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Keywords: Kingfield
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Item 9467
Title: The Kingfield House, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Stanley Museum
Date: circa 1895
Location: Kingfield
Media: Black & White Photograph
Item 9470
Title: High Street, Kingfield, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Stanley Museum
Date: circa 1895
Location: Kingfield
Media: Black & White Photograph
Item 16533
Title: Main Street, Kingfield, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Stanley Museum
Date: circa 1910
Location: Kingfield
Media: Black & White Photograph
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From the last decades of the nineteenth century through about the 1920s, vacationers were attracted to large resort hotels that promised a break from the noise, crowds, and pressures of an ever-urbanizing country.
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Maine's first governor, William King, was arguably the most influential figure in Maine's achieving statehood in 1820. Although he served just one year as the Governor of Maine, he was instrumental in establishing the new state's constitution and setting up its governmental infrastructure.
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In 1954, November 11 became known as Veterans Day, a time to honor American veterans of all wars. The holiday originated, however, as a way to memorialize the end of World War I, November 11, 1918, and to "perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations." Mainers were involved in World War I as soldiers, nurses, and workers on the homefront aiding the military effort.
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future
A multi-village history of this western Maine town as created by students and teachers from MSAD #74, the New Portland Community Library, and the New Portland Historical Society. Exhibits are divided into sections examining North New Portland Village, East New Portland Village, and West New Portland Village.