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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"… Hamlin, world renowned author Stephen King, Major League baseball player Mike Bordick, and NASCAR driver Ricky Craven have in common? The fact is…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"The School League at the Institute had teams like St. Athanasius, coached by Rivard, St. Johns, coached by Taylor, and Chisholm School, coached by…"

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 1 of 3

"… the season they played teams in the Penquis League. Those teams included: Dover-Foxcroft, Milo, Dexter, and Greenville."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"This was founded by Robert Treat Whitehouse. The first meeting was in the year of 1914. Another one of the pro-suffrage organizations was the Maine…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Reform and Repeal

"X Who Profits from Beer? Christian Civic League of Maine Collections of Maine Historical Society Coll."

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… the 1955 Bangor Auditorium saw NBA, minor league, college and high school basketball, high school and college graduations, fairs fair events…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1865 to 1919: The Drys Gain New Adherents and Leaders

"… traffic." If it was the Ohio-based Anti-Saloon League, founded in 1893, that eventually tipped the nation's voters into supporting Prohibition, it…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1919 to 1934: The Nation Follows Maine Into Prohibition

"Pushed forward by the Anti-Saloon League and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the 18th amendment was submitted in 1917."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"The semi-pro games provided a lot of entertainment over the years, and many traveling teams from all over the country would play in Guilford."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"… a wading pool, tennis courts, a field for Little League games, a skating rink in the winter, and a new playground for little kids - a donation from…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"Athletic Field & Preble Farm, Guilford, 1925Guilford Historical Society The Guilford Fire Department was organized in 1893 and was comprised of 16…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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