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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry

"… sites around the island, providing work for many laborers and the businesses that supported them. The largest and most well known of the Swan's…"

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

"It has been a labor of love and all who have participated are grateful to share their history with you."

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

"Swan sought out laborers (preferably Protestant families) to cultivate the land and work his mills. Coasting vessels transported the island’s lumber…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Apart from the fishing industry, many laborers were attracted to Swan’s Island’s quarries. The largest of these, the Baird's Quarry in Minturn…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 3 of 4

"… provisioning of her household and supervised its labors, and performed vital work as a midwife, attending 816 births within 27 years."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 5 of 6

"… that they might be forced into tenancy or wage labor. For them, freehold landownership promised independence from overweening landlords or…"

Maine Aviation Historical Society & Maine Air Museum

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - About Us

"We have digitized and cataloged photographs, expanded our collection, and recorded oral histories to save our island memories."

Music in Maine - Community Music

"… through traditional music and dance.” Songs of Labor Luther Hall's Camp - Grand Lake Narrows Sebois, 1920Patten Lumbermen's Museum From…"

Music in Maine - Music Makers

"… supported middle class artisans and skilled laborers, known as mechanics, with a lending library, apprenticeship programs, monetary loans, and…"

Belfast Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!

"Join us as we explore the twists and turns of these island lives, and find out for yourself which stories are 'history' and which live on! Fine Sand…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"Involving extensive physical labor indoors and out-of-doors, women’s daily work included gardening, dairying, food preparation, spinning, weaving…"

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

"Bibliography Rose, Galen. "A Brief History of the Maine Economy." Maine State Planning Office, June 2003. Web."

Friendship Museum

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

"… ago as a way to teach island students about their history and heritage. It started small and has developed into a multi-disciplinary unit over the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The McCormick house

"… in (if not owned) this home throughout its long history: Warren Sprague, Willy 'Jack' Stockbridge, Earl and Eleanor Tozier, Betty Staples Byrd…"

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

"Throughout the history of Swan's Island, women regularly held positions as postmistresses, navigators, shopkeepers, and family business managers…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… the years 1891 and 1903, points out in his island history that the name Hocomock (current Hockamock Head) was used before Europeans arrived."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"… in each of the first four degrees: Faith - laborer and maid; Hope -- cultivator and shepherdess; Charity -- harvesters and gleaners; Fidelity --…"

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

"… Historical Society During most of Swan’s Island history, summer recreation occurred on or near the water, where one could enjoy all the island has…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… banded together in an effort to preserve what history remained—donating family photograph collections, participating in oral history interviews…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 1 of 4

"Gendered family structures and divisions of labor shaped Wabanaki and colonial New England economies, and Indigenous and White women were essential…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"The store ran in the period of Swan's Island history when the steamboat still connected island residents to Rockland."