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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… the Gift Club, Senior Citizens Club, Aurora Grange, American Legion, Order of the Eastern Star, Freemasons, and Knights of Pythias."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the Grange. . Prosperity continued into the first several decades of the twentieth century as the population…"

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Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"The first Grange was created in 1873 in Hampden Maine. The Grange connected the farmers and their families."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Cheese Factory

"Large round blocks of cheese were stored in round wooden boxes. These boxes were often used as pantry storage boxes. Return to Student Research"

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"Over the years it was used as a store, church, parsonage, meeting house, home, and even a working farm! STUDENT CORNER HOME"

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Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… most dramatic fires occurred in 1939 when the old Grange Hall burned at the site of the present Grange Hall and then, of course, the Bar Harbor…"

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

"… and oranges in midwinter, along with their store catalogs and other commodities. Bringing Water To The Town Water and continuous access to it has…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… Society Not all Strong businesses were stores or mills. According to 1909 records, the railroad carried 70,000 passengers and 70,000 tons of…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"In North Yarmouth, Wescustogo Grange No. 27 was formed in 1874. The Grange was the place where farmers and their family members could hear about new…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Members of Hampden’s Grange are proud to state that it was the first in Maine. Another first is the piano that General Crosby is said to have brought…"

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village

"The building is now used by the Fernwood Grange. The village also had several schools. Education was important to the townspeople."

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Members of Hampden’s Grange are proud to state that it was the first in Maine. Another first is the piano that General Crosby is said to have brought…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"It was later renamed the Swift River Grange and located on Roxbury Road; it is now the Free Store. Mothercraft and Junior Mothercraft were…"

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… running through its center featuring a town hall, grange hall, two stores, churches, a blacksmith's shop, a schoolhouse, a boarding house and two…"

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Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"The parade ended with the Grange and “Am. Benefit” Float. A spectator attending the parade wearing a more modestly priced lapel pin, probably…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… and Rebekahs, the Masons and Eastern Star, the Granges in East, South, and North Blue Hill, and the Baptist and Congregational churches were the…"

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Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… the street from the current Guilford Valley Grange. From that time on the town has always been generous in supplying funds for educational support…"

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… groups included the Odd Fellows, the Fernwood Grange, the Farm Bureau, and the Willing Workers. Bridge Clubs were also popular."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… town government, and through the influence of the Grange, they assisted in determining state policies.” Many of these men also turned to inventing…"

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