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Presque Isle: The Star City - Links to Presque Isle History

"1937Presque Isle Air Museum Trans-Atlantic Balloon Site Monuments Double Eagle II X Northern Maine Fair"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Seaside Hall

"A resident of Atlantic would rely on Atlantic stores, the school, post office and church. When it was first constructed, Seaside Hall served as…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures cont'd

"Summer Pleasures cont'd Seaside Hall in Atlantic village, Swan's Island, ca. 1925Swan's Island Historical Society Ice cream socials were also…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Sources For A Short History Of Performing Arts On MDI

"… Gina Sabatini, and Jodi Baker at College of the Atlantic. Special thanks to The Abbe Museum, The Bar Harbor Historical Society, Friends of Island…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"College of the Atlantic X College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, (207) 288-5015 College of the Atlantic enriches the liberal arts tradition through…"

Historic Hallowell - Classical and Scientific Academy

"Atlantic Reporter, Volume 82, page 434, 1912. Next steps in the stroll through Hallowell ~ Maine Industrial School for Girls."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Maxie Anderson, Presque Isle, 1981

"… balloon Double Eagle II in which he crossed the Atlantic in 1978. This item is in copyright. Rights and reproductions for all UPI (United Press…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house

"… built by the Reeds, and is located at 439 Atlantic Rd, across from the Baptist Church. Grover Cleveland 'Clevie' (1885-1967) and Bessie (Joyce)…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"His store in Atlantic was run out of a portion of his home, and was in operation at least from 1920-1941 (his marriage license in 1923 lists him as a…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"… out of Panama, was sunk by a torpedo in the South Atlantic during World War II on June 2, 1942. Morse Shipyard, Water Street, Thomaston, Maine…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Welcome and Introduction

"… Baker and Taylor Thomas-Marsh (College of the Atlantic); Betsy Hewlett, Sam McGee, Deb DeForest, Bill Horner, Vince Messer, and Tim Garrity (Mount…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Wabanaki Today

"… Museum, Acadia National Park, and College of the Atlantic, sharing their history and contemporary story with people from all over the world."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Development of an Island-wide Identity

"… But large institutions like the College of the Atlantic, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, and Jackson Laboratory provided economic…"

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"… up the Kennebec, forty-six miles from the open Atlantic, bringing Pennsylvania flour, West India sugar, and English cloth and hardware, returning…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ship Captains

"… sites from other places on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. At the outbreak of the Civil War 1861, Agry retired."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"… to the west, Kennebunkport to the south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Much of the town is wooded, with gentle hills that run from the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Dance

"In the village of Atlantic, during the 1970’s, Mertic Morrison would have music and dancing especially during the summer months when the summer…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"Joyce in Atlantic and Isaac W. Stinson in Swan's Island Village, had a telephone line between their stores so they could talk to each other."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"… of Somes Sound and shipped to cities along the Atlantic Coast.Mount Desert Island Historical Society Eventually things improved -- aided by such…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Elizabeth Akers Allen, née Chase

"She started contributing poems to the Atlantic Monthly in 1858. In 1866, she published her second collection, Poems, under the name of "Elizabeth…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"… also served as a representative of the Village of Atlantic on the Committee for Health and Sanitation for many years starting in the early 1950s."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"Stores Laura Sprague in Atlantic store, Swan's Island, ca. 1940Swan's Island Historical Society During the early 1900s the population in each…"