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Title: St. Mary's School Fire

Contributed by: Hose 5 Fire Museum

Location: Bangor

Media: Photograph

Title: St. Mary's Catholic Church, Houlton, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum

Date: circa 1895

Location: Houlton

Media: photogravure print, ink on paper

Title: Saint Mary's College, Van Buren, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum

Date: circa 1895

Location: Van Buren

Media: photogravure print, ink on paper

Address: 203 St. John Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Marie B. Delavina

Use: Dwelling - Three Family

Address: 247-249 St. John Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Mary E. Conley

Use: Rooming House

Address: 247-249 St. John Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Mary E. Conley

Use: Shed

Popham Colony

George Popham and a group of fellow Englishmen arrived at the mouth of the Kennebec River, hoping to trade with Native Americans, find gold and other valuable minerals, and discover a Northwest passage. In 18 months, the fledgling colony was gone.

Writing Women

Published women authors with ties to Maine are too numerous to count. They have made their marks in all types of literature.

From French Canadians to Franco-Americans

French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.

Franco-American Heritage Center at St. Mary's

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