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Lincoln, Maine - Post Office, Lincoln, Built in 1856

"Post Office, Lincoln, Built in 1856 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description The Lincoln Post Office was in the Plumly…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Lower West side of Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1925

"Lower West side of Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1925 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description This view of Lincoln's Main St."

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Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1920

"Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1920 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description This view of Main Street in Lincoln looking south…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Primary School, ca. 1910

"Lincoln Primary School, ca. 1910 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description A classroom of twenty-six children and their…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Center Baptist Church, Lincoln, ca. 1900

"Lincoln Center Baptist Church, Lincoln, ca. 1900 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description The first clergyman associated with…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Primary school on School Street, Lincoln, ca. 1905

"Primary school on School Street, Lincoln, ca. 1905 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description This school was built in the…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Center school, ca. 1950

"Lincoln Center school, ca. 1950 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description The Lincoln Center school was built in 1926 to…"

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Lincoln, Maine - South Lincoln schoolhouse, Lincoln, ca. 1930

"South Lincoln schoolhouse, Lincoln, ca. 1930 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description The first school house in South Lincoln…"

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Lincoln, Maine - View of Mattanawcook Lake from Clark Street, Lincoln, ca. 1890

"View of Mattanawcook Lake from Clark Street, Lincoln, ca. 1890 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description This is a beautiful…"

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Lincoln, Maine - High Street Bridge, Lincoln, ca. 1903

"High Street Bridge, Lincoln, ca. 1903 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description This is the High Street Bridge built in the…"

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Lincoln, Maine - View of Lincoln from Ballard Hill, ca. 1913

"View of Lincoln from Ballard Hill, ca. 1913 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description A view of the town of Lincoln taken from…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Shipyards

"… Historical Society Text by Karyn Field The Penobscot River was very important to Hampden during the 18th and 19th centuries, providing resources…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"… of Summer Street, bordered on the east by the Penobscot River and on the west by the Main Road (Rout 1A)."

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Ambajejus Boom House

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City of Brewer

Brewer is the gateway to coastal communities and Acadia National Park. The city along with Bangor also serves as a trading and distribution center for the coastal areas and towns and cities to the north with the total region having a population of approximately 250,000 people.

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"… illustrations and biographical sketches 1882) The Penobscot River forms the east border of the town for just over six miles."

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… on the Hampden, Brewer, Orrington, section of the Penobscot River during the lumber boom of the 1850’s."

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… on the Hampden, Brewer, Orrington section of the Penobscot River during the lumber boom of the 1850s."

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"… was not the first town incorporated in the Penobscot County area it was the first to be inhabited by white settlers migrating primarily from…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… overlooked the tranquil Hampden Narrows of the Penobscot River. Owned by the Stern family of Hampden, the park was leased by the Bangor, Hampden &…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… the mouth of the Souadabscook Stream toward the Penobscot River. He was an early trader with the West Indies, “trading largely in sugar, molasses…"

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… on the midcoast of Maine dividing East and West Penobscot Bays. Early settlers arrived by various seacraft (or by sleigh over frozen water)…"

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Historic Hallowell - Eastern Illustrating Company

"Herman Cassens from the collection of the Penobscot Marine Museum X In 1909, R. Herman Cassens, a young entrepreneur, started a postcard…"