Presentation Images – Century of Conflict

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Michael Davis

On January 6th, 2019, Michael Davis gave a presentation to the Scarborough Historical Society titled “Scarborough’s Black Point – A Century of Conflict.” Below are the images of that presentation. A video of his excellent presentation is here.

1-John-Chamberlain-and-Paugus-at-Lovewell's
10-list-of-names-Blackpoint-garison-Oct-12th-1676
11-battle-plaque-Garrison-Cove
12-Map-of-the-battle as-prepared-by-sylvia-hunnewell
13-Casualty-list-of-dead-in-slaughter
14-King-William's-War
15-Massacre-Pond
16-1724-Death_of_Father_Sebastian_Rale
17-1725-Letter-Describing-warriors-Lovewell-encountered
18-Historic Prouts Ariel View
19-Black-Point-in-the-60s
2-comparison
20-Black-Point-Scarborough-Circa-1633-1728
3-Current-Promotional-Map-of-Saco-Bay-and-Black-Point
4-John-Champlain-1605-map-of-Saco-Bay
5-1651-Alger-deed-for-settlement-Scarborough
6-Map-of-1677
7-articles-of-submission
8-new-england-captives-to-canada
9-Example-of-a-colonial-garrison-fort

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Images of The Moulton House

Posted on December 28, 2018 by Don Taylor

The Moulton House was an inn, restaurant, and cocktail lounge at Dunstan Corner. Over the years, the Inn had several names and forms.

Moulton House Collage

The Scarborough Historical Society has 11 images of the Moulton House, which are available for download as a compressed (Zipped) file. Included are:

  • A-1 Steak Pit of Scarborough – 1 photo.
  • Moulton House (The Original – 2 stories) – 1 photo.
  • Moulton House (4 stories – Flat roof) – 3 photos.
  • Moulton House (3 stories) – 1 photo.
  • Scarborough Inn – 1 photo.
  • Snug Harbor – 1 photo – Flickr Photo
  • Valle’s Inn – 3 photos
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Margaret Small Scrapbook – A2018-35-1

Posted on December 6, 2018 by Don Taylor

This scrapbook, accession number 2018-35-1, is a collection of newspaper clippings. The vast majority of the clippings are unlabeled and unidentified as to the newspaper or the date. However, some of the clippings have handwritten dates on them identifying them to be from as early as 1931 to as late as 1950. The majority of dates are 1933. The donor of this scrapbook was Margaret Small.

The clippings primarily include marriage announcements and obituaries with many entries regarding the accomplishments of various Scarborough people.

In its 53 pages there are 74 instances of “Scarboro” six of “Dunstan,” 14 of “Oak Hill,” 22 of “Black Point,” 30 of “Pine Point,” and two of Higgins beach.

The scrapbook was scanned at 400 DPI, cropped as appropriate, and rotated as needed, then it was OCRed using FineReader and exported as a searchable PDF file on Digital Maine.

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Corporal Lucian Thomas Libby

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Don Taylor

Photo of Lucien T. Libby

Lucien T. Libby

I recently received a question regarding the life of Corporal Lucian Thomas Libby of Scarborough. Lucian died of wounds during World War I. His questions were, do we know which battle he died in and if there are relatives in the area?

My “go-to” place for his first question is Family Search. There, I was able to quickly find the Grave Card for Lucien T. Libby[i]. It indicated that he is buried in Black Point Cemetery, in section A, and that he died on 22 October 1918 in Souilly, France. Souilly was the headquarters for General Pershing during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Lucien served with the 13th Company, Coast Artillery, Maine National Guard (Battery F, 103d Field Artillery Unit). The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was, according to Wikipedia, the largest and bloodiest operation of World War I. The offensive, also known as the Hundred Days Offensive, brought the war to an end. 26,277 American lives were lost. Corporal Libby was wounded on 11 October 1918, exactly one month before the end of the war. The 24-year-old lived 11 days before succumbing to his injuries.

Lucien T. Libby

  • Born:           29 June 1894[ii]
  • Enlisted:       5 June 1917
  • Overseas:     9 October 1917
  • Wounded:   11 October 1918
  • Died:            22 October 1918

Photo by Kelli Lincoln

Further research revealed his name was Lucien Taylor Libby, not Lucien Thomas.”

Lucien was born in Scarborough the son of Charles E. and Sarah F. Libby. Both the 1900[iii] and 1910[iv] Censuses indicate that Lucien had two siblings, George and Lena.

Charles Libby set up a fund at the Scarborough Public Library to purchase books which exists to this day.

Lucien Taylor Libby is remembered through the American Legion’s Libby-Mitchell Post #76 in Scarborough, whose name honors him and World War II casualty Donald Mitchell.

I will remember Lucien, and his ultimate sacrifice, which helped bring an end to the Great War.

And yes, there are descendants of Charles Libby living today.

Endnotes:

[i] “Maine, State Archives, World War I (WWI) Grave Cards, 1914­1950,”
database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP4Y-VXW – accessed 30 October 2018), Lucien T Libby, ; citing Burial, Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, United States,; Maine State Archives, Augusta.

[ii] “United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZFR-9ZM – 13 March 2018), Lucian Taylor Libby, 1917-1918; citing Cumberland County no 2, Maine, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,653,905.

[iii] “United States Census, 1900,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMLF-NR9 – accessed 28 November 2018), Charles E Libby, Scarborough town, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 78, sheet 14B, family 346, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,591.

[iv] “United States Census, 1910,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MR3M-Z4P – accessed 28 November 2018), Charles E Libby, Scarboro, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 101, sheet 16A, family 376, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 538; FHL microfilm 1,374,551.

 

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Once Upon a Time (In Scarborough)

Posted on November 20, 2018 by scarbo7_wp

From the Bruce Thurlow Collection

Scrapbook clippings from newspapers regarding “Once Upon a Time” [in Scarborough]. The articles include newspaper images and short write-up regarding various Scarborough objects, businesses, and places. Download from the Maine State Library.

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