currently a private seasonal cottage called "Four Maples." Dist.# 4 - Kennedy School was situated on the old county road east of the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"Several more ships were built by individuals in South Thomaston and Rockland, which were then part of Thomaston."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… Peace" to construct a new county road that went south from the New Gloucester Road at Walnut Hill to the lower bridge on the Presumpscot River in…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - State Street Baptist Church

"… met in an old school building three miles south of town on the Houlton Road. The pastor at that time was Joseph Roberts."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of East New Portland

"… going north and one for the traveler going south. For many years the bridge lighted by lanterns and when the lights appeared the children knew that…"

Lubec, Maine - A Signature Quilt

"… which explains Almeda’s locater, South Lubec Road...the Lighthouse Road. The 1888-89 dates on this quilt indicate decades of technological progress…"

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

"They had three children at the old Morgan Bay Road farm property: Lemuel (eventually a stonecutter in Brooksville who had 11 children) in 1871, Mina…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"There was a carding mill operated by Mr. Purvis south of the bridge, near Mr. Mountford's mill, but it crumbled to decay. Mr."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"If it rained, the clay roads were as slippery as snowy roads. With good conditions, they could take the ferry across the Penobscot River from…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"If the road was not kept in good repair, the plantation was fined by the county, which added to the tax burden."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… shipping halted, the ice was harvested by a Hampden company, Dirigo Ice Company and shipped to cities in the south to help aid in refrigeration."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… Dirigo Ice Company, and shipped to cities in the south to help aid in refrigeration. Although travel on the Penobscot River remained important to…"