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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold In 1912, a multi-racial community of about forty-five people was evicted by the state of Maine from Malaga…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… offered his apologies for the state’s action in 1912. “To the descendants,” he declared, “I will tell you as a governor, I will say, we apologize…"

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

"… George Pease, visited the island in February of 1912 and all of the islanders hid. He came upon a young boy and told him to tell the others to come…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"… Power Relations on Malaga Island, Maine, 1880-1912, 1991, Masters Thesis, University of Southern Maine, American and New England Studies Program."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Listen to the entire "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - About the Project

"About the Project Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold had its genesis in a classroom. A student at The Salt Institute for Documentary Studies…"

Music in Maine - Drumsticks, 1861

"Kimball (1844-1912) used these drumsticks while serving in the Civil War from 1861 to 1864. Regulation drumsticks were normally made from rosewood…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Julia Harris May poetry collection, 1903

"… by Julia Harris May, a resident of Strong, 1833-1912. This collection, Looking for the Stars and Other Poems, is subtitled "A souvenir of Franklin…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle’s Historic Fire Station

"The original hose house was replaced because it was in disrepair and wasn’t large enough to fit the equipment, horses and firemen. The 1912 building…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2

"He died in New York City on July 8, 1912 at age 67. SOURCES: Hugh J. Chisholm’s Magic Town, 1882-1912, by Peter A."

Historic Hallowell - Classical and Scientific Academy

"Atlantic Reporter, Volume 82, page 434, 1912. Next steps in the stroll through Hallowell ~ Maine Industrial School for Girls."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Today

"Morse Boatbuilding Co. established in 1912, Lyman Morse Boatbuilding Co. is well known in the custom-boatbuilding world, and continues to produce a…"

Palmyra Historical Society

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Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Thompson's Memorial

"After Thompson died in 1912, Frank Barney, his son, became the sole owner of the business. Barney’s daughter, Glenda, married Oscar Tagget, and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Green's Department Store

"The old building was lost to a fire in the year 1912. Maurice Klein, from New York, rebuilt the building from brick in 1914."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Oak Hotel

"She had been a photographer since 1912 and wanted to expand her business. Mary Oak passed away at the age of 71 in 1962 leaving her relatives the…"

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 2 of 3

"… 1908-09 Guilford Historical Society In 1911, 1912, and 1913 they didn’t do very good because they were moving around too much."

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"Shettleworth, Jr. Gridley Barrows (1912-1999) was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1912. His father was an engineer, and his mother was an artist."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 4 of 4

"1890; Hugh J. Chisholm’s Magic Town, 1882-1912, by Peter McKenna (Master’s Thesis); The Oxford Story, A History of the Oxford Paper Company…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 1 of 2

"… by Martha Riley, 1912Maine Historical Society In 1912, Mabel Haskell, the granddaughter of James Haskell, founder of the Haskell Silk Company…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"in 1912, one of the longest operating boatbuilding businesses in Thomaston. Prior to the 1980s, the firm had worked on close to 300 vessels."

Presque Isle Historical Society

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Poland Spring Preservation Society

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