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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… was renamed the Post Road in 1760.(4) County Road and Saco Street, North Scarborough, 1907Scarborough Historical Society & Museum In the late…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"New road construction projects were not always well received by property owners whose land was bisected by the new byways, and early records tell…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth 1850s shipyardBrick Store Museum Shipbuilding In 1812, the area that later became…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… Place Library The Hamilton Place Library in North Yarmouth, located at 598 Walnut Hill Road, was established in 1894 as the town's first community…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… The Church Under the Ledge, and this became the “North West Congregational Society of North Yarmouth.” In these early years, the Second Church…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"The original 1680 plantation of North Yarmouth encompassed present-day North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Yarmouth, Chebeague Island, Pownal, Freeport…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"Riverside Farm, North Road, North Yarmouth, ca. 1895North Yarmouth Historical Society Transporting milk, North Yarmouth, ca."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"Morrill Greenhouse on Walnut Hill Road in North Yarmouth produced carnations and snapdragons that were shipped by rail to markets in Boston and…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 4 of 4

"Cumberland, once part of North Yarmouth, has since surpassed its sister town in population. Both towns are two of Greater Portland’s bedroom…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"In “Old Times of North Yarmouth, Maine”, Rev. Amasa Loring writes that the minister’s children “were trained to habits of industry and economy so as…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"This is the Payne Road of today. The War of 1812 served as an impetus toward Maine's path to statehood."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"Even as roads began to improve in the 1930s, farmers would keep a horse and wagon as backup. Aviation fever came to Scarborough in 1926 when Chester…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"MacMillan, a school friend of his. In 1897, he played one of his violins, made from parts of an old schoolhouse that had been on Ross Road, at the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"The tract was slightly north of the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railroad tracks and the western edge bordered the marsh."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"Jane and her mother settled on the north side of Blue Point near the mouth of Mill Creek. Jane’s fireplace with its blackened hearthstone could be…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… the Middleton strayed slightly west, then north, of the intended course. Unnoticed by the crew, the ship was sailing toward high bluffs overlooking…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of North New Portland

"Bridges of North New Portland Text by Marilyn Gorman and Dianne Pease With Images from New Portland Historical Society The Bartlett Bridge: The…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Plan of North End of Bangor, 1844

"… In 1864, John Martin drew this "Plan of the North End as it was from the Rail Road Bridge to Nath Harlows March 11th 1844." Martin (1823-1904), an…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"The North Village has had two fires that burned much of the main street twice. The first fire was November 1, 1890 (or 1891), the loss from this fire…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"… would have limited Maine’s access to rich forests north of the St. John River, and state interests mobilized, especially in the US Senate, to…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 7 of 7

"… 1749 and 1751, in nineteen communities from North Yarmouth to Newcastle that they should either ask the Kennebec Proprietors for a grant to land…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"Williamsburg, VA: The University of North Carolina Press, 1968. Moulton, Augustus. Grandfather Tales of Scarborough."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"Curriculum Kevin, grade 8 Phys ed, North Scarborough School, ca. 1900Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Over time, the curriculum for…"