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

"… corporation meeting minutes and notes recorded by George Boothby. (1870s). Scarborough Historical Society archives Cumberland County Registry of…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 3 of 3

"One directors’ report included an entry that George W. Norton was approved to start in September as a teacher at the Free School, with a salary of…"

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Guilford, Maine - RESOURCES

"George Haley, Dr. Howard SPRAGUE’S JOURNAL, GUILFORD, MAINE, CENTENNIAL EDITION, 1916 1916 – Vol. 4 No."

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Ellsworth Public Library

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Surry by the Bay - Resources

"Surry's Centennial Souvenir, 1903. Varney, George J. Gazetteer of State of Maine, Boston: B.B. Russell, 1882."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"“Aroostook" is a mangled version of Wolastuq, the original name for the St. John River. The families would disperse broadly through the late summer…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture

"… Leroy Butterfield, Walter Cahoon, Arthur Corbett, George Currier, Vance Doyen, Ernest Eaton, Gideon Fronk, Harvey Gilbert, Percy Gould, Thurlow…"

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Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"Someone informed George Washington that the only way to travel on the Kennebec was in bateaux, or long, thin boats that you move by pushing long…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… on the Soldier's Monument, Joseph Pepper and George Pepper deserve special mention because George's letters to his mother still exist."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The "Edward O'Brien", the "Washington B. Thomas", & "Edna Hoyt"

"George River. Her career was cut short by a shipwreck off Prout’s Neck only 60 days after her impressive launch."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"… meeting notes and minutes were kept by George Boothby. These and other company papers, known as the “Boothby Papers”, are archived at the…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"… Maine coast, the site had desirable access by the Georges River. One of its most desirable features was the presence of a limestone quarry, a…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"… Sheriff Wingate Carr Fire at old Hampden Academy George H. Starbird Temperance Seth Merrill Tavern & Hall Thomas Greenhalgh Carltons Corner Steamer…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… school with a barbecue and plaque presentation by George Tucker of the Maine Department of Education."

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

"Gates, William H Hunter, Robert Keefe, George Hartwell, William I Smith, Jesse E Phillips, William E Bates, Walter G Durrell."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"Georges River in Thomaston. There he intended to "embark [his] all on the attempt to promote the settlement and prosperity of the District of Maine,"…"

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Acadia National Park

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The General Henry Knox Museum

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"George Dunham married Susan Pratt, and in 1834 formed Seabury and Dunham with his wife’s brother-in-law Albion Seabury."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"It was designed by architect George Harding, in a Richarsonian Romanesque style. There is a long history of the library's building which includes two…"

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

"George Washington was not yet President, and Maine was still part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts."

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Westport Island History Committee

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"… of the Bath Opera House for many years was George E. Sargent. When the Opera House was built, he said according to a newspaper from a 1952…"