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Category Archives: Pine Point
Clamming and Lobstering – Part 2
Catch of the Day – Part 2 By Bruce Thurlow Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Bruce Thurlow, Bill Bayley and Don Googins By 1880 conflict arose between Scarborough Marsh diking company owners and clam diggers, boaters, and fishermen who claimed … Continue reading
Posted in Clamming and Lobstering, Ocean, Pine Point, Scarborough Marsh
Tagged David Thurlow, Donald A. Thurlow, Donald H. Thurlow, Dunstan School Restaurants, Fred Snow, Googins Lobster Pound, Inc., John Thurlow., Michael Thurlow., Paul Bayley, Pine Point Seafood Distributors, Pine Point Seafood Market, Red Tide, Snow’s Canning Company, Stanley Bayley, The Clambake, Thurlow’s Shellfish Company, Thurston & Bayley
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Clamming and Lobstering – Part 1
Catch of the Day – Part 1 By Bruce Thurlow Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Bruce Thurlow, Bill Bayley and Don Googins Scarborough’s coastline, with its marsh, freshwater streams, saltwater rivers, beaches and rocky ledges, has been a site for … Continue reading
Litchfield, Lewis L. – Station Agent & Hobbyist
People Who Called Scarborough Home By Charlene Fenlason Lewis Litchfield Lewis Litchfield, station agent for the Boston & Maine Railroad in the early 1900s, was born in 1871. He was a station agent first at Pine Point and later at … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Point, Oak Hill, People who Call Scarborough Home, Pine Point
Tagged Addie Kaler Vaill, Lewis Litchfield
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Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks – Part 2 of 2
Text by Bruce Thurlow Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Rodney Laughton and Don Googins (Part 1 Here) Shipwrecks Scarborough’s coastline has three extensive beaches: Higgins, Scarborough, and Pine Point. There are ledges, however, around Prouts Neck, Bluff and Stratton Islands (now … Continue reading
Posted in Higgins Beach, Pine Point, Prout's Neck, Scarborough Beach, Ships
Tagged Harold Seal, Queenie Seal, Ward Bickford
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Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks – Part 1 of 2
Text by Bruce Thurlow Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Rodney Laughton and Don Googins Scarborough has always been a place where going to sea and fishing are a part of life. At one time ships, boats, and smaller watercraft were … Continue reading
Posted in Black Point, Dunstan, Pine Point, Ships, Transportation
Tagged Aaron A. Merrill, Abraham Perkins, Cecil Pinkham, Dunstan Landing, Harold Burnham, Ira Milliken, John Waterhouse, Libby River, New River, Nonesuch River, Scarborough River, Ward Bickford
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Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway
Text by Bruce Thurlow Images from Scarborough Historical Society and Charlene Fenlason The first “roads” were not really roads but Indian footpaths through the woods. Generally, the trails followed firm ground rather than a direct course, avoiding swamps and hills … Continue reading
Posted in Black Point, Dunstan, Higgins Beach, Oak Hill, Pine Point, Pleasant Hill, Scottow's Hill & Payne
Tagged Ambrose Boaden, Benjamin Franklin, Chamberlain Road, Cyrus King, Dr. Southgate, Ferry Beach, Holmes Road, Josiah Paine, King’s Highway, Nehemiah Libby, Payne Road, Post Road, Spurwink River, Vinegar Road, William King
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Transportation Through the Years – Part 3 of 4
Text by Bruce Thurlow Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Rodney Laughton and Joseph W. Sno Aviation: When Flight Was Still a Novelty Scarborough Airport Scarborough airport, actually the Portland Airport, was dedicated on 28 and 29 September 1928. An air … Continue reading
Posted in Pine Point, Pleasant Hill, Transportation
Tagged Airport, Amelia Earhart, Boston & Maine Airways, Charles Lindbergh, Joseph Snow, Port-of-Maine Airport, Scarborough Airport
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Transportation Through the Years – Part 1 of 4
Text by Bruce Thurlow Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Rodney Laughton and Joseph W. Snow See a Red Sox game in Boston—easy, hop in your car, drive to Boston via high-speed roads, see the game, and return home the same … Continue reading
Historical Overview – Part 1
Scarborough: They Called it Owascoag Part 1 of 4 – Print Version Here (Pages 1-4) Text by Mary B. Pickard Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Rodney Laughton, the Scarborough Marsh Nature Center and Broadturn Farm Unlike many neighboring towns, Scarborough … Continue reading
Posted in Black Point, Blue Point, Dunstan, History, Oak Hill, Pine Point, Prout's Neck, Stratton's Island
Tagged Andrew Alger, Arthur Alger, Cammock Patent, Henry Jocelyn, Henry Watts, John Stratton, Owascoag, Richard Bonython, Richard Foxwell, salt marsh, Sokokis, Thomas Cammock, Thomas Lewis, Uphannum, Wackwarreska
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