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Site Pages
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Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus
"… brought the skills of a midwife and caregiver that often meant the difference between life and death for her neighbors. Next step in our journey."
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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm Poem
"… gripped the land with a hard hand as it softened neighbors’ hearts. Generously shared firewood and nourishment kept families warm and fed while…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison leaves Thomaston - 2002
"A new larger facility was built in the neighboring town of Warren, and prisoners were moved there in February 2002."
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Historic Hallowell - Day 3 - Page 1 of 2
"… shares a generator with family, friends, and neighbors. They would sit at the table drinking coffee and sharing stories."
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Historic Hallowell - A Walk On The Streets During The Ice Storm
"… storm caused bad weather It brought families and neighbors closer together The previous years had been quite nice But this year the sky fell in…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2
"… women also did laundry for other people, such as neighbors and friends, to make extra money. This, of course, was not as easy as people think."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5
"… but continues to be very much influenced by our neighbors on the Common and in East Dixfield. Bicentenial Memorabilia Seal, Dixfield…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 0-73
"… Clara Cary Alonzo Raynes Martin homestead and neighbors Doctor Moses Adams Adams murder trial, 1815 Mary Adams Col."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement
"… Emily Manchester, according to a plan drawn by neighbor, summer resident, and civil engineer, Joseph H. Curtis of Boston."
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Changing Times
"… 1800s Hampden held its own economically with its neighbor Bangor, even having the larger population."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2
"His neighbors farmed with horses that would pull big drags with rocks piled on it. The drag would make flat paths. That looked like little roads."
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Welcome
"… a deeper understanding and appreciation for our neighbors. X In addition to sharing Cumberland’s and North Yarmouth’s history with the world…"
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Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century
"… employment opportunities for many of its Surry neighbors. Various cottage industries sprang up around the town, residential development expanded…"
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"… who was struck by a tree while he was helping a neighbor clear debris from his yard and was killed."
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Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company
"… boom in a view looking north on the river from neighboring Chelsea. The river is calm and workers are dressed in pants and long sleeved shirts."
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street
"… 19th century, it even competed with Bangor, its neighbor to the north, for economic dominance in Penobscot County."
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"… careers over several generations for locals and neighbors alike. This exhibit provides a detailed look at two survivors."
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Franco-American Heritage Center at St. Mary's
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
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Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century
"… travelling friends, or returning relatives and neighbors for fashion news. By mid-century popular print media offered a regular flow of fashion…"
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Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson
"… 3, 1919 as “a courteous and affable friend, neighbor, and companion whose sudden demise brings the sincere regret that he could not have been…"
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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2
"… you recognize a change in your family, self, or neighbors during that time of mutual crisis? How did you help others get through it? A: Well, it…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru
"… house four miles away in Canton, where the neighbors talked them into staying with them until they could rebuild with neighbors helping."
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900
"The Colony Expands Into Neighboring Townships The town of Westmanland (just west of New Sweden) was settled in 1879 by several Swedish families."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert
"… a member of the newly settled Roberts family from neighboring Seal Harbor, and they established a permanent homestead just southwest of Harbor…"