Maine Memory Network

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

"… marked an end to the age of East coast shipping and reliance on forest products. The nation turned to coal, iron, and oil."

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"After the war, however, the separation movement was revived. In October 1815, the Portland-based Eastern Argus newspaper began a thirteen-article…"

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

"It is diabolical.” Pinky Ship, Belfast, ca. 1880Swan's Island Historical Society Dr. Small states, “About the year 1850 a decided improvement…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"By the end of World War II, the woods and fields of Surry were free of these polluting items. When the war ended in August 1945, there was little…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… Phebe’s junior, Olin became a distinguished Civil War soldier and ended the war six years later as a lieutenant in the South leading…"

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

"Prior to the war, raw materials for building ships were sent to England. The area was heavily forested, much of it with tall pines ideally suited for…"

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"The Lincoln News was printed in Bangor, then shipped to Lincoln. Some of the stories took place in Mattanawcook."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Shipyards

"There are records of many ships built between 1793 and 1872, when the completion of the schooner Isabel marked the end of Hampden’s shipbuilding…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… the threat of nuclear holocaust during the Cold War, the Surry Opera Company continued through the 1990s bringing together people from across the…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"It went dark for seven years until after the war when a new patron gave it new life under a new producer Charles O."

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"Navy named a Roll-on/Roll-off cargo ship U.S.N.S. Gordon in honor of Gary Gordon. He received many awards after he died, but the most important one…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"Railroad, tracks Delivering, connecting, shipping Lincoln people, mail, and goods Transportation Works Cited Train Collision in Lincoln Center…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… was not prominently involved in the Revolutionary War. Benjamin Milliken was the only Loyalist on record from Surry."

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"Incorporation After the Revolutionary War, deeds and titles were still not clear, so the Commonwealth of Massachusetts had to straighten things out."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"… power for mills, and ease of transportation and shipping. An accomplished builder, Benjamin Wheeler is known to be the first white settler."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"There are records of many ships built between 1793 and 1872, when the completion of the schooner Isabel marked the end of Hampden’s shipbuilding days…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"There are records of many ships built between 1793 and 1872, when the completion of the schooner Isabel marked the end of Hampden’s shipbuilding days…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"In the following year, only two ships were produced, one appropriately named “General McLellan,” after the popular major general, who reorganized the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"To a crow bar To bailing a cittle (kettle) for ship To iron work for Sett’s Mills To mending a chain To repairing an ax for ship Sally To repairing a…"

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

"… of Garrison Cove, the settlers lived aboard their ship. The following August they were besieged by five hundred French and their Indian allies led…"

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

"… produced carnations and snapdragons that were shipped by rail to markets in Boston and Bangor. The business ran from 1927-1959, operated…"

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

"At home some worked on Liberty ships at the shipyard in South Portland. Frances Libbey, a Scarborough teacher, wrote to local servicemen and…"

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

"Business plummeted and ships languished. People were forced to develop other avenues of trade and very quickly, inland routes leading from Maine to…"

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

"… war, he was particularly concerned with coastal shipping and defenses in the District of Maine. Noting the hardships Maine had suffered, he began a…"