Keywords: Father of U.S. Patent Office
Item 26622
O'Brien and Ruggles Houses, Thomaston, ca. 1960
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 27794
The Honorable John Ruggles, Thomaston, 1859
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1859 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
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The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
Exhibit
Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.
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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle
"Army Air Base; the construction of the Presque Isle Air Base in 1941 kicked off a building boom in the city that lasted into the 1950s."
