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Old Orchard Beach

By Daniel E. Blaney

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Year
2007
ISBN
9781439634554, 2006935101
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
13 MB (14139579 bytes)
Pages
128\0
Time added
2022-12-22 12:53:57
History / United States / State & Local

Description

From 1631 to the present, Old Orchard Beach has had a singularly rich history among New England's summer communities. Old Orchard was originally a small seacoast farming community nestled on the shore of Saco Bay. When the railroad came in 1873, the coast exploded into one of the grandest Victorian settings in Maine. It boasted famous religious camp meetings, transatlantic flights, big bands, big fires, harness racing, and automobile racing on the beach. The Kennedy family, Bette Davis, Fred Allen, Rosa and Carmen Ponselle, Pierre Trudeau, and Charles Lindbergh all rejuvenated themselves in this community. Old Orchard Beach is still a vacation mecca, and residents and visitors alike will find enjoyment and education within these pages.

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