Laminated Scrapbook

Creator(s)

Scarborough Historical Society

Files

Contributing Institution

Scarborough Historical Society

Document Type

Text

Description

This is a collection of newspaper articles that were laminated into a collection probably during the 1980s at the Society.

The articles include:

• Scarboro Witchcraft and Haunted Houses – Ghostly Tales That Our Fathers Related With as Much Sincerity as They Did the Battle of Bunker Hill – Aug 8, 1903.
• Nimrod, The Scarboro Slave – 18 Jul 1903.
• Stirring Events in History of Ancient Scarboro – The Battle of Dunstan Landing – May 23, 1903.
• Stirring Events in History of Ancient Scarboro – The Mobbing of Richard King – May 29, 1903.
• Stirring Events in History of Ancient Scarboro – The Adventures of Charles Pine – June 13, 1903.
• Uncle Bill Larrabee’s Big Bear Fight – A Wonderful Tug of War in Which Neither Contestant Was Victor.
• Church Dedicated at Scarboro (First Parish Congregational Church) – July 20, 1893.
• Some Early Sketches of Cape Elizabeth – Clashing of Claimants Caused Lots of Trouble, Robert Jordan Fled For His Life by the Light of His Burning Home - - Indians Were Hot on the Trail. April 2, 1904.
• Some Early Sketches of Cape Elizabeth – Interesting Account of the Time When Richmonds Island Was a Prosperous Trading Port – One of the First Tragedies Through Trouble With the Indians.
• “Old Bab” The Last New England Slave Whose Grave Is in Scarboro.
• Scarboro Post Office To Change Its Spelling – April 15, 1965.
• Where Was Maine’s First Road? It was ‘Kennebunk By The Sea.’
• [Photo] The bull which swam or forded the Spurwink River to bring supplies to Higgins Beach in 1890 – Apr 11, 1967.
• Once Upon a Time – First Prout’s Neck Hotel – [ca. 1952]
• New Nursing Home Opens – Apr 4, 1960.
• Scarborough Chin Drapery Recalls Those Libby Beards – Jun 1958.
• Josselyn Botanical Society of Maine Named for 17^th Century Scarboro Man – June 26, 1979.
• Big-City Equipment and Volunteer Personnel Protect Scarboro From Fire
• This Day is the Centennial Anniversary of Colonel Samuel Marsh of Scarboro – Oct 30, 1904.
• Record and Tradition – Dr. Robert Southgate of Dunstan, Scarboro, Ancestors, and Descendants – (Grandpa’s ScrapBook) Part First – Oct 17, 1900.
• Record and Tradition – Dr. Robert Southgate of Dunstan, Scarboro, Ancestors, and Descendants – (Grandpa’s ScrapBook) Part Second – Oct 24, 1900.
• Record and Tradition – Dr. Robert Southgate of Dunstan, Scarboro, Ancestors, and Descendants – (Grandpa’s ScrapBook) – Nov 7, 1900.
• Record and Tradition – Dr. Robert Southgate of Dunstan, Scarboro, Ancestors, and Descendants – (Grandpa’s ScrapBook) Part Seventh – Oct 28, 1900.
• Record and Tradition – Dr. Robert Southgate of Dunstan, Scarboro, Ancestors, and Descendants – (Grandpa’s ScrapBook) Part Ninth – Dec 12, 1900.
• Record and Tradition – Dr. Robert Southgate of Dunstan, Scarboro, Ancestors, and Descendants – (Grandpa’s ScrapBook) Part Tenth – Dec 19, 1900.
• His Lucky Find – Parker Libby’s Discovery of Robbers’ Booty – Interesting Incident in Connection with Cumberland Bank Robbery – Aug 1, 1903.
• Sketches of Early History of the Town of Gorham – How Parkers Corners Became Known as Bobadel from Wrecked Spanish Bark – Oct 17, 1903.
• First to Act – Cumberland County’s Declaration of Independence – Was Issued in Old Falmouth – 1906.
• Treasurer’s Notice: Non-Resident Taxes in the Town of Scarboro in the County of Cumberland for the Year 1884.
• The Westbrook Secret – A Skeleton in the Woods Solves a 232-Year Old Mystery – July 27, 1976.
• The King Family of Scarborough.
• A Hundred Years Ago – The King and Southgate Families of Scarborough
• The Grave of Gov. King
• Stirring Events in History of Ancient Scarboro – The Mobbing of Richard King and Dr. Abathar Alden – 1903.
• Terrible Tragedy of the Sea Recalled by the Recurrence of the Date---Many Years Ago Another Dreadful Disaster Like This Off Richmond’s Island – Nov 27, 1904.
• Scarborough Takes a Look at Earlier Days – Apr 10, 1964.
• Sketches of Gorham History – The Wild Men of Stroudwater, Mysterious Wanderers Who Frightened Early Inhabitants.
• Scarborough House Built in 1684 Interests Restoration Proponents – Oct 10, 1967.
• Lafayette’s Visit – Seventy-Five Years Ago When He was last in Portland – Jun 1900.
• The Farmer At All Souls – Mr. McLaughlin Told Many Tales of His Native Town.
• Record of Tradition – The Burial Place of Richard King – Feb 6, 1903.
• One of Scarborough’s Oldest Homes [Doe Home] – Feb 19, 1960.

Broad Creation Date

ca. 1980

Location

Cumberland County; Scarborough

Recommended Citation

Scarborough Historical Society, "Laminated Scrapbook" (2020). Scarborough Books. 58.
https://digitalmaine.com/scarborough_books/58