Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"In 1834, Swan’s Island was organized as a plantation, and in 1847 John Dodge divided unappropriated lands into lots of fifty acres each to be sold at…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"… “aids the (Maine coastal or island) town or plantation in finding and supporting a nurse or physician” including “removing sick people to mainland…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"By 1816 the plantation settlers raised $600 in taxes for the road. If the road was not kept in good repair, the plantation was fined by the county…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"Plantation # 5 was for a time named East Andover. The attraction and the comfort and beauty of the blue hill which rested snugly at the head of the…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Carrying Place Cove, Life Saving Station, Lubec, ca. 1890Lubec Memorial Library Schooner Whitebelle Wreck, Lubec, 1931Lubec Memorial Library…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… the General Court in Boston to incorporate their plantation into a town. They asked Rev. Noble to travel to the capital to represent them."