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Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"(Whipple 9) Norumbega Hall ruins, Bangor Fire, 1911 Bangor Public Library The fire spread northward through downtown, destroying Norumbega Hall…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"2016, bangordailynews.com/bdn-maine/community/author-christina-baker-kline-bangor-high-school-graduate-will-receive-key-to-city-of-bangor/."

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Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"Cohen School Images from Bangor Public Library, Bangor Daily News and Bangor Historical Society The Penobscot River has brought wealth and prosperity…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"Bucksport and Bangor Bar Harbor train leaving Bangor, ca. 1900Bangor Public Library This was a short line chartered March 1, 1870 to run 18.8…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"Bangor Soldiers and Prisoner of War Camps Bangor residents in other Maine Company's like Pvt. Alden Ellis, Lieutenant George Anson and George Varney…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"Ernestine Rose came to speak in Bangor in December. After her speech, a local newspaper attacked her for her ideas and views not only on slavery but…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 2 of 2

"Joseph Hospital front entrance, Bangor, ca. 1955St. Joseph Healthcare Saint Joseph Hospital in Bangor, Maine, is one of the major medical centers in…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"After the hospital became more popular throughout the years, it began accepting more patients and expanding."

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"An Illustrated History of Bangor, Maine. Bangor: Bangor Bi-Centennial Committee, 1976. Print. Bangor Chamber of Commerce. Bangor, The Center of Maine."

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Life on a Tidal River - Project Process

"At Bangor High School, the devastating 1911 Fire and the rapid reconstruction of the city in the two years following, fit very well with discussions…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

""History of the Bangor Auditorium." Bangor Daily News RSS. Bangor Daily News, 12 Feb. 2013. Web. 01 June 2016. Quirk, Tricia."

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Life on a Tidal River - The Flying Torah

"Bangor Public Library Captain Gordon poses with the 'Flying Torah,' Bangor, 1945 Chaplain Gordon Boarding the plain with the TorahBangor Public…"

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Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… a native son Bangor to rename middle school after Cohen." Bangor Daily News. 9 Dec 1997. Web. April 24, 2013."

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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"… of men from Bangor and the nearby region left Bangor on May 14th, just one month after Lincoln's call for troops, and the first regiment to leave…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"“Happy 70th Birthday, Stephen King.” Bangor Daily News, Bangor Daily News, 21 Sept. 2017…"

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Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… which supplied the water for the city of Bangor, were extinguished, and the tower itself was camouflaged with drab olive paint."

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Bangor Public Library

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Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Fires First fire truck, Surry, 1947Surry Historical Society Surry has experienced many bad fires, including a disastrous forest fire in 1822…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"The 1927 yearbook had a drawing of the death of basketball, born in the season of 1912-13 and died in A.D. 1927.” After five years without a team…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Bootleggers vs. Police

"… Society Al Brady and Partner, Gunned Down Bangor, October 12, 1937 Collections of Bangor Historical Society The return of ardent spirits, plainly…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow

"… by the mob and after a warning, the militia fired into the crowd, wounding several and killing John Robbins of Deer Isle."

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"… Metta Victoria Fuller, 1853 X Rum, Fire Water published in Ahiamihewintuhangan: The Prayer Song, 1858 Collections of Maine Historical…"

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods Citations

"… News Channel 13 1987, Flood of 1987 NEWSPAPERS: Bangor Daily News, Friday, April 1st, 1988, Jeff Strout, Joan Smith, T.J."