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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"They made a flagpole, and raised the red, white and blue colors of their club, called the Champlain Society after Samuel de Champlain."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Deacon White's largesse probably contributed to the establishment of a lending library in the area near the church, which is located on the Foreside…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… was just over the horizon, with the coming of the white settlers and more importantly the wars those settlers would bring across the sea with them…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 2 of 3

"Those trucks cost about $1,700 each so we made a lot of money that day! It took three carrier trucks to bring all of the farm trucks to Presque Isle."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… celebrated the opening of the connection of the rails of the Biddeford & Saco Railroad Company to those of the Portland Railroad Company.(2)…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 16 of 17

"… to be seen everywhere, and the demand for red, white, and blue ribbons exhausted the millinery shops in short metre.” The first two weeks of April…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"the same day, the station was moved to the Pine Point side of the tracks.(2) When the Pine Point station was discontinued, it was again moved to…"

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Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"The Stickney & Page Whiting and Slate Mill was founded in 1873.  The business was  powered by water, and when there wasn’t enough water, a steam…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"Unchanged are the seasonal weather conditions, mosquitoes, green-headed flies and midges that bother diggers on the flats."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"Auto racing began soon after the construction of the first automobiles. The first auto race in the United States was November 1895 in Chicago; in…"

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"Surry Elementary School Today X A strong sense of stewardship characterizes Surry's Friends of Morgan Bay who have worked tirelessly with the…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"Maine has a maximum legal size of 5 inches carapace-length, to keep the largest breeders in the lobster population."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"Toward the end of the 1800s the lobster stock seemed to be in decline, spurring the enactment of laws to protect and conserve the lobster population."

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"As the end of the 1960s approached, it became obvious that the current high school building was not going to meet the demands of the district because…"

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Guilford, Maine - RESOURCES

"Piscataquis Community High School Yearbooks - 1950 To present GUILFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY: Newsletters, Calendars, Scrapbooks, News articles…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"The building itself “proved to be a white elephant”. It was converted to a hotel, which was never very prosperous."

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Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895

"A young boy named Virgil White was caught in the cyclone and badly injured. Both of his legs were broken as well as his right ankle and collar bone."

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The tribes east of the Connecticut River were called the Abenaquois and this name was confined to the valley of the Kennebec River."

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Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"They sawed 4 foot bolt wood, mostly white birch and some maple. They used different types of wood for custom orders."

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront

"Captain Berlin on the S.S. Isaac T. Mann, Portland, 1924Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Fishermen aboard Herb Pick's motor boat…"

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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"This was later the home of Attorney John P. White. The office building shown on the left was later relocated across the street and is still operating…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"And the Normal School would be the catalyst for improved education in the public sector. Farmington is a proud community – proud of their downtown…"

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Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"Sylvia’s mother’s name was Mary, who was half white, half Native American. Sylvia lost both her parents at a young age and was later adopted by a…"

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"… Library Text by Andrew Cartwright and Andrew White Images from the Guilford Historical Society Did you know Guilford was almost called Fluvanna…"