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Keywords: Incorporation

Historical Items

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Item 31894

Incorporation of the Saco Water Power Machine Company, 1837

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1837-03-24 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31897

Incorporation of the Pepperell Manufacturing Company, Biddeford, 1844

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1844-02-16 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13949

Articles of Incorporation, Town of Baldwin, 1802

Contributed by: Baldwin Historical Society Date: 1802-06-23 Location: Baldwin Media: Paper

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Tax Records

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Item 86837

Coal Pocket, Pocahontas Wharf, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Pocahontas Fuel Company Incorporated Use: Coal Pocket

Item 86839

Tool House, Pocahontas Wharf, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Pocahontas Fuel Company Incorporated Use: Tool House

Item 86840

Assessor's Record, Trestle, Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Pocahontas Fuel Company Incorporated Use: Trestle

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 110460

Garland Farm, ca. 1955-1990

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1955–1990 Client: Lewis Garland, Architect: Landscape Design Associates

Item 111981

Waterford Library, Waterford, 1937

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930–1937 Location: Waterford Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 116307

Fitzgerald house, Brighton, VT, 1888

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1888 Location: Brighton Client: George H. Fitzgerald Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Reading, Writing and 'Rithmetic: Brooklin Schools

When Brooklin, located on the Blue Hill Peninsula, was incorporated in 1849, there were ten school districts and nine one-room school houses. As the years went by, population changes affected the location and number of schools in the area. State requirements began to determine ways that student's education would be handled. Regardless, education of the Brooklin students always remained a high priority for the town.

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Fair Season: Crops, Livestock, and Entertainment

Agricultural fairs, intended to promote new techniques and better farming methods, have been held since the early 19th century. Before long, entertainments were added to the educational focus of the early fairs.

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KVVTI's Gilman Street Campus, 1978-1986

The Gilman Street building began its life in 1913 as Waterville High School, but served from 1978 to 1986 as the campus of Kennebec Valley Vocational Technical Institute. The building helped the school create a sense of community and an identity.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Incorporation

"Incorporation Wheeler’s Mills or Souadabscook Plantation or Wheelersborough or Olive and finally Hampden Settlers called the township Souadabscook…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777 District of Maine map, 1795Maine Historical Society Local settlers cultivated potatoes and vegetable gardens…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Division of MDI Begins

"… the town of Mount Desert into two towns and incorporating Eden as a separate town. The first church was started in 1792."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Saturday Evening Dances at the Westport Town Hall
by Deborah G. Greenleaf

Fond Memories of Westport Island

Story

BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION OF MAINE
by BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION OF MAINE

A story about the Bluegrass Music Association of Maine

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Mali Agat (Molly Ockett) the famous Wabanaki "Doctress"
by Maine Historical Society

Pigwacket Molly Ockett, healing, and cultural ecological knowledge