Keywords: Five Points
Item 35572
Five Points section at Biddeford, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Biddeford Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 30999
Passengers boarding trolley at Five Points, Biddeford, ca. 1900
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 111316
The Checkley House, Scarborough, 1895
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Scarborough Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
One Hundred Years of Caring -- EMMC
In 1892 five physicians -- William H. Simmons, William C. Mason, Walter H. Hunt, Everett T. Nealey, and William E. Baxter -- realized the need for a hospital in the city of Bangor had become urgent and they set about providing one.
Exhibit
Jameson & Wotton Wharf, Friendship
Since 1897, the Jameson & Wotton Wharf in Friendship has been an important addition to the community on Muscongus Bay. The wharf, which is accessible at all tides, was a steamboat stop for many years, as well as important to the lobster business.
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4
"Objecting to the twenty-five cent tariff to cross the marsh, stagecoach owner Josiah Paine laid out a direct road from Dunstan to Stroudwater."
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort
"Prices for food ranged from one ration point to twenty two points - everything was rationed, even gas."
Story
Epidemic of violence against Indigenous people
by Michael-Corey F. Hinton
Systemic racism, murder, and the danger of stereotypes
Story
Sarah Jane Poli: Biddeford’s first female school superintendent
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
An Italian immigrant's daughter is key to a family grocery store and a leader in the school system
