Old Orchard Pier

by Marcia Lee Jones

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Old Orchard Pier

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Marcia Lee Jones

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Maine is a wonderful destination for all to travel. Wonderful beaches,great cliffs and beautiful rock formation. Lots of bucolic towns dot the coast in a state where fishing and farming were the main occupations.

The Old Orchard Beach area began appearing in historical records around the time of 1653. The area was first officially settled in 1657 by Thomas Rogers[disambiguation needed], who dubbed it "The Garden By The Sea". The town takes its name from Rogers' abandoned apple orchard. Rogers' family left the area and relocated in Kittery, Maine after an Indian attack destroyed the Rogers' homestead. The namesake orchard survived for approximately 150 years as a beacon of land to sailors in the Atlantic Ocean.[6] The historic Free Will Baptist revival camp at Ocean Park, Maine, just down the beach from central Old Orchard, was built in 1881 by Bates College President Oren B. Cheney. The mission of the Association, as declared to the State of Maine on January 24, 1881 was "to establish a place of summer resort for holding religious, educational and other meetings at Old Orchard, in Saco, Maine, in the County of York."The community still thrives today.

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