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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… center, and a building for events such as the Franklin County Agriculture Society. When the farmers drove their wagons to Society meetings, they…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Places

"… include: Brick Inn Farmington's First Grist Mill Franklin County Agricultural Fair Lowell's General Store Measuring Rock Meeting House Park North…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"… By 1901, at the 62nd Annual Exhibition of the Franklin County Agricultural Society, held on the Franklin Park, it was stated, “We have the finest…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Index

"… of the Farmington State Normal School - Education Franklin County Agricultural Fair - Agriculture, Places Jacob Abbott - People, Education John…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… at the fair.Farmington Historical Society Franklin County Agricultural Society In 1840, the legislature granted a charter to the Franklin County…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… Falls Joan Small, Research Librarian - UMF Franklin Journal & Franklin Chronicle Newspapers Richard Mallett's Schools Unpublished history of St…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"He owned and operated Franklin Telephone & Telegraph, which he expanded east toward New Sharon and north to the Phillips area."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… that it has been the shire town of the county of Franklin for almost half a century, none will deny that such a town has a history, and that it…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"… on this 1861 Walling Topographical Map of the Franklin County with Town of Farmington noted (map from Library of Congress)."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… but the branch of Nortons that came to the Franklin County area lived on Martha’s Vineyard. Each generation left its mark on the towns where they…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… building.Farmington Historical Society In 1859, Franklin County exported $92,000 worth of apples, the equivalent of $2 million today."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"This information was taken from the Franklin Chronicle Newspaper copies of which are available on microfilm at the University of Maine Library here…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… Schools by the State's teachers. The teachers of Franklin County passed a resolution at their convention in 1857, that said: Resolved : That the…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… Connected All shareholders of the privately-owned Franklin Farmers Co-Operative Tel. Co. were responsible for repairs and keeping batteries…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"Communication evolved as populations grew in Franklin County towns. Two hundred years before zip codes and email, mail delivery was relatively simple…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Culture

"… irreplaceable by Farmington's citizens could be housed. Here is merely a sampling of the variety and depth of Farmington Public Library's archives."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"They then followed the trail to the last house, then followed a west-north-west compass route and crossed the Sandy River at about what we now call…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"… where his brother Samuel had turned Jacob’s house into the Abbot School, so Jacob took up residence in his father’s home until his death in 1879…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"Stephen Titcomb's Frame House Built in 1788.Farmington Historical Society Stephen Titcomb lived on the farm for 59 years."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"… the downtown area and served the community in the House of Representatives, State Senate and on the Governor’s Council."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"Money could be used for medical, burial and housing expenses, and for food and household necessities."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"Jeremy Porter's house was built in the area where the gas pumps at White Elephant are located today. That home later became the Hotel Strong."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… School as a child when it was still new and housed grades K-12, spoke to the gathering, recalling how the building, with it's spacious gym, had…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"… President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, both of whom were Masons, assumed the chair."