Maine Cemeteries

Author : Karen Wentworth Batignani
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ISBN 13 : 9780892726042
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Download or read book Maine's Coastal Cemeteries written by Karen Wentworth Batignani and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a well-kept secret that people love cemeteries, says author Karen Batignani, and the interest in them is growing rapidly. In this guidebook, she presents 35 of Maine's most beautiful, historic, and interesting coastal cemeteries, each described in a lively and informative way. Descriptions include their locations, as well as information about unusual epitaphs, notable carvings, historically relevant details, folklore, and stories about well-known stonecutters, prominent people, and war veterans. She also delves into a brief history of New England graveyards, changes in headstone styles through time, and how those changes reflect evolving cultural attitudes toward death. She even includes advice on graveyard etiquette and photography tips. This guide will appeal to anyone interested in graveyards, graveyard art and photography, or history -- as well as those who want to discover more beautiful Maine places to visit.

Author : Penny Westfall
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Download or read book Maine Cemeteries written by Penny Westfall and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Trudy Irene Scee
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 9781609493370
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mount Hope Cemetery of Bangor, Maine written by Trudy Irene Scee and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mount Hope Cemetery was established in 1834 by the Bangor Horticultural Society to accommodate the growing needs of a booming lumber town. Shortly after it was created, its founders reincorporated as the Mount Hope Cemetery Corporation and proceeded to establish a nonsectarian, horticultural-based cemetery. The corporation began to beautify its grounds, creating walkways, gardens, bridges and ponds--making it the second garden cemetery in the United States and earning it a spot on the National Register of Historic Places. From Bangor mayors, Civil War heroes and a United States vice president to lumber barons and gangsters, the cemetery is the resting place of the city's most colorful and venerable residents. With the erection of monuments and the donation of land, Mount Hope Cemetery also made important contributions to the City on the Penobscot. In the twenty-first century, it remains a popular location for burials and with visitors to its picturesque ground. Join historian Trudy Irene Scee as she celebrates this enduring centerpiece of the Bangor community.

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Total Pages : 12 pages
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Download or read book Maine Cemeteries written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Penny Westfall
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ISBN 13 : 9781585498871
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maine Cemeteries written by Penny Westfall and published by . This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... This volume concentrates on the historical cemeteries of Falmouth and Yarmouth and is comprised of over eleven thousand names. Although the majority of the readings are dated from the eighteen and nineteen hundreds this volume includes two cemeteries that date from the seventeen hundreds"--Verso of back cover.

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Total Pages : 808 pages
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Download or read book Maine Cemetery Inscriptions written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ron Romano
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467136395
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Gravestones in Southern Maine: The Genius of Bartlett Adams written by Ron Romano and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The slate gravestones of southern Maine bear evidence to the region's fascinating history, from shipwrecks and famous wartime sea captains to countless ordinary citizens. Master stone-cutter Bartlett Adams memorialized the tragedy and triumph of the region in nearly two thousand gravestones. Examine the artistry of the headstones that mark the resting places of three generations of the same family who all went down with the schooner Charles, and discover the grief that Adams poured into the stones for his own three children. Through deep and original research, author and guide Ron Romano narrates the early history of southern Maine and one man's legacy, carved in stone.

Author : Charles Clark Willoughby
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Total Pages : 72 pages
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Download or read book Prehistoric Burial Places in Maine written by Charles Clark Willoughby and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Albert Samuel Gatschet
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Total Pages : 496 pages
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Download or read book Prehistoric Burial Places in Maine written by Albert Samuel Gatschet and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roxie J. Zwicker
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467150312
Total Pages : 160 pages
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Download or read book Maine Book of the Dead: Graveyard Legends and Lore written by Roxie J. Zwicker and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maine's graveyards contain the ancient memories and last words of woodsmen, lighthouse keepers, inventors, sea captains and the people who called this rugged land home. In an island cemetery rests Tall Barney, a six-foot-seven folk hero who single-handedly took down fifteen men in a Portland bar. Kittery holds the grave for the crew of the doomed ship the Hattie Eaton. Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor is the final resting place for the famed "Sky Blue Madam" Fanny Jones and Public Enemy No. 1, gangster Al Brady. Camp Etna contains the grave of famed medium Mary Vanderbilt. Dead Man's Gulch in Wales holds many eerie tales of ghosts that refuse to leave. Join renowned author and tour guide Roxie Zwicker as she explores Maine's historic and legendary graveyards.