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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Sources

"… Confidant, General of Artillery, and America's First Secretary of War Rockport, Me. : Picton Press, c2003 Puls, Mark Henry Knox: Visionary General…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"The town’s first meeting house, known as the Town or Congregational Meeting House, it was located on the hill east of Mill River, upon a piece of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… Quebec, and who was an acquaintance of the town’s first clerk, Colonel Mason Wheaton. Fales Edgarton House, Thomaston, ca."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is built - 1823 to 1824

"Daniel Rose, who had been appointed the first State Prison Warden. Aerial view of the Maine State Prison, Thomaston, Maine c."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"… both sides of the Creek in close proximity to the first shipyards in the area. Vessels were needed for both importing and exporting goods. <- Prev."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tilson's Hat

"Perez Henry Tilson was the first man to die from Thomaston in the Civil War. He was killed by a cannon ball that blew off both of his legs."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Marion Sanborn

"… And chickens, we had the chicken house when they first came, because we don’t have heating like now, they’d have to stay in the kitchen for a few…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"He and partners, first the wealthy businessman William Duer, and later the prominent Philadelphian William Bingham, purchased vast tracts of land in…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… Patent, 1786The General Henry Knox Museum The first Europeans to stay in the area came as a result of the Muscongus Patent, a 30-square-mile grant…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"Samuel Waldo built the first limekiln in which to burn stone quarried from the former prison site for shipment to the Boston market."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"I started my first job at 13 at Thomaston grocery. Hard work gives you money. I worked up there and I don’t really remember how much I got paid."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… was a hotel down there down where the hospitals first to get to actually get to walk. And that was another 10 days there."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… had become a first-rate resort, bustling with stores and liveries and carpenter shops to support those hotels and their tourists."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… nightclub, bowling alley, and a retail furniture store. In the end, the building was demolished but the memory of the Star Theater lives on through…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Perry Opera House

"It was renamed the Perry Theatre, and had a sixty foot semicircular stage. In 1930, the building was purchased by Northern National Bank, and named…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"… Street lost its luster as restaurants, department stores and professional offices were replaced by second-hand shops, convenience stores or empty…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… Daniel Kimball opened and operated the first store, and the only store for many years, on Clifton Dock Road."

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"… first construction which was the first house and first store in Lincoln. Eleven years later, in 1835, he left Lincoln and went to New York where he…"

Music in Maine - HEAR

"1897Dyer Library/Saco Museum Victor Victrola, 1914Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Thomas Edison created the first phonograph in 1877."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"John sold this store business and building to his brother George in 1898, who, with the help of his father moved the structure back 75 feet from the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"After that, Freeman's Barbershop (1963-1977) and The Vamoo Barbershop (1973-2005) were on the first floor. X"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"The first is his own store, which he opened sometime just before or during the Civil War. In the Journal, Martin included illustrations of his…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"Village Store and Homes, Somesville, ca. 1905Mount Desert Island Historical Society Church services were also first conducted in homes."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… from today: no nearby doctors, hospitals, grocery stores or department stores. Long distance communication occurred by written letter and mail."