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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZBR_owls-head-light-station_Owls-Head-ME.html
How Did Owl's Head Get Its Name?For centuries, people have wondered how Owl's Head received its name. According to Native American legend, the head of an owl can be identified in this rocky cliff that the Indians called Ko-ko-hass-want'ep-ek. Can …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZBJ_owls-head-light_Owls-Head-ME.html
Land purchased from heirs ofNathaniel Merrymanby the United States of AmericaNovember 22, 1824
Contractors - Jeremiah BerryRobert Foster, Ballard GreenBeacon Installed - Winslow Lewis1st Lightkeeper - Isaac StearnsFirst Lighted - September 10, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZBI_owls-head-veterans-memorial_Owls-Head-ME.html
To the men and womenof Owl's Headwho served their country
1776 - 1976To honor the men buriedin the town who bore armsin the Revolution
Samuel Bartlett · Benjamin CooperThomas Hix · Job IngrahamJob Perry 2d · Joseph Perry…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZBH_walter-hamor-piston_Rockland-ME.html
Walter H. Piston, a noted American composer, author and music educator, was born in Rockland, Maine on January 20, 1894. His long and distinguished career earned him many awards and honors, including two Pulitzer Prizes in Music in 1948 and 1961. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZBG_world-wars-memorial_Rockland-ME.html
We, the citizensof this community,enshrine forever the gloriousmemory of our boys and girls,living and deadwho served their countryin World Wars I and II
Erected Nov. 11, 1948
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ8K_phippsburg-veterans-and-mariners-memorial_Phippsburg-ME.html
In Memory of Those Who Served
Revolutionary WarApril 19, 1775 to September 3, 1783
Civil WarApril 12, 1861 to May 26, 1865
Spanish American WarApril 25, 1898 to August 12, 1898
Phippsburg Honor RollLet it be known thatthey are remember…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ8F_sites-of-forts-in-this-area_Phippsburg-ME.html
1. Joseph Berry's Fort - West Bath; 2. Col. Noble's Fort - Pleasant Cove, built in 1734, a stockade with a guard house at each corner and another within the enclosure. "Without its protection the farmers did not dare work their fields."; 3. Clarke…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ8D_percival-p-baxter_Phippsburg-ME.html
HonorablePercival P. BaxterGovernor of Mainewho arranged for the purchase of this and other forts from the Federal Government.
Fort Popham, with 6,73 acres of land was valued at $6,600.Fort Baldwin, with 45.13 acres of land was valued at $5,000…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ8C_forts-on-the-kennebec-river_Phippsburg-ME.html
Since before Columbus discovered the New World, the Kennebec River has been the scene of settlement and conflict. While Fort Halifax represents the most northern military outpost in the region, it is only one of more than twenty forts that have pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ6A_firing-a-cannon_Phippsburg-ME.html
Eight soldiers were needed to fire each of the huge cannons that were once here, including a chief of detachment (who gave the commands), a gunner, and six cannoneers.
The steps in firing the cannon are shown here. The gunner is indicated by "G…