Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"Running the Town Decades went by before a woman served in a municipal office. In 1929 Bessie Joyce was listed as a member of the Superintending…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - -Across the Sea- a history through transportation

"-Across the Sea- a history through transportation Text by Kate Webber Images from the Swan's Island Historical Society Four men line fishing…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures

"Summer Pleasures Dale Stockbridge and Galen Turner, Swan's Island, ca. 1965Swan's Island Historical Society Playing at the beach, Swan's…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts

"Women's Firsts Text by Candis Joyce Photos courtesy of the Swan's Island Historical Society As in many rural towns and villages, island women’s…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Playing at the pond

"Playing at the pond Although Baird's Quarry was kept drained during its working seasons, once operations closed down for the winter it was always…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - History Detectives

"History Detectives Native American artifact presentation Special guest Barbara Francis teaches the History Detectives club about uses of Native…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"The Tea Room Clevie and Mary Trask, Swan's Island, ca. 1940Swan's Island Historical Society 253 Harbor Road is now known best as the popular…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Exhibits

"Exhibits Staples brothers waiting for the bus, Swan's Island, ca. 1955Swan's Island Historical Society In creating our exhibits, especially…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… catch was in 1605 when crew from the Archangel, captained by George Waymouth, set a small fishing net near Monhegan Island and hauled up a net…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… Historical Society Phebe’s second husband was Captain Isaac Treworgy. She must have had a special passion for Isaac, the way she wrote his name so…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"Pendleton & Company. Captain Fields Seeley Pendleton (1870-1923) lived across the street from the store."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"In August 1692, English Captain Benjamin Church arrived in Penobscot Bay with a company of men and landed on what came to be known as 700 Acre…"

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec

"… in Hallowell, very famous Hallowell sea captains, the history of schooners and steamboats, hazardous ice cutting, shipping, whaling, and also the…"

Tate House Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Transportation Challenge

"… after a Connecticut oyster king and skippered by Captain Lyman W. Lyons of New Haven. Captain Lyman W. Lyons, Hallowell, ca."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"… beginnings from work as a tailor, then as a Captain in the militia. He was responsible for the upkeep of the Wells-Brunswick road and helped…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"John Tucker was a local brick maker, and Captain William Patten was part of the important, ship building Patten family."

Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"Captain Gross lived in Brunswick and Topsham until his death in 1855 at the age of 45. Slightly later in time is the ambrotype of Captain Lewis…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men

"In 1852, another son, Captain Job Pierce, built the whaling ship “Lively” in Chelsea. On its way home from its maiden voyage it was lost off Bermuda…"

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"Ship's Caulking Tool KitDavistown Museum Early shipbuilding in Hallowell was quite different from modern shipbuilding today because of the tools…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"Veterans Captain Seth Spring and Captain Moses Bradbury built homes and multiple saw mills on what became known as Spring's Island in the 1790s."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"… two major shipyards of Burgess and O’Brien and Captain Samuel Watts produced several Down Easters, a practical replacement for the clipper ships."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"Both American ships burned in the Penobscot at Hampden, either set afire by their own crews or by the British."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Atticus: A Fugitive Slave

"… then an elderly man, approached a grandson of Captain Philbrook, who happened to be loading a ship in Savannah, Georgia, and said, “I hear you are…"