Monthly Archives: June 2025

Scarborough Town Farm Cemetery

Posted on June 30, 2025 by Don Taylor

Ron Romano’s The Graves of Scarborough’s Paupers: The Town Farm Cemetery, 1867–1891 offers a moving, thoroughly researched account of Scarborough’s 19th-century approach to caring for its poorest citizens. When the town purchased the Brackett Farm in 1867, it became a … Continue reading →

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Letting Out the Poor

Posted on June 25, 2025 by Don Taylor

Ron Romano’s Letting Out the Poor uncovers the mid-19th-century system of poor relief in Scarborough, Maine, through the logbook of Ebenezer Libby, Overseer of the Poor from 1857–1867. The paper explains how impoverished residents were “let out” to townspeople—essentially placed in homes where … Continue reading →

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The Clam Man of the Spurwink: Ivory Kilborn’s Shoreline Legacy

Posted on June 7, 2025 by Don Taylor

The Life of a Clam Digger on the Spurwink By Alfred Elden [Written for the Lewiston Journal.] Just before coming to ‘Mitchell’s erstwhile famous roadhouse, on the popular Cape Shore Drive a house closed, this year, but noted for half … Continue reading →

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The McCullum (Hunnewell) House: Scarborough’s Red House and Its Legacy

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Don Taylor

Sitting at the triangle of Black Point Rd, Winnocks Neck Rd, and Old County Rd, the historic McCullum (Hunnewell) House—also known as the “Red House”—holds a special place in the town’s story. Believed to be one of the oldest houses … Continue reading →

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Updates May 2025

Posted on June 1, 2025 by Don Taylor

Library Education Added: Program – SHS Spring Drama Festival – April 16th, 1959. Videos I added a link to the “Scarborough Historical Society Centennial Quilt Project unveiling at Scarborough Public Library on August 22, 2021 video. Links Books Available Online Added: … Continue reading →

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