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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"It was a test to the ingenuity of these highly skilled workers to produce top quality and unique creations and still be able to compete favorably…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Before long, the conflagration swept up the Park Street hill, across French Street, and onto Broadway."

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

"Blinding snow and high winds forced the Titcomb’s to seek refuge with this family. Betsey Titcomb and her children remained with the Norton’s for…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… a house for himself on the corner of Union and High Streets. Two months before he died in 1880, Thomas Lord summed up his life work: “Have worked…"

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"According to Cush Lane, a summer resident, when high tide fell around around 10:30 at night, there would be lobster boat lights flashing all along…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"… concerned about drinking in his homeland began a highly successful temperance crusade in 1838. He supposedly administered some five million…"

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

"… Desert Island and the Northern Atlantic were highly challenging filming environments. Fog, rain, and dramatic tide changes forced changes in plans…"

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Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"… Stephen Carlton and Julianna Metcalf Johnson, a highly respected farming family, on March 27th, 1851, in Appleton, Maine."

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… Park, a rustic amusement park built on the banks high above the Penobscot. A round trip ticket to the park, from the Main Road just over 2 tenths…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"High school students now have the option of taking the ferry to school every day, although some choose to simply board on the mainland."

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"Because of these high prices, a group of Maine businessmen bought the remains of the Argus and renamed it the Portland Herald."

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

"… the completion of this extension, will tower so high above all loss or injury sustained, that many years will not pass our citizens, irrespective…"

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

"With the high winds and lack of firefighting equipment it was a miracle that more of the business section of town did not suffer."

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"She stayed with relatives that were close in the area. After graduating from Bangor High School, she attended Elmira College in New York."

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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… disappointed, since they had sent a request for a high school similar to that of Blue Hill. The Legislature deemed Blue Hill’s petition more…"

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

"The cost of seeds was high, as high as $1.00 for a peck of seed corn, and people had to travel a great distance to purchase such products."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"From his highly prominent location, he could view his 300-foot square-rigged yacht “Alcedo” swaying at anchor moored in the deeper waters of the East…"

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Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"… about 100 feet long, 40 feet wide, and 2 stories high. In the same building, the original sawmill was still in business."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… Sandy River Flats, modern-day Farmington is still highly influenced by its early agrarian roots. As the Franklin County seat, Farmington continues…"

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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… in the era to competition, what were seen as high costs of materials and labor, and low profits."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… has a plentiful supply of church edifices, and a high grade educational institution at which pupils are fitted for any college in the land."

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… mill built its reputation on the manufacturing of high-quality unbleached sulphite pulp and, in 1915, became known as the Katahdin Pulp and Paper…"