Maine Memory Network

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

"Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks Text by Bruce Thurlow Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Rodney Laughton and Don Googins…"

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

"Stratton and his companions traded with Indians and the fishing fleets that visited the Maine coast."

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

"… greater flexibility of travel, opened up greater trade opportunities, and made it possible to seek employment outside of Scarborough."

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

"… mid-1800s, Dunstan was an important shipping and trade port. It was here that Richard King settled in 1746 and Dr. Robert Southgate in 1771."

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"… "terns" were a favorite rig of Canada's Maritime Provinces. The scow schooner, which used a schooner rig on a flat-bottomed, blunt-ended scow hull…"

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

"… merchant, he was also a farmer, owner of trading vessels and a town justice. The King home, built across from the marsh, was originally a one-story…"

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

"… facilitated development of inland areas and made trade and travel by land easier. In 1941 the Maine State Legislature passed an act to create an…"

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"A maritime community such as Hallowell would experience its share of losses of husbands, brothers and sons to shipwreck, disease or accident."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… the sea and its close proximity to the Canadian Maritimes have shaped its destiny – from trade and fishing in the early years, through the…"

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"1890Hubbard Free Library In A Maritime History of Bath and the Kennebec River Region, William Avery Baker pointed out that ..."

Historic Hallowell - “Maine’s Century” Ends

"… sail -- came to an end, Hallowell’s heyday in maritime commerce also drew to a close. Railroads and motor vehicles replaced Kennebec River…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"… between “the wharf and the waterfall” – between maritime commerce and manufacturing – was over. The Cotton Mill, built in 1844 as the Hallowell…"

Historic Hallowell - Historic Hallowell Resources and Links

"… atlases, globes, school geographies, books, maritime charts, and a variety of separate maps, including pocket, wall, children's and manuscript."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

"Baker, William Avery. A Maritime History of Bath and the Kennebec River Region. Bath, ME.: Marine Research Society of Bath, 1973."

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"In William A. Bakers book, “A Maritime History of Bath, Maine, and the Kennebec River Region” he writes that in 1851, Captain Job Pierce, who was an…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!

"Lobster fishing is the main trade, and islanders continue the tradition of living off the sea that was started when the first human foot hit island…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Coasting Law of 1789

"… and Clearing Vessels, Regulating the Coasting Trade, and for Other Purposes" (often shortened to the "Coasting Law") of 1789 was a critical aspect…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Farming

"They left the island infrequently to trade or purchase goods not produced on the island. Theo & Etta Buswell with sheep, Swan's Island, ca."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"… worked hard and were successful at their trade. Captain William Herrick was one of the successful fishermen."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"106-118 Front Street, Bath, ca. 1950Maine Maritime Museum The building that houses Wilson's Drug Store was built after the fire in 1837 and was…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… is known about the early businesses and trades till after the island's incorporation in 1789, except that many were involved in harvesting of wood…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"President Harrison, Bath, 1889Maine Maritime Museum Charter Contract, Schooner Platina, 1845Patten Free Library X In the years after…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 2 of 7

"… Colony, which used the land to engage in fur trade with the Wabanakis, until four Boston Merchants bought it in 1661 for £400."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Islanders were forced to trade with both sides, as a matter of survival, and records show that several island men were conscripted into the British…"