North Berwick / North Berwick Historical Society.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

North Berwick Historical Society.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North Berwick (Me. : Town)--Biography--Pictorial works.

North Berwick (Me. : Town).

North Berwick (Me. : Town)--History--Pictorial works.

North Berwick (Me. : Town)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2013]

Summary:

North Berwick’s earliest settlers heavily relied on the Great Works River and the Negutaquet River to transport animal skins and other goods to the seaport in Kittery. Shortly after John Morrill built North Berwick’s first cabin in 1690, great homes belonging to families such as Hobbs, Weymouth, Buffum, Nowell, and Estes began to line North Berwick’s quiet streets and dot its sweeping countryside. Businesses started to flourish, and the town expanded into a community of hardworking families who were proud to build their homes and raise their children there. North Berwick shares photographs of the factories, mills, farms, churches, schools, and small businesses that thrived because of their proximity to rivers and later the railroad. Within these pages, readers will see how members of this rural community used natural resources and their ingenuity to establish a small New England town of wealth and industry.

Contents:

At home

Families

Worship and social scene

Fashions of the past

Leisure time

School days

On the farm

Getting about

Around town

Business and industry.

OCLC:

885208790