Maine Memory Network

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

"Stream and river fishing was recreational, as well as a source of family food. Clam Diggers ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… Claremont, built by Deacon Clark's niece and her sea-captain husband a half mile from the family's wharf."

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2

"… than an inscription that links them to a Bath sea captain. Equally shrouded in mystery is the daguerreotype of five girls, including one with a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Men frequently died at sea, and often children did not survive to adulthood. This kind of hardship bred a kind of interdependence often seen on…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"Wabanakis harvested their own fish and sea mammals, but lard and flour usually came from the annual distribution of annuity goods which the state…"

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

"When his only remaining brother Jacob was lost at sea in 1876, Charles sold the farm to Abbie A. Curtis Dolloff, the wife of Oscar Fitzland Dolloff."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"Initially, the Sea Siders played at the YMCA on Mount Desert Street and eventually moved to a building on Cottage Street called the Casino."

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

"… 9, 1865, at the age of 28--perhaps that he was a sea captain explains his death away from home. Phebe was only 24."

Northeast Historic Film

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"He settled in California where he transported freight up the Sacramento River. At some point, he came back to Farmington where he settled in the…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… he married Ellen Maria Marston, daughter of the sea captain Levi Marston. The couple lived in Massachusetts for a time, but James's ill…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"The sea, or hen, clam was trucked in from Wildwood, New Jersey. The hen clam became central to the factory’s operation, necessitating a need for more…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… of the six townships, “six miles in extent on the sea coast, and no more,” Surry's coastline exceeded 20 miles."

Music in Maine - Community Music

"In Maine, Sea shanties sung by sailors develop slow and fast structures depending on the task, from a few pulls on a rope to more detailed rigging of…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - About the Project

"… a hundred years ago were the concubines of sea captains and their offspring!” Needless to say, everyone in the class was surprised and dubious."

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

"… the area, taking advantage of the forest and sea. Champlain voyaged along this coast in 1604, naming islands as he traveled."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… settlers scraped a living from the soil and the sea. Here you will still find a community of a different nature, where even strangers wave to each…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… old residents and new share a strong appreciation for the values and advantages of life in a small town nestled between the mountain and the sea."

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

"… sailed on the tide down the Kennebec River to the sea. During the years of the Embargo Act, this waterway was of little use for trade, but the road…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"At the other end of downtown, the former MCRR Station, left empty when the Jesse Albert Dental Clinic moved from downtown to a larger and modern…"