Maine Memory Network

Cumberland Historical Society

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Penobscot Marine Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… had to ford the waters at the Narrows or ride Captain Thompson's ferry. Thompson charged 10 cents for someone on foot, 31 cents for a horse and…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Cumberland, captained by William Allen of Lubec, was greeted by a festive crowd gathered at the new International Steamship Company wharf."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"He was a school board member, and a Captain of the Third Maine Regiment. He died on May 30, 1947. Following these first 4 important businesses and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"The letter from R.G.W. Dodge to Captain Treworgy, the protest (insurance claim) of the /Ocean Ranger/ and the bills of laden and Charty Party for…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret

"… 1639, settler John Josselyn wrote admiringly of Captain Thomas Wannerton, "who drank to me a pint of kill-devil Rhum at a draught." Aside from that…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… John Crosby was distinguished by promotion from Captain to General. He is said to be the only resident of Wheelersborough who can positively be…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"In 1857 the Rockland's Captain, Charles Deering, added Bar Harbor to his stops. The next year he opened the Deering House, Bar Harbor's second hotel."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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

"… “To His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq’r, Captain General and Governor in and Over his Majesty’s Province afores’d, the Honorable, His Majesty’s…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"On August 31, 1893 the S.S. Cumberland, captained by William Allen, became the first steamship to carry passengers from Boston to Lubec, arriving to…"

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

"… the new barn here at the invitation of the owner, Captain Enos Blanchard. Continuing south on Route 9 past the Prince Memorial Library, Route 9…"