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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"… by a large gift from the Torrey family and also houses the town’s Post Office. Voting has been moved from the fire station to the Dixfield Legion…"

Fryeburg Public Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"… purchased the property and added a carriage house, a hen house with cupola, and elaborate wooden fencing in an effort to create a picturesque…"

Norway Memorial Library

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Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library

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Otisfield Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… be obliged to clear and seed 20 acres, set up a house 18 feet square, have 50 living apple trees on the land within six years from the first of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… someone to build him a barn one year and a house the following summer, where he and his bride, Eunice Knight, whom he married in 1830, settled down…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"However, this old church with its steeple that houses that old, melodious brass bell is still a beacon of hope to all who seek respite within its…"

Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus

"… were Ephraim and Martha Ballard, who came from Oxford, Massachusetts. Ephraim brought the skills of a surveyor which were much in demand, and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dr. Charles Snell, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… pictured practiced in Bangor and his father in Oxford County. John Martin (1823-1907) drew this sketch of the son "to show how near I can draw or…"