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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Exhibits

"… and Cumberland Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Tuttle Road was extended by 1794 to Cumberland's meetinghouse in present day Cumberland Center, where Elijah Tuttle and others lived in this corner…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"Cumberland Farmers Club. “The Cumberland County Fair.” www.cumberlandfair.com Cumberland Farmers Market."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor Overseers seek reimbursementPrince Memorial Library Legal Settlement Maine law in…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… All Hands Needed At the time, most towns in Cumberland County were very small. The 1860 Census showed North Yarmouth to have only 209 families…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties Maine in 1860 X Population swings Between 1790 and 1860, the population of Maine increased from…"

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Cumberland Historical Society

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"(1870s). Scarborough Historical Society archives Cumberland County Registry of Deeds. Book 100, page 571. Domingue, Robert."

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"Mitchell’s trial drew massive crowds to the Cumberland County Courthouse and was front page news, the press took every opportunity to report on the…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… and brothers William and Cyrus King, built the Cumberland Turnpike. The turnpike, the first in New England, ran straight across the marsh from Oak…"

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… now runs Mercy Primary Care practices across Cumberland County, including Gorham, Portland, Falmouth, Yarmouth, and Windham."

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

"… leader of the Gospel Temperance Mission, and Cumberland County Sheriff from 1900 to 1902. His photographic likeness applied to the front of this…"

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Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Shares in the new venture sold quickly. S.S. Cumberland Onlookers await the S.S. Cumberland arriving from Boston for the first time.Lubec…"

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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - Researching Your Home

"Some counties have digitized records, which can be found on an online, searchable database. Check the county's Registry of Deeds website for more…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Influential & Interesting Documents

"… of the Laws Respecting Licensed Houses, Lincoln County, May 1803 Collections of Maine Historical Society Broadside 281 This remarkable broadside…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… with the Atlantic Shore Railroad to York County points.(5) Rising operating costs and increasing use of automobiles weakened the financial…"

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Maine Historical Society

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Temperance Membership

"… demonstrates the cultural vibrancy of Oxford County in the decades before the Civil War. Painted by one of the members of Rumford Corner's talented…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… also served twice as state senator for Lincoln County. When the War of 1812 broke out, William served as a major general in the militia in charge…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"… among the Acadian border population in Aroostook County. An earlier book, The Ramrodders, 1910, satirized Maine politicians and Prohibition."

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… Great Fires of 1947, a series of blazes from York County to Mount Desert Island hit Maine during an extremely dry autumn."

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

"Print. Maine, State of, Supreme Judicial Court, Cumberland County, Western District, Law Term 1876. The State of Maine vs."

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Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"… elections in the spring of 1795, Lincoln, Cumberland, and York counties voted upon an additional ballot measure regarding separation."