Frank McDermott describes the effort that went into restoring the 19th-century blacksmith shop, and how it helped save the historical society.
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Harpswell maritime disaster the worst in Maine history
One of the deadliest maritime disasters in Maine history saw a day of fun and pleasure turned into a catastrophe claiming the lives of 34 persons, launched a mammoth rescue effort and began an enduring controversy lasting nearly 85 years. And this historic tragedy all began at Bailey Island. On June 29, 1941, a group […]
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Roosevelt Trail historical sites welcome visitors as part of ‘history tour’
The tour, which stretched from Westbrook to Harrison, covered multiple aspects of Maine history.
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How a Woolwich man changed travel in Midcoast Maine
One of the greatest legends in Maine history was a man whose tireless efforts changed the landscape of Midcoast Maine. And this great public servant was a man from Woolwich. Frank William Carlton was born on April 5, 1859, to Ira and Harriet (Savage) Carlton in Dresden. Soon, the growing Carlton family moved to Woolwich […]
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Before Mitchell Field: The Cold War brings the Navy to Harpswell
A photograph from August 1954 shows the pier at the brand-new Casco Bay Fuel Depot and four of the facility’s 14 fuel storage tanks. Eight deliveries by 130,000-barrel tankers were necessary to fill the tanks. (Courtesy of Terri Gaudet) This is the first in a two-part Harpswell Anchor series about the U.S. Navy’s development and […]
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Tour takes people on a cemetery walk through Bath’s history
A Bath business offers walking tours through Oak Grove Cemetery to tell the stories behind the people buried there.
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Building the Orr’s and Bailey Islands bridge was a masterful feat of engineering
A “scow barge” is unloaded by a crane as the last of the Pownal Granite is put in place on the Orr’s and Bailey Islands’ Crib Stone Bridge in the 1920s. (Courtesy of the Maine Department of Transportation) Ninety-nine years ago, “after nearly a half century of controversy,” work finally began on June 6, 1926, […]
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Helen Keller once called Brunswick home
When famed disabilities advocate and author Helen Keller sought a quieter and more simplistic life, she purchased a historic home on Middle Bay at Brunswick’s Pennellville in the summer of 1909. Her arrival in Brunswick made headlines throughout the state of Maine, yet her time here is barely remembered. Helen Adams Keller was born on […]
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New book details how Maine’s North Woods was protected
Karin Tilberg’s ‘Loving the North Woods’ gives a detailed history of the region’s recent conservation, but misses a few key points.
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Brunswick house was once home to Joshua Chamberlain
One of the Maine’s most iconic landmarks was once occupied by Maine’s most famous son and his family. And the story of its legendary history and how it got to where it is still greets visitors today. In 1824 Colonel Jesse Pierce, a Brunswick store keeper, built a small home at 4 Potter St., which […]
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