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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14C7_the-windsor-hotel_Belfast-ME.html
By the mid-19th Century Belfast was becoming a popular destination for travelers. The Windsor Hotel, originally built as a private home in 1807, was enlarged to accommodate the influx of guests and lodgers. First known as the New England House, it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14C6_the-circus-comes-to-town_Belfast-ME.html
Circuses and Caravans of wild animals appeared in Belfast as early as 1816. In 1885, Barnum's "Greatest Show on Earth," featuring 16 elephants including Jumbo, pitched its tent on Congress Street where over 8,000 people enjoyed the spectacle, desp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14C4_making-a-living_Belfast-ME.html
Colonel Philo Hersey (panel #9) and two business partners built this imposing shoe factory during the post Civil War period of industrial expansion. At peak production, over 500 workers stood side by side producing several thousand pairs of shoes …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM149J_home-of-clara-pendleton-blanchard_Searsport-ME.html
For 40 years Clara sailed, first with her father at age nine, then with her husband, Captain William Blanchard, aboard 13 vessels in all. She enjoyed one of the longest documented lives at sea and sailed to all parts of the world. Clara was one of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11SF_lincolnvilles-town-house_Lincolnville-ME.html
Erected in 1820 by George Ulmer the building served as the town's meeting placeIn 1899 High School was held here
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11SE_lincolnville-center_Lincolnville-ME.html
Lincolnville Center was a busy place in the 19th Century with three general stores, two blacksmith shops, a couple of sawmills, several shoemaking shops, a one-room school, two churches and a wheelwright shop. In 1904 the Lincolnville Telephone Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11SC_near-this-site-in-1770_Lincolnville-ME.html
Nathan & Lydia Knight built a log cabin and became the First Settlers of Canaan Plantation which in 1802 was incorporated as Lincolnville
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11FO_lincolnville-war-of-1812-cannon_Lincolnville-ME.html
This cannonwas stationed atLincolnville beach for theprotection of this villageduring the War of 1812 Restored tothis original locationon May 18, 1957by Edwin W. Kibbewho gave it to the peopleof the Town of Lincolnville
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11FN_liberty-tree-memorial_Searsport-ME.html
Planted in honor of those who lost their lives in the tragic events on September 11, 2001 The American Liberty elm was named after "The Liberty Tree": Our Country's first Symbol of Freedom. On the morning of August 14, 1765, the people of Bosto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11FK_terreplein_Prospect-ME.html
Fort Knox's roof, or terreplein, has emplacements for thirty cannons. These cannons would have been smaller than the guns planned for the casemates on the main level below. The 30 gun circles on the terreplein were all laid and ready for guns i…
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