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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 5 of 6

"Meanwhile, U.S. independence ushered new visions and conflicts onto the scene. After a costly war to secede from the British empire, the state of…"

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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"Customs and the U.S. Postal Service under a single roof. And Washington Street would soon connect to Water Street, sometimes called Front Street…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"… what mental health activist Dorothea Dix, U.S. Vice President (1861-1865), Hannibal Hamlin, world renowned author Stephen King, Major League…"

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West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… arm of the Treasury Department, morphed into the U. S. Coast Guard, Yeaton later became known as the "Father of the Coast Guard." Yeaton, friend…"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"The border between the U.S. and New Brunswick remained ill-defined and settlers who had long enjoyed free trade with their neighbors in the provinces…"

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Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"… This painting depicts an 1813 battle between the U.S. Brig Enterprise and the British Brig Boxer off of Monhegan Island."

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Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"… War was a conflict between Canada and Maine (U.S.), over exactly where the Northeastern border was between the two countries."

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… saw action even aboard the famous ironclad, the U.S. Monitor. Nearly 2,700 men from Bangor served during the Civil War, 236 of whom did not return…"

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Acadian Archives

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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