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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The trip from Old Town to Fort Kent would take five weeks round trip. Gould’s brother, Walter, decided to sell his business while business was strong…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… the realer the raft on the ship had been tripped. And ugh oh it came down in the water. So we went over there and got the food from it, which was…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"… the council decided to lease the building to the LHS for a dollar a year for 10 years.   MJHS field trip to Lincoln Historical Society"

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Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"The average trip across took around twenty minutes, more or less, depending on the flow of the current and how high or low the river was."

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Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"… would you respond if you were alive to take a trip to Solomon’s Store?” When the fall comes, the children save up their money from the summer and…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"One variation of such dedication tells of a trip to New Vineyard across Porter Lake. This was in the spring, and the ice had begun to melt. Dr."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… up to seventeen vehicles and makes multiple daily trips year round. It was now possible for islanders to take a car to the mainland, run errands…"

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Rumford Area Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… 604-end Children and schools, making furniture, business slowdown, churches X   Alonzo Raynes remembrance of trip around Cape Horn"

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Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… her sabbatical plans to undertake a research trip to visit the state’s eight women’s shelters, as well as welfare offices and hubs of other…"

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Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"Shettleworth, Jr. to take him on day trips to antique and book shops throughout Eastern Maine and the coast."

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"While on international trips, Gannett would receive news from his father, who acted essentially as an international correspondent. William P."

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… Maine, Frances Grayson attempted to complete the trip again on December 23, 1927. Her flight plan was to fly from Long Island to Newfoundland and…"

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Music in Maine - Music Makers

"At seventeen, patrons funded her trip to study with Jacob Grün in Vienna. Without a formal musical debut—a professional career requirement in…"

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"… 16 pair of oxen in two heavy teams to make the trip to Hallowell to haul cables and fittings to New Portland."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"… 22, 1959, President Eisenhower returned from a trip to Europe. He kicked off the “Pageant of Peace Program” at 4:30 p.m."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… tourists no longer had to endure long carriage trips to visit Scarborough beaches. By the 1870s, sixty-five trains a day brought passengers and…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"The trip from Philadelphia had been slow because of contrary winds, and the captain was anxious to reach port."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"The steamboat made a daily trip year-round from Swan’s Island to Stonington, Vinalhaven, Rockland and back."

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"It was a wasted trip, no one was there and the homes were gone. All that remained were the school and the graveyard."

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Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… gold in the salt water there is little need of a trip to Alaska!” (The Alaskan Gold Rush was in full swing at this time, the major difference being…"

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"Regarding the Sisters, Minton recalled trips to Diamond Island, where “We did silly things like sneak down to the beach to watch the Sisters swimming…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"H Davis invited his employees to make a trip with him to Lewiston. Arrived at that place, they all repaired to the Railroad saloon, where a sumptuous…"

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The trip was doomed from the beginning as boats were ordered only two weeks prior to the journey and the bateaux constructed from this wood were…"