Keywords: New Deal
Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.
The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.
"In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age 1872-1918" is a series of images that depict in detail the Shakers in Maine during a little explored time period of expansion and change.
There was still a good deal of agricultural activity going on in the area, but new industries taking advantage of the river and the sea were starting…
… your constant rule, and rigid honesty in all your dealings be your practice.” (Clayton, 208) Samuel Pierson died at the age of 93 in May, 1852 and…