Civilian Conservation Corps (C. C. C.) Camp 1935~1940

This rock entrance is all that remains of Camp Ala. SP-16, 3486 and Camp Ala. TVA-7, 3483 which were built here due to available water. They were part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's conservation projects. When WW II started the ...

First Congregational Church of South Portland

Near this hallowed ground our earliest settlers erected in 1722 a garrison-meeting house for worship and protection. This was the beginning of the First Congregational Church of South Portland, which was established on November 10, 1734.

Dedicated November 10, 1984

Marker is ...

Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Preble

Dedicated to the

men and women of

the Coast Artillery Corps

who defended Portland Harbor

at Fort Preble in five wars

from 1808 through 1945

Marker is on Fort Road near McKernan Drive, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Battle of 1702

In this vicinity was fought the Flint Battle of 1702 between the English under Capt. Antonio with Creek allies from Achito (near Columbus) and the Spaniards under Capt. Francisco Romo Uriza with 800 Indians from Bacuqua (north of Tallahassee). In ...

Elgin

Fire Barn No. 3

Built for horse-drawn apparatus in 1896, in anticipation of city growth, Barn No. 3 was designed by Smith Hoag. It reflects the turn-of-the-century "Storefront Style" of fire barn architecture. Designated a local landmark in 1992.

Marker is at ...

Sion Church-Herrolds Settlement

First Lutheran Church West of the Alleghany Mountains

Pioneers arrived 1755-1760 • Settlement established 1769

158 acres called "Good Purpose" preempted for Lutheran Church in 1765.

Warrant Granted 1785

Patent Granted 1789

Log School House and Church built 1772 on site about 300 feet south ...

The First Landing Place of the Pilgrims, Nov. 11, 1620, O.S.

The map in Mourt's Relation shows that near this spot the Pilgrims first touched foot on American soil.

Marker is at the intersection of Province Lands Rd and Commercial St, on the left when traveling south on Province Lands Rd.

Courtesy ...

"Nubble Light House"

Cape Neddick Light Station

Erected in 1879 by the United States Light House Service to protect mariners from the "Savage Rock."

Sohier Park

William Davies Sohier

1858-1938

Mr. Sohier generously donated this site of four acres to the York Beach Village Corporation in 1929 to ...

Elvers Corner

Vermont Township

This corner has a colorful background as the site of a saw mill, grist mill, post office, grocery store, hotel, blacksmith shop, dance hall and until 1958 the Town Hall.

In 1847 Samuel Lattimer built a saw mill that operated ...

Norvelt

Originally called "Westmoreland Homesteads," Norvelt was established April 13, 1934, by the federal government as part of a New Deal homestead project. With 250 homes, Norvelt provided housing, work, and a community environment to unemployed workers and their families during ...