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The General Henry Knox Museum

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

"Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad E.H. Lowell, West Farmington, Maine This stencil was used to mark crates and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - General Henry Knox Museum

"General Henry Knox Museum Montpelier, the General Henry Knox Museum www.knoxmuseum.org X General Henry Knox Museum PO Box 326 Thomaston, ME…"

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

"… Callahan, North Henry Knox : General Washington's General New York : Rinehart, 1958 Drake, Francis Samuel Life and correspondence of Henry Knox…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Old North Church

"… ca 1871Thomaston Historical Society Through General Knox’s involvement, a Town Meeting House was constructed in 1796 on High Street, and was the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Places

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

Historic Clothing Collection - Active & Casual Wear

"… of outdoor and indoor activities pursued by the general populace increasingly required specific, activity related garments."

Mercy Hospital - Portland Hospitals Before Mercy

"Maine General Hospital in moonlight, Portland, ca. 1909Maine Historical Society Although Mercy Hospital wasn’t the first hospital open to the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Montpelier

"Montpelier Montpelier, the General Henry Knox Mansion, Route 131, Thomaston, Maine 2008Thomaston Historical Society In striking contrast to…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook GP-38, Presque Isle, 1991

"… engine 94, the last GP-38 purchased from General Motors Electro-motive Division (EMD), was delivered in September 1967."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Humphrey House

"… was another builder brought to Thomaston by General Knox. He built the impressive Monk Humphrey House on Wadsworth Street, a grand three-storey…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"Sockalexis the General Sherman, John Fransoway and Mitchel Peopl Susup the General Sheridan, Sappiel Sockalexis and Louis Sockabasin the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"… first official name of the hospital was Bangor General Hospital, later being renamed Eastern Maine General Hospital."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"Montpelier, Home of General Henry KnoxThe General Henry Knox Museum Consequently, what gets less attention is Knox's involvement in the development…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - About Us

"The Knox Museum is producing an exhibit on Major General Henry Knox’s many business and civic ventures in Thomaston."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Incorporation

"In 1774 under the general law for the incorporation of plantations, the growing settlement took the name Wheelersborough."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Home

"… Depression DISCOVER the life and times of Major General Henry Knox EXPERIENCE the dark history of the Maine State Prison IMAGINE the hey-day of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Stimpson House

"… in the Revolution, built many of the houses for General Knox. One of the houses he built was for Henry Jackson Knox, the General’s son, in 1794."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Buckfield

"There were multiple general stores, including the General Store and the Old Twin Brick Store Buildings."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 30-47

"… of Democratic politics in Maine and nationally, generally portraying Democrats as scoundrels politically and otherwise."

Music in Maine - Drum, Portland, ca. 1854

"Civil War drums were generally sixteen inches in diameter, smaller than prior drums by about two inches to accommodate the drummers, who were often…"

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

"… Brick from Montpelier, Thomaston, 1794The General Henry Knox Museum The Eleventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Industrial and Labor…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"… the fleeing American ships the Vengeance and the General Putnam. Both American ships burned in the Penobscot at Hampden, either set afire by their…"

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

"Montpelier Home of General Henry KnoxThe General Henry Knox Museum With the arrival of General Knox and his numerous industrious activities, several…"