Category Archives: Places

Fredrick Augustus Miller (1854-1927)

Posted on November 8, 2022 by Don Taylor

The museum recently received a wonderful photo of Fredrick Miller. According to the information on the back of the photo Fredrick:                     Fredrick Miller   Born 1855 – Died 1927.   … Continue reading →

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Cleaning Gravestones and Monuments

Posted on November 5, 2022 by Don Taylor

By Don Taylor Cleaning an ancestor’s marker, the marker of a veteran, or even the marker of a person you don’t know but see their monument is looking bad, can be a great source of accomplishment and pride. It is … Continue reading →

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Updates October 2022

Posted on November 1, 2022 by Don Taylor

In October 2022, the following items were added to the website: Organizations 12th Maine Regiment (Civil War) Twenty-seventh Reunion of the 12th  Maine Regiment – Dunstan, 10 September 1908. I added a photo of the West Scarborough Methodist Church (circa 1928). … Continue reading →

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The Villages of Scarborough

Posted on October 22, 2022 by Becky Delaware

By Becky Delaware Oak Hill, Part IV In the early 1900s, all the land from the corner of Black Point Road and Route One (current location of Amato’s) to the Bessey School apartments and extending back to the Old Eastern … Continue reading →

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William Graffam – Puzzle Editor

Posted on September 23, 2022 by Larry Glatz

William H. Graffam (1853-1934) Puzzle Editor of West Scarborough, Maine By Larry Glatz of (East) Scarborough, Maine — 31 August 2022 For most who knew him locally, William Henry Graffam was a successful grocer and sometime postmaster at Dunstan’s Corner … Continue reading →

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