November 3, 2024, 2:00 PM meeting: 

The Lost Pequawket Tribe of the Saco River

Presenter: Brenton Hill

This unique, locally focused program will explore the 12,000-year history of the first Americans who lived along the Saco River. The presentation will correct misunderstandings regarding the Pequawkets’ relationships with European settlers and discuss archaeological findings on their living sites and stone tools.

Registration NOT Required: Donations cheerfully accepted.

PLEASE NOTE MEETING LOCATION: This year Scarborough Historical Society’s regular monthly meetings, sponsored by the Prouts Neck Historical Society, will be held at the Black Point Congregational Church Parish Hall. 167 Black Point Rd, Scarborough.

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SHS Outreach Program

November 12, 2024 – 6:00 PM.

Early Tourism in Scarborough

Presenter: Linda Snow McLoon,
Scarborough Historical Society,
Sponsored by Scarborough Adult Education.

This presentation looks at the early summer hotels and cottages in Scarborough that attracted tourists, the modes of transportation that brought visitors here, and the factors that caused their decline. During the Wilderness Movement in America in the late 19th century, many city dwellers in the northeast found they could escape the unclean water, dirty streets, and polluted air of the nation’s large cities by vacationing in Maine.

Registration Required: Cost $14.00. REGISTER HERE
Location: Scarborough High School.

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November 13, 2024 – 10:00 AM.

Portrait of a Family through their Letters

Presenter: Linda Snow McLoon,
Scarborough Historical Society,
Sponsored by The Originals at Gorham First Parish Church.

The lives of various siblings of the Googins family are described through their letters to their brother, William Hayes Googins of Scarborough. Lucy tells about her life working in one of the textile mills on Factory Island in Saco; Albion describes being a farmer in Hiram in the 19^th century; Lydia passes on details of attending school in Harpswell before leaving with her husband to begin life in the west; and the youngest sibling, Charlie, shares details of serving in the Signal Corps during the Civil War.  

Registration NOT Required
Location: Gorham First Parish Church.

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November 19, 2024 – 7:00 PM.

Prominent Diseases in Early Scarborough

Presenter: Dr. Stephen Spaulding,
Scarborough Historical Society,
Sponsored by Scarborough Adult Education.

This fascinating presentation gives an overview of the diseases that our Scarborough predecessors faced, their impact on life in southern Maine, and how our forebears dealt with them. We live in a post-Covid age when much is understood about infectious diseases and the effective treatments for many of the diseases. But in the 17th-19th centuries, that was not the case. Epidemics of lethal diseases were feared; “consumption” killed many, and even more common infections could become fatal.

Registration Required: Cost $14.00. REGISTER HERE
Location: Scarborough High School.

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ALSO NOTE: There will be no regular SHS Meeting in December.

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• March 25, 2025, 2:00pm – First Congregational Church at Black Point, 167 Black Point Road – 
  Like Father, Like Sons – A Scarborough Family in the Revolutionary War by Linda Snow McLoon.
  
• April 5, 2025, time tbd – Elizabeth Wadsworth Chapter, DAR, Maine Military Museum, South Portland – Like Father, Like Sons – A Scarborough Family in the Revolutionary War by Linda Snow McLoon.