Keywords: Fred C. Dow
Item 31634
Branding iron forged by Fred Watson, Biddeford, ca. 1885
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1885 Location: Biddeford; Medora Media: Metal
Item 31597
One of Fred Watson's spurs, Biddeford, ca. 1885
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1885 Location: Biddeford; Medora Media: Metal and leather
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
Exhibit
We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.
Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959
"… Presque Isle Historical Society Fred Beck, John Dow, and Gus Nadeau work on the tree. Crane is attached to National Christmas Tree, Presque…"
