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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26QO_welcome-to-belfast_Belfast-ME.html
In the spring of 1770 Belfast was settled by Scots-Irish families from Londonderry, New Hampshire.
Legend has it that the name Belfast, after the Northern Ireland city, was chosen by a coin-toss.
Fear of British attach led these original propri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16FO_cpl-clair-goodblood-memorial_Burnham-ME.html
(Black Granite) Medal of Honor-Cpl Clair Goodblood, born September 18, 1929-Killed in Action April 25, 1951 —(Gray Granite) Korean War Hero-Cpl Goodblood was a member of Company D, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. While serving …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14IS_on-this-site_Belfast-ME.html
On this site generations of workers made windows, built ships, and processed poultry. Passengers and freight were carried by sailing ships and steamships to the four corners of the world. In 1999 Belfast Commons was generously given to the citizen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14IR_frenchs-beach_Lincolnville-ME.html
Eunice & Hezekiah French came here from Billerica, Massachusetts in 1799 built a log cabin nearby and ten children were born there
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14G9_regal-passenger-steamer_Belfast-ME.html
Steamboats first made scheduled stops in Belfast in 1824, carrying passengers and freight along the coast. The Eastern Steam Ship Company of Boston built the wharf pictured here in 1888. The "Great White Flyer" steamer Belfast plied the waters of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14G8_five-masted-beauty_Belfast-ME.html
A brief shipbuilding boom following WWI put the shipyard owned by the Mathews Brothers woodworking mill back in business. The building of the Jennie Flood Kreger, Belfast's largest and only five-masted ship, was overseen by company president Orlan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14G7_broiler-capital-of-the-world_Belfast-ME.html
Belfast in the mid-20th century was firmly established as "Broiler Capital of the World". Hundreds of thousands of chickens were raised in giant barns throughout Waldo County. At the peak of the industry 22,000 birds per hour were made ready for s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14G6_the-oldest-manufacturer_Belfast-ME.html
Mathews Brothers Company, started in 1854 by Spencer Mathews and his two brothers, is the oldest manufacturing company in Belfast. After fire destroyed the original factory in 1873 (panel #24), the company reopened just 70 days later on this site.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14FT_the-finest-and-the-fastest_Belfast-ME.html
The abundant lumber, steam-powered sawmills and stretches of wide, flat beach, Belfast became a ship building center with shipyards lining the waterfront. In 1793, Robert and James Miller built the schooner Jenny Miller, the first of many ships to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14FS_captain-albert-w-stevens_Belfast-ME.html
Famed aerial photographer and Belfast native Army Air Corps Captain Albert W. Stevens captured his hometown on film in September 1923. It is interesting to see the newly built Memorial Bridge, the open fields of the east side and the steamboat hea…