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

"The highway continued on to the ferry at Ferry Beach; and from the ferry landing at Pine Point, the traveler would proceed on the beach to Old…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"… politics, and an effort by the residents of the beach neighborhoods to separate themselves from the rest of the city further fueled this sense of…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Timeline of Events

"… visits site of the Middleton shipwreck on Higgins Beach; Rodney Laughton, President of the Historical Society, talks with students about the…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"The coast is dotted by small, rocky islands and beaches, graceful dunes, and lush marshlands. Two long thin fingers of land create a large, naturally…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"and Mrs. Clayton Laplant Jed Beach, Thesis “Outside Eden”, 2003 Ruth Kidder Papers, DHS Coll.#139 "Bicentennial Calendar", information from DHS…"

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Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"… in a tintype of a man seated on a bench on a faux beach with a maritime scene behind him, complete with a sailing vessel and a lighthouse."

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Life on a Tidal River - Resources

"Woodsmen and Whigs: Historic Images of Bangor, Maine. Virginia Beach, VA: The Donning Company, 1991. Print."

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Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… this panoramic vista includes tidal pools, cobble beach and ledges shadowed by fields and a mixed wood forest."

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Reform and Repeal

"… Society I'm Making Whoopie-e at Old Orchard Beach, 1938 Postcard Collections of Maine Historical Society, a gift from Charles E. Burden Coll."

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

"… Dave Glovsky and Louis Armstrong, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1955Maine Historical Society Rock and Roll Concerts in Southern Maine By Ford Reiche In a…"

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

"… William Roberts built a log cabin close to the beach. John Clement, a cooper, brought his family five years later."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… summer experience, including walking on the stone beaches, family bon fire parties, and indoor card and board games, especially Bridge, Canasta and…"

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

"Bayley’s shipped lobsters to the Fulton Fish Market in New York City and provided lobster meat to many Old Orchard Beach, Saco and Scarborough…"

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

"… bark named Horace that was wrecked on Kennebunk Beach in 1838; and the Watchman, which sank fifty miles offshore with a cargo of coal."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"They loaded on the beach or mud flat areas at Lincolnville and Gilkey Harbor. The Red Wing, owned and operated by Leroy McCorison transported cars…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Theater

"… one and hang out with friends there than at the beach skating. People all over the world like to be able to go with family to see a movie in their…"

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

"… its marsh, fresh water streams, saltwater rivers, beaches and rocky ledges, has been a site for fisheries, clam digging, lobster fishing and…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"It’s a beautiful day to walk to the beach and have a family picnic or meet friends. Let’s get together with friends for a game of softball or go ice…"

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Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… construction of the Hotel Pemberton at Nantasket Beach. His eighteen months in Boston were critical to his professional growth, for he was exposed…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"Other Recreation Text By: Strong School 7th and 8th Graders, 2011-2012 Loading deer on the train at Strong station, ca."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"Prominent Women Text By: Strong School 7th and 8th Graders, 2011-2012 Julia Harris May poetry collection, 1903Farmington Public Library…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"Resources Mountains of Maine, Steven Pinkham, Down East Books, 2009 Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine, Thomas Desjardin, Oxford University Press, 1995…"