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Farmington State Normal School women's basketball team, 1944

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: 1944 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

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Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine

As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.

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One Hundred Years of Caring -- EMMC

In 1892 five physicians -- William H. Simmons, William C. Mason, Walter H. Hunt, Everett T. Nealey, and William E. Baxter -- realized the need for a hospital in the city of Bangor had become urgent and they set about providing one.

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400 years of New Mainers

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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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"Hannibal Hamlin was physically fit, athletic, and was a very enthusiastic reader. He attended many public schools during his childhood and eventually…"