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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 4 of 5

"The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies Boundary between United States and New Brunswick, undatedMaine Historical…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 5 of 5

"The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies Sketch of Isle St. Croix, ca 1790 A sketch of Isle St."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824

"The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824 Kennebec Purchase Deed, October 27, 1661Maine Historical Society The…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune Essay by Donald Soctomah Description of Pagan and Chipman’s Meetings with Francis Joseph…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 2 of 3

"The Presque Isle boys were named the Indians, but Dorothy cheered for the boys from Robinson. She liked the boys from there."

Historic Hallowell - Cyclone Poems

"… I am stuck and it is tight Help has come for me Boy In a dark tight space A faint light appears slowly I am carried out Boy and Horse by Emily and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fred Ryder, Bangor, 1864

"Martin wrote, "I claim the change in this boy which I wrought wholly by my advice and kind usage, and he is the third boy which I have influenced and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 4 of 4

"She babysat the town manager’s three boys next door. Every time she went there the parents would have dinner guests and she would have to do all of…"

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware Store window display, Lincoln, ca. 1943

"… include: "Helen Jordan (Clay)'s three boys" "Fran & Edward on left-hand standards" "Willburn Haskell in (illegible)" "Mary Burke (nurse &…"

Camp Winnebago

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Mono Aircraft Company, Presque Isle, 1935

"Linn was a native of Washburn. The boy standing by the front wheel is six-year-old Gary M. Boone of Presque Isle."

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"He decided to fight along side grown men, as well as his father, Thomas S. Libby, in the Civil War. This proves he is brave because not many boys…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Circus swing, Boston, 1853

"… jumped down from figure 1 and come astride of the boys leg at 2 say 7 feet the boy at 2 sustaining him without breaking his leg." View additional…"

Music in Maine - Drum, Portland, ca. 1854

"… accommodate the drummers, who were often younger boys. This drum measures about seventeen inches in diameter and is associated with music teacher…"

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"Good navigators produced good profits. Edward Preble Norton observed that in Hallowell at the time "Every boy who had arrived at the age of eighteen…"

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 2 of 3

"In 1916 and 1917, however, the boys were excluded from the parish house and only played a few foreign courts."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"X The coach of the 2005 boys’ basketball team was Russ Bartlet, who came on board with plenty of experience."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"In their uncle’s backyard there was an apple tree, with one apple on it. He told the boys not to pick that apple, “or we’d get our butts kicked.”…"

John Bapst Memorial High School

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L.C. Bates Museum/Good Will-Hinckley

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 4 of 5

"They would hide behind barrels and throw potatoes at each other. If they got caught they would get in trouble. Once one boy got hit in the eye."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Junior Martin in cadet uniform, Bangor, ca. 1871

"(1857-1929) was one of a group of boys in the Select School in Bangor and a few from the grammar school who formed a cadet company and began in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store interior, Bangor, 1862

"… businesses in Hampden and Bangor since he was a boy. He obtained funds from Edwin B. Patten to stock the store, essentially selling items on…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 1 of 3

"I started working as a clean-up boy part time. My other job I worked was as a dairy boy. I would go to work at four in the morning for the dairy farm."