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Category Archives: Prout’s Neck
Homer, Winslow
People Who Called Scarborough Home By Charlene Fenlason Winslow Homer – Artist Winslow Homer, landscape painter best known for his marine subjects, was born in Boston 24 February 1836 to Charles Savage Homer and Henrietta Benson Homer. His mother, an … Continue reading
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Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks – Part 2 of 2
Text by Bruce Thurlow Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Rodney Laughton and Don Googins (Part 1 Here) Shipwrecks Scarborough’s coastline has three extensive beaches: Higgins, Scarborough, and Pine Point. There are ledges, however, around Prouts Neck, Bluff and Stratton Islands (now … Continue reading
Posted in Higgins Beach, Pine Point, Prout's Neck, Scarborough Beach, Ships
Tagged Harold Seal, Queenie Seal, Ward Bickford
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Transportation Through the Years – Part 1 of 4
Text by Bruce Thurlow Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Rodney Laughton and Joseph W. Snow See a Red Sox game in Boston—easy, hop in your car, drive to Boston via high-speed roads, see the game, and return home the same … Continue reading
Historical Overview – Part 1
Scarborough: They Called it Owascoag Part 1 of 4 – Print Version Here (Pages 1-4) Text by Mary B. Pickard Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Rodney Laughton, the Scarborough Marsh Nature Center and Broadturn Farm Unlike many neighboring towns, Scarborough … Continue reading
Posted in Black Point, Blue Point, Dunstan, History, Oak Hill, Pine Point, Prout's Neck, Stratton's Island
Tagged Andrew Alger, Arthur Alger, Cammock Patent, Henry Jocelyn, Henry Watts, John Stratton, Owascoag, Richard Bonython, Richard Foxwell, salt marsh, Sokokis, Thomas Cammock, Thomas Lewis, Uphannum, Wackwarreska
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