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1794 map of Farmington

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"Using a very large boulder as the corner (a stationary object used as a focal point) they measured out six lots and drew lots for ownership."

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Grammar school, North Lubec, ca. 1911

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"Myron Avery Peak of Bigelow Mountain X A boulder on Avery Peak commemorates the man. A plaque-bearing boulder atop Avery Peak commemorates the…"

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Map of North Yarmouth, 1687

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… Falmouth was reestablished and marked by a large boulder known as the “white rock”. Returning settlers, who had been driven out in the Indian Wars…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"Using a very large boulder as the corner, they measured out six lots and drew lots for ownership. Each lot was 100 rods long and extended 1 mile from…"

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1794 map of Farmington

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… a stationary object as a focal point, a large boulder, known as the “Measuring Rock” that still stands on Routes 2 & 27."