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Blue Hill, Maine - Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson

"By Andrea Hendrix and Caroline Werth, Jonathan Fisher Memorial Jonathan Fisher was born in New Braintree, Massachusetts in the year 1768, one of…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"… Sources Blue Hill Country Club The Jonathan Fisher Memorial Jonathan Fisher - Wikipedia *All sources used for Blue Hill’s narrative, except…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting

"by Tim Garrity The Reverend Jonathan Fisher's "Morning in Blue Hill Village, Sept. 1824" is one of Maine's oldest landscape paintings."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"On June 21, 1814, Fisher writes “About 100 hands collected & assisted in raising my house, with plank sides, which went up well & no person was…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 2 of 3

"… Samuel Carter Homestead, Blue Hill, 1891Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. Long Island is 4 and 1/2 miles long and 2 miles wide."

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 3 of 3

"… can see boardinghouse for the quarrymen.Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. By 1920 almost all of the year-round residents had moved off the island and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Meet Blue Hill's Project Team

"The Jonathan Fisher House . The Fisher House seeks to perpetuate the memory, spirit, works and teachings of the Reverend Jonathan Fisher, the first…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"In early Jonathan Fisher maps of the late 1700's, scattered schoolhouses can be seen around the town."

Blue Hill, Maine - Adelaide Pearson

"… for Blue Hill's growth as a cultural center after the Second World War. Adelaide Pearson with violin, 1894Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc."

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3

"Long Island in 1881Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. At one time Long Island like many other islands was filled with people, and like many other…"

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

"… settlers in 1765; Nicholas Holt, Samuel Foster, Jonathan Darling , Ezekiel Osgood, and more. By 1766, seventeen out of the first thirty settlers…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"In Search of the Rustic Life By Josh Sawyer, Senior, George Stevens Academy The term “rusticators” is used to describe families who came to spend…"

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"The Musical Culture of Blue Hill By Lara Peterson, Senior, George Stevens Academy Despite its small size, Blue Hill has an amazingly diverse musical…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"A Real Downeast County Fair Collaboratively written by The Bay School's eighth grade: Noah Cimeno, Aphelion Crampton, Alexander Heilner, Loriman…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Mary Ellen Chase

"Mary Ellen Chase Mary Ellen Chase, author of Silas Crockett, ca. 1935Maine Historical Society Mary Ellen Chase, the granddaughter of a sea…"

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier By Mrs. Snow's and Mr. Cole's 7th Grade Classes at Blue Hill Consolidated School John Edward Horton was born…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry SHIPBUILDING AND SEAFARERS OF BLUE HILL by Nicholas Niehoff, Grade 8, Blue Hill Consolidated School…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Looking for the Lost Cemetery

"Looking for the Lost Cemetery By Rick Sawyer How can an entire cemetery disappear? It would seem that it couldn't, but then where is it? The first…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!

"Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!   Blue Hill Bay, ca. 1910 To view our video welcome message, click on the image above: At “the head of the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Discover the Story of Blue Hill Boom and Bust in the 19th Century The first harvest was old growth timber."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"Discover the Story of Blue Hill The 20th Century Brings New People, Benefactors, and Cultures to Town At a commemorative clambake in 1886, Captain…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"Discover the Story of Blue Hill Clam Packing Factory and Steamboat Wharf, South Blue Hill, ca."

Blue Hill, Maine - Friendship vessel, Blue Hill, 1907

"Friendship vessel, Blue Hill, 1907 Contributed by Blue Hill Public Library Description A sailing vessel named Friendship in Blue Hill."