Jane’s Walk
Saturday, May 3, 2025, Jane’s Walk led by Donna Miller Damon and Michael Hamilton, “Change Happens: The Evolution of an Island Farm from its Indigenous Roots to Tourism and World War 2.” We will meet on the road in front of 3 South Road at 10:45 a.m. The walk will include a discussion of Indigenous roots, farming, fishing, tourism, transportation, and military occupation on the East End Point on Chebeague Island. Please pre-register by emailing [email protected]. Attendees who preregister will receive a pictorial handout. Wear comfortable shoes. Attendees will walk from the beginning of South Road, along East Shore Drive, to the end of Cross Street.
Memorial Day Celebration
Monday, May 26, 2025 The CIHS is sponsoring the Memorial Day observance. We are focusing on veterans who served after World War 2 and before Vietnam. If you or a family member or friend served between 1945-1964, but did not serve during World War 2, or Vietnam after August 1964, please send your information and photos to [email protected] by May 1st. We would love to include ANYONE with a Chebeague connection.
May Mystery Photo
What is the location of the photo? Both houses were built by members of the same family. What was their last name? Who lives there now? Where is the building to the right now located? Extra credit: What was the purpose of the two smallest buildings in the photo? Send answers to [email protected].
April Mystery Photo Revealed
Bruce Riddle was the first to identify the April Mystery Photo as the Cobbler Shop at the intersection of Firehouse and South Roads. Ambrose E. Hamilton (1842-1927), the cobbler, was born on Chebeague and went stone slooping. In the early 1860s he went to Brockton, Mass., and learned shoe making. He married, moved back to Chebeague, and continued stone slooping until the 1890s when he built the cobbler shop where he made and repaired boots and shoes, and sold candy and some groceries until his death. Bev Johnson and Bea Petit operated it as a gift shop.
“Museums are good things, places to look and absorb and learn.” – Alan King
