Maine Memory Network

Hudson Museum

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Abplanalp Library, UNE

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"The public was upset, because the Boston & Maine trains were sometimes late and connections were missed."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"1910Scarborough Historical Society & Museum As trains transported people and freight to Portland, Boston and beyond, the trolleys provided easy…"

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

"By the 1870s, sixty-five trains a day transported passengers and freight in and out of Portland and through Scarborough."

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

"… Historical Society & Museum Trolleys, trains and automobiles brought tourists to Scarborough."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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

"… able to make a classical violin without formal training and using regular carpenter’s tools is astonishing.” Litchfield retired as a station agent…"

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

"All of the equipment was donated and Dr. Haigis trained the personnel. Scarborough was the first town in Maine to have a rescue service, and later…"

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

"Web Links Skyline Farm Owls Head Transportation Museum Carriage Museum of America Royal River Conservation Trust Deri Farm Text by Pamela C."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… very involved in this movement was Neal Dow from Portland. The movement was also quite strong in Bangor."

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

"… Trolley Museum Electric Rail In 1894 the Portland and Yarmouth Electric Railway, along what is currently Route 88 in Cumberland Foreside, was…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Maine in the Northeastern Boundary Controversy. Portland: Marks Printing House, 1919. Print. City of Bangor, Maine. Annual Reports. 1930-1940. Print."

Prince Memorial Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"… should schedule a Funeral Director to meet the train in Rumford to pick up his body. Arrangements were made for John to be buried in the family…"

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

"… Within ten years of opening, the Scarborough (Portland) Airport was inadequate for the increasingly larger, more powerful aircraft."

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

"The route started in Portland, crossed the Fore River at Stroudwater, passed through Thornton Heights (Skunk Hill), went along what we call the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… or gill-netting vessels, most likely out of Portland. Scarborough men have engaged primarily in coastal fishing, particularly clams and lobsters…"

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

"Grandfather Tales of Scarborough. Portland, ME: Katahdin Publishing Co., 1925. Moulton, Augustus. Old Prouts Neck."

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

"… Society & Museum Traveling in a snowstorm from Portland to New York on 14 January 1934, the Eastern Steamship Company’s freighter Sagamore…"

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

"The company was founded in Portland in 1872, and at one time was only one of seven such companies in the country."

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

"Grandfather Tales of Scarborough. Portland, ME: Katahdin Publishing Co., 1925. William KingScarborough Historical Society & Museum William King…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"By the 1790s, Portland had rebuilt its port and surpassed Dunstan as a trading center. 'Delia Chapin' construction, Dunstan Landing…"