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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"Three of Richard’s children, Rufus, William and Cyrus, became major public figures. The King family prospered before the Revolutionary War."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

"Cyrus Sturdivant, the Prisoner's Friend (New York: William McDonald & Co., 1879). Collections of Maine Historical Society B St 96 A native of…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4

"Scarborough Town hall X Bibliography Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… misbehaving a teacher may pull you out into the hall or speak at you in front of the class. Discipline has changed very much in the last 200 years…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"… 3 other blocks to fill with electives and study halls. Now, as standards have been raised, everybody does some classes that are more difficult than…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow

"Jordan, Jr., 1998 Portland City Hall, Market Square, ca. 1880Maine Historical Society City Hall in Market Square, Portland, ca."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law

"… civilians as they descended upon Portland's City Hall, looking for a stash of liquor they had heard was kept there."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"… which left one man dead, 14 wounded and a dance hall in ashes, on drinking. Actually, Portland, Bangor, and some smaller communities, were prone to…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Brick Works

"According to local historian Cyrus Eaton, Knox “went largely into the brickmaking business, near the water below the upper wharf” and his wastebook…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 195-277

"… Gordon Percival Brick kilns Steamer Bangor Cyrus Goss William Cobb, dancing master Banqor Quartet Club Zachary Taylor, Millard Filmore James H."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"The Coolidges, Halls, Lelands, Kings, Wheelwrights and Townsends were among the families living there."