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Category Archives: Prout’s Neck
Fredrick Augustus Miller (1854-1927)
The museum recently received a wonderful photo of Fredrick Miller. According to the information on the back of the photo Fredrick: Fredrick Miller Born 1855 – Died 1927. … Continue reading
Posted in Black Point, Genealogy, Prout's Neck, Surname Files
Tagged #PhotoID, constable, Miller
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Updates October 2022
In October 2022, the following items were added to the website: Organizations 12th Maine Regiment (Civil War) Twenty-seventh Reunion of the 12th Maine Regiment – Dunstan, 10 September 1908. I added a photo of the West Scarborough Methodist Church (circa 1928). … Continue reading
Posted in Buildings, Businesses, Churches, Dunstan, Education, Oak Hill, Organizations, Prout's Neck, Veteran
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The Smalls in Scarborough – by Augustus K. Small
I was recently asked to do some research of the Small family in Scarborough, in particular James Frances Small (1835-___). I, of course, went to the Surnames files and looked for the Small file. The first thing I found was … Continue reading
Posted in Black Point, Coal Kiln Corners, Dunstan, Higgins Beach, Oak Hill, Prout's Neck, Spurwink, Surname Files
Tagged Augustus Small, Small
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The Wreck of the Sagamore
By Linda McLoon* It was snowing on Saturday evening, January 24, 1934, when the steel freighter, Sagamore, left Portland Harbor, bound for Boston with a hold filled mainly with large bolts of woolen material and oilcloth. The storm had intensified … Continue reading
Posted in Prout's Neck, Ships, Students and Teachers
Tagged Sagamore, salvage, shipwreck
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The Villages of Scarborough
During 2011, the Scarborough Leader ran a series of articles about the various “Villages of Scarborough” which began with “Town is Rich in Village History” and was followed by 10 articles regarding various “villages” in Scarborough. These articles included the … Continue reading
Posted in Black Point, Blue Point, Dunstan, Higgins Beach, North Scarborough, Oak Hill, Pine Point, Pleasant Hill, Prout's Neck, Spurwink
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Encapsulated Scrapbook – 1884-1979
This is a collection of 42 newspaper articles that were encapsulated into a collection probably during the 1970s at the Society. It consists of articles as early as 1884 and as recent as 1979 with the majority of articles from … Continue reading
Posted in Black Point, Blue Point, Dunstan, Higgins Beach, Oak Hill, Pine Point, Pleasant Hill, Prout's Neck, Scottow's Hill & Payne, Scrapbooks, Ships, Town Records
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Fire – Jocelyn Hotel – 27 July 1909
PORTLAND EVENING EXPRESS Tuesday, July 27, 1909 Price Two Cents Transcription by Linda McLoon $100,000 FIRE PROUTS NECK Joscelyn Hotel is in Ashes All Guests Escape in Safety with Their Personal Effects Googins Home and Plant Destroyed The … Continue reading
Posted in Hotels, Prout's Neck
Tagged Fire, Jocelyn
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Historical Sketch of Prouts Neck
By Frank Moss This historical sketch was originally written by Frank Moss and published in 1912. This is a reproduction of that publication. THE object in writing the following notes is to bridge over the interval between Mr. Moulton’s history … Continue reading
Posted in Histories, Other Organizations, Prout's Neck
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Presentation Images – Century of Conflict
On January 6th, 2019, Michael Davis gave a presentation to the Scarborough Historical Society titled “Scarborough’s Black Point – A Century of Conflict.” Below are the images of that presentation. A video of his excellent presentation is here.
Posted in Black Point, History, Presentations, Prout's Neck
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Once Upon a Time (In Scarborough)
From the Bruce Thurlow Collection Scrapbook clippings from newspapers regarding “Once Upon a Time” [in Scarborough]. The articles include newspaper images and short write-up regarding various Scarborough objects, businesses, and places. Download from the Maine State Library.
Posted in Black Point, Blue Point, Coal Kiln Corners, Dunstan, Higgins Beach, North Scarborough, Oak Hill, Pine Point, Prout's Neck, Scrapbooks
Tagged Newspapers
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