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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Dirigo Writing Book, Farmington, 1887

"Dirigo Writing Book, Farmington, 1887 Contributed by Farmington Historical Society Description The school composition book called the…"

Buck Memorial Library

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Historic Hallowell - Portrait of the Proprietor

"… second Maine Governor from Hallowell elected in 1887. His son Joseph F. Bodwell succeeded him as president of the Hallowell Granite Works."

Belfast Free Library

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Maine Farmer's Exchange (MFX) Building

"… today as the MFX building was originally built in 1887. One of the original tenants of the building was our local newspaper."

Skowhegan Free Public Library

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Historic Hallowell - More About the Johnson Brothers

"In 1887, he started his first establishment in Lynn, Massachusetts. After six months, he decided to make a new business in Hallowell, where he and…"

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 2 of 2

"… Weeks worked as a joiner in Portland from 1837 to 1887, and his son William assisted him in the trade of finish carpentry for houses and buildings…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"In 1887 he located in Strong, and for 116 of the next 118 years wood products were manufactured in Strong by the company carrying his name."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 4 of 4

"Portland, Me., 1903. Print. Stanley, R.H. and Hall, George. Eastern Maine and the Rebellion. Bangor, Me.: R.H. Stanley and Company, 1887. Print."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 5 of 5

"W., William M. Sargent, Leonard Bond Chapman, and E. C. Bowler. “Book II, Fol. 113, 114.” York Deeds. Portland: John T. Hull, 1887."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Project Partners

"… an index of the Aroostook Republican from 1887-present, and the Aroostook Republican newspapers."

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"Payson of Boston. In 1887, Payson changed the name to Kennebec River Mills. Row House, Hallowell, ca."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"In 1887, Moses’ Estate formed the Sagadahoc Real Estate Association. Oliver’s son Galen C. Moses purchased the building in 1896, and owned it for…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Fires - 1849 to 1924

"In 1887 the Legislature voted to have water piped to the prison by the Camden and Rockland Water Company."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village Schools

"… the Green Schoolhouse was built between 1885 and 1887 and closed in 1966. This school is located on Church Street."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… going to church “looked like a bird-of-paradise in a barn-yard.” From Bar Harbor Days, by Mrs. Burton Harrison, 1887. Continue to Big Thunder"

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"The Johnson Shoe Factory was started in 1887 by the Johnson twins, William C. Johnson and Richardson M. Johnson."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Theater

"… Hall, which was the old theater, was built around 1887 and 1888. The Odd Fellow’s Hall burned in 1922."

Caribou Public Library

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Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… time when a certain event happened" On June 21, 1887, at about 10 o’ clock at night, a message from the mayor was received announcing that the…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"It was founded in 1887 by the twin Johnson brothers, William C. Johnson and Richardson M. Johnson. Richardson Johnson opened his first factory in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"About 1887 a ferry was in operation across the Androscoggin River between Mexico and Peru. An unusual feature of this ferry was that it only went…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… included the Asticou Inn (1883), Indian Head (1887), Kimball House (1886), Rock End Hotel (1884), Roberts House (1883), Harbourside Inn (1889)…"