Maine Memory Network

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

"This is the Payne Road of today. The Cumberland Turnpike remained a toll road until 1855. Black Point Road, Scarborough, ca."

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

"… William and Cyrus King, built the Cumberland Turnpike, the first turnpike in New England. It crossed the marsh between Dunstan and Oak Hill, the…"

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

"A toll road across the marsh between Dunstan and Oak Hill, the Cumberland Turnpike was the first turnpike in New England. Dr."

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

"The Maine Turnpike opened in 1948, bringing business to Scarborough. Population grew as people moved to town to fill jobs created by commercial…"

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

""An Act for Establishing a Turnpike Corporation Within the Town of Scarborough." Chapter 34,1802. Chapman, Leonard B."

Historic Hallowell - Blizzard Poems

"… plow’s success died down difficult transportation troubled vehicles Deaths 56 seamen, 5 others on the Turnpike, and 2 lobstermen By Emma Wilson"

Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis

"The turnpike first opened in 1947 from Kittery to Portland, and extended through Lewiston in 1955. When that happened, all of a sudden 250,000…"

Historic Hallowell - Blizzards in Hallowell

"… fifty-six other seamen, and five deaths on the Turnpike. Overall, this storm had many effects in Hallowell and all over the great state of Maine."