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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"Bay View House Booklet, Islesboro, ca. 1920Islesboro Historical Society As was true at Ryder’s Cove, there were year-round residents at Hewes Point…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"… Doolittle, Brooklin Eaton, Abby Ford, Bennie Johnson, Brian Leger, Greggory Lynde, Michael Nevells, Cooper Smallidge, Ezra Woodye, Caroline Yates…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"… negotiated with Indian Superintendent William Johnson at Johnson Hall in New York and even further west at Fort Niagara."

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"… owner was Job Pierce, and the captain was John Johnson. The register length of the Lively was 68’4”, the breadth was 22’4 1/2”, and the depth of…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Lightkeeper Ephraim Johnson X Imposing Ephraim “Effie” Johnson, appointed assistant in 1899, became head keeper in 1905."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"In 1832 a canal connecting Johnson Bay and South Bay was dug and plaster mills constructed where Jeremiah Fowler employed 125 men."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"Note that the water of Johnson Bay beyond the end of the street is not visible, probably a result of fog always common in Lubec even during midsummer."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… Extraction of Gold and Silver from Sea Water, Robinson Press, Boston, 1898. Johnson, Ryerson & Lois, 200 Years of Lubec History 1776 – 1976, 1976."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… his second term President Lincoln chose Andrew Johnson as his Vice President. Hannibal Hamlin was very important in putting Maine on the national…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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