Keywords: quiet
Item 202
Maine Street, Brunswick, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 25815
Main Street, West Jonesport, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Jonesport Media: Photograph on postcard
Item 116307
Fitzgerald house, Brighton, VT, 1888
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1888 Location: Brighton Client: George H. Fitzgerald Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
In 1893, F.C. Whitehouse of Topsham, who owned paper mills in Topsham and Lisbon Falls, began construction of a third mill on the eastern banks of the Androscoggin River five miles north of Topsham. First, he had to build a dam to harness the river's power.
Exhibit
Scientist, author and explorer Donald B. MacMillan established Wiscasset as his homeport for many of the voyages he made to the Arctic region starting in the early 1920s.
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection
"… off on a northern voyage, have heard him say quietly, 'Start your engine.' 'Let go for 'ard.' 'Let go aft!' they don't forget the emotional stir in…"
Site Page
Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The House, 1786-1960
"… 1786-1960 "…but happier is he whose heart rides quietly at anchor in the peaceful haven of home." – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to his parents…"
Story
A Loon's World
by Norma Salway
Loons on Songo Pond
Story
How 20 years in the Navy turned me into an active volunteer
by Joy Asuncion
My service didn't end when I retired from the Navy
