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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY1D_home-of-elias-and-elizabeth-widgery-thomas_Portland-ME.html
Corner of India and Congress Street, known as a Station House on the Underground Railroad. The home was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1866.
The Thomases were prominent in the Portland Anti-Slavery Society, begun in 1833, which also worked to a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY1C_home-of-amos-no-and-christiana-williams-freeman_Portland-ME.html
First full-time called minister of the Abyssinian Meeting House 1841-1852
Rev. Freeman (1809-1893) was an instructor in the school maintained for African Americans in the Abyssinian Meeting House. As conductors on the Underground Railroad, the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY19_charles-f-eastman_Portland-ME.html
Eastman (1821-1880) was barber, second-hand clothing dealer, mariner and hack driver. He was also a financial supporter of the Abyssinian Meeting House and School.
He owned and operated several barber shops with his four sons, including one on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY13_portland-observatory_Portland-ME.html
has been designated aNational Historic LandmarkThis site possesses national significancein commemorating the history of theUnited States of America.The Observatory is the nation's only remaining maritime signal tower. It served as a communication …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY0Y_south-portland-and-its-liberty-ships_South-Portland-ME.html
In the mid-1800s, when South Portland was still a part of Cape Elizabeth, its waterfront appeared to be a continuous line of bustling yards building and repairing ships. From Butler on Turner's Island to Knight and Blanchard in Knightville to Turn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY0I_south-portlands-ships-for-liberty_South-Portland-ME.html
Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corp.,1940-1942South Portland Shipbuilding Corp.,1941-1943New England Shipbuilding Corp.,1943-1945
This is a complete list of the ships built by the emergency shipyards at South Portland, Maine, between 1941-1945. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY06_looking-south_Cape-Elizabeth-ME.html
[Header Information]Hannaford Bros. Co.: The supermarket chain was founded in 1883 to sell the vegetables and fruits grown on a farm in Cape Elizabeth.
Farming: Cape Elizabeth-grown cabbage was considered the best in the state, bringing $10 a t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY04_looking-east_Cape-Elizabeth-ME.html
[Header Information]Portland Harbor: Ice-free, 25' deep at low tideExport/Import: Paper, Electronics, Foresty Products, Seafood, Oil & GasWinds: Southerly in Summer, Northerly in WinterCommercial Fishing Fleet: 150Peaks Island: Most populated isla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXZP_looking-north_Cape-Elizabeth-ME.html
[Header Information]Population: 65,000Surrounding Population: 250,000Number of Languages Spoken in the Portland Public Schools: 40Visitors Per Year: 3,750,000Average Summer Temperature: 82?Miles from Boston: 100Amount of office space in downtown, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXZO_civilian-conservation-corps_Cape-Elizabeth-ME.html
This plaque was dedicated by Chapter 111 Alumni by former members of the Civilian Conservation Corps in memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the members, who served at this post and other C.C.C. camps in Maine and throughout the United States b…