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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"1890 Islesboro Historical Society HEWES POINT Hewes Point, south of Ryder’s Cove, facing Bounty Cove and the present Northeast Point, welcomed its…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Grant Memorial United Methodist Church

"Thompson and Ray Hews, the chairman, who were both at the ground breaking on April 27, 1997. The church was dedicated in January of 1998."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"1900Islesboro Historical Society HEWES POINT Hewes Point was named for Paoli Hewes, who established a salt works on the point in 1792."

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"… of 1870, settlers sided the houses with planks, hewed the logs flat on the inside and filled the chinks with moss to reduce draughts, and covered…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"Later, wharves were constructed at Ryder’s Cove, Hewes Point, Smith’s Landing and, by 1891, at Dark Harbor."

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Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"… Nick Hanley & Grant Bowen Shipbuilding Hewing Axe, Shipyard. Hallowell, ca. 1850'sCourtesy of Sumner A."

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Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"Dominic Hewes How did the Stanislaus family impact or relate to my life? One way this connects to my life is, I’m 1/8 Native American and so is my…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Summer resorts built wharves at Ryder's Cove, Hewes Point and Dark Harbor to accommodate their guests."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… which had actually begun in the Ryder's Cove and Hewes Point settlements some twenty years earlier. As the island filled with summer residents…"