Maine Memory Network

Lumber piled on town wharf, Blue Hill, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Blue Hill Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photographic print

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.

Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Annie Clough remembered that her father, as a boy, served up the grog at the yard where her grandfather, Asa Clough, Jr., was ship’s carpenter and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"Windswept, 1941 (reprinted 2006). Clough, Annie. Head of the Bay, 1953 (reprinted 2006). .---(SORL); (SHIP) (JF) Clements, Robert."