Category Archives: History

A Soldier’s Farewell: A Glimpse into Civil War Anxieties

Posted on May 31, 2025 by Don Taylor

2024.12.04b On November 29, 1862, John Hale, a soldier in the Union Army, penned a letter to his friend Thomas. Hale, a member of Company H, 50th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, was stationed at Major General Banks’ Headquarters in New York, … Continue reading →

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ME H&GR at Internet Archive. 

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Don Taylor

Interested in Scarborough History or your Maine Ancestors? The Maine Historical And Genealogical Recorder is a treasure trove of information about the King family (Dunstan), Births, Marriages, and Deaths of members of the First Congregational Church (Black Point), early Scarborough … Continue reading →

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Remembering Dorothy Shaw Libbey

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Linda Snow-McLoon

By Linda Snow McLoon Over the years a number of individuals have made major contributions toward preserving Scarborough’s history, but no one has done more toward saving our past for future generations than Dorothy Shaw Libbey. Long before she and … Continue reading →

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89.9.1979 – Letter from N. & M. Tilton to their children – 19 July 1846

Posted on June 19, 2022 by Don Taylor

Besides Tilton, the following surnames are mentioned: Burnham, Storer, Hatch, Finney, Perkam, Strickland, Smith, Wiggin, & Chase.  There is an interesting story about Sidney Burnham, with an ax, being arrested. This OCR text version has not been reviewed or edited … Continue reading →

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Ship-Building in Scarborough

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Don Taylor

Did You Know…. Ship-Building in Scarborough             By Don Taylor, Historian Did you know ships were built in Scarborough during the latter part of the eighteenth and the first half of the nineteenth century; Many were small, but in the … Continue reading →

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