Keywords: Merrymeeting
Item 12185
Merrymeeting Park, Brunswick, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1900 Location: Brunswick Media: Photograph, Print
Item 12222
Snack bar, Merrymeeting Park, Brunswick, ca. 1898
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1898 Location: Brunswick Media: Photograph, Print
Exhibit
At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.
Exhibit
Colonial Cartography: The Plymouth Company Maps
The Plymouth Company (1749-1816) managed one of the very early land grants in Maine along the Kennebec River. The maps from the Plymouth Company's collection of records constitute some of the earliest cartographic works of colonial America.
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"Nearby Merrymeeting Bay was an English placename which recognized Wabanaki purpose. Just as multiple rivers converge in Casco Bay and Merrymeeting…"
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"… Richard Wharton to purchase land and fisheries on Merrymeeting Bay but also reaffirmed the rights they retained: Nothing in this deed [should] be…"
