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Historical Items Showing 3 of 378 View All
Item 14339
Title: A. Putt Bennett, Linneus, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum
Date: circa 1890
Location: Linneus
Media: Photograph
Item 10349
Title: Margaret Chase Smith, Skowhegan, 1948
Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library
Date: 1948-06-06
Location: Skowhegan
Media: black and white photograph
Item 16136
Title: Senator Smith meets with Ambassador Horace Hildreth
Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library
Date: 1955-03-05
Location: Karachi
Media: black and white photograph
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Shepard Cary: Lumberman, Legislator, Leader and Legend
Shepard Cary (1805-1866) was one of the leading -- and wealthiest -- residents of early Aroostook County. He was a lumberman, merchant, mill operator, and legislator.
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Clean Water: Muskie and the Environment
Maine Senator Edmund S. Muskie earned the nickname "Mr. Clean" for his environment efforts during his tenure in Congress from 1959 to 1980. He helped created a political coalition that passed important clean air and clean water legislation, drawing on his roots in Maine.
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Sylvan Site: A Model Development
Frederick Wheeler Hinckley, a Portland lawyer and politician, had grand visions of a 200-home development when he began the Sylvan Site in South Portland in 1917. The stock market crash in 1929 put a halt to his plans, but by then he had built 37, no two of which were alike.