Author Archives: Don Taylor

Pages Updated – February 2024

Library Bibles The Stone Bible – Surnames include Stone, Haskell. Rev. Tilton Bible (61.1.1) – 2nd Parish (Dunstan) Congregational Church – Dated 1801.  Plummer Bible #2 – 2023.01.401 – Appears to be the Bible of David and Alice (Stone) Plummer. … Continue reading

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Page/Post Updates – December 2023

I made the following changes/additions to the website during December 2023. Links Page: Scarborough Focused Links Businesses Rebecca Hillman Pottery (a 2023-2024 Cammock member) Library | Education Class of 1948 1947-48 SHS Track Team Library | Education | Grammar Schools Dunstan Class of … Continue reading

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Page/Post Updates – November 2023

I made the following changes/additions to the website during November 2023. Education Grammar Schools Dunstan School Added photo – Student Photos – (Dunstan) Class of 1939. Class of 1951Added Photo – Dunstan Grammar School Students – Grade 3 – Back … Continue reading

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The Roadside Cabins of Scarborough

A talk by Rodney Laughton On Sunday, November 5th, at 2:00 p.m., Rodney Laughton will talk about the roadside cabins of Scarborough. Before automobiles provided another travel option, vacationing visitors to Scarborough arrived by train, ships and even horse and … Continue reading

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Page Updates – August 2023

Education Grammar Schools Dunstan Class of 1951 – Added two photos:Photo – Dunstan Grammar School Students – Grade 7 Photo – Dunstan Grammar School Students – Grade 5 Places Locales Plummer’s Hill Dedication – Boston 120 Milestone, Kings Highway – … Continue reading

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The Maine Hay Ride

Do you remember…35 Years ago…. The Maine Hay Ride: Good News From The Heart of Maine to The Heart of America. In 1988, due to drought, farmers near Youngstown, Ohio, suffered a small first harvest of hay for their livestock, and … Continue reading

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Page Updates – July 2023

Education Early Scarborough High Schools Scarboro High School Catalog – 1893-1894 – Includes Graduates, Class of 1893 & First Class (’94). Places Newspaper Clippings 1913 Clipping — “Stroudwater Falls – Gen. Samuel Waldo’s Eight Hundred Acre Land Purchase, A. D. … Continue reading

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Warrant – 20 March 1826 – Cattle Restriction & The Widow Moody.

Warrant to John Dunnell Constable of Scarborough1826Warrant no. 1    Recorded ——  Front  —— To John Dunnell Constable of the Town of Scarborough. You are hereby required in the name of the State of Maine to summon and notify the inhabitants of … Continue reading

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Warrant – 24 Feb 1840 – Vote on Strip Annex to Saco?

Warrant 1840Febry 24Recorded ——  Front  —— To James Larrabee one of the constables of the town of Scarborough you are hereby required in the name of the State of Maine to summon and notify the inhabitants of said town (qualified … Continue reading

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Ephemera – Jona Fogg Bill (1834)

Encapsulated Collection #27. I find it interesting to see old receipts. Different spellings, different use of words and phrases and the amount paid for work. In this 1834 bill, Jonathan Fogg, Jr., was paid a dollar a day for all … Continue reading

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