Little Chebeague Island collection, 1865-2010.

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Little Chebeague Island collection, 1865-2010.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/766001453

This collection contains historical information about Little Chebeague Island.

4.25 linear ft.

Maine Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8164367

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Innes, Richard C.

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Little Chebeague Island, full of rich, deep soil, abundant groundwater, and extensive adjacent clam-flats attracted generations of Native Americans, who left there the largest clamshell midden in Casco Bay, Me. The same features were also prized by early English settlers who completed the clearing of most of the island for farming. By the mid-1800s, due to its summer climate and open view sheds, the successful creation of a resort hotel became a local landmark, and early steamboat service and wh...