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Item 103105

Selective Service Draft Law registration poster, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 82066

World War II draft card, Lewiston, 1942

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1942-02-16 Location: Lewiston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9425

Military inductees, South Paris, 1943

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1943-01-20 Location: South Paris Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Soldiers' Monument and Library, Pittsfield, 1904

Civil War Soldiers Impact Pittsfield

Although not everyone in town supported the war effort, more than 200 Pittsfield men served in Civil War regiments. Several reminders of their service remain in the town.

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George W. Hinckley and Needy Boys and Girls

George W. Hinckley wanted to help needy boys. The farm, school and home he ran for nearly sixty nears near Fairfield stressed home, religion, education, discipline, industry, and recreation.

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North Atlantic Appalachian Domain map, 2007

Building the International Appalachian Trail

Wildlife biologist Richard Anderson first proposed the International Appalachian Trail (IAT) in 1993. The IAT is a long-distance hiking trail along the modern-day Appalachian, Caledonian, and Atlas Mountain ranges, geological descendants of the ancient Central Pangean Mountains. Today, the IAT stretches from the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine, through portions of Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Europe, and into northern Africa.

Site Pages

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Grist and saw mills on the Upper Falls, Rumford, ca. 1895

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 3 of 3

"Sawyer, Sawyer & Moulton Copy of a Draft Contract between Rumford and Mexico Water District, Rumford, Maine…Contract for Stripping Basin Mt."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 1 of 3

"… the concrete core and gatehouse. According to a draft contract which gives an idea of the pay scale of those days, each laborer was to be paid…"

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Construction of B Machine at Oxford Paper Company, Rumford, 1915

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… became a premium, as able bodied men were either drafted or enlisted in the armed forces. Many women were enlisted to do work in all departments of…"