Keywords: Kittery
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Site Pages
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Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century
"As early as November 1652, inhabitants of Kittery swore their allegiance to the government of Massachusetts Bay, and by 1658, Kittery, York, Saco…"
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Maine and the Civil War - Legendary Participation
"Legendary Participation War veterans, Kittery, 1932Maine Historical Society Maine's participation in the Civil War is legendary: heroes and…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early 1800s
"Since Thomaston was halfway between Kittery and Eastport with river access, it was desirable not only due to its location but also because the quarry…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 2 of 3
"… Helen Little Hamm's drop waist dress, Kittery, ca. 1926Maine Historical Society Clothing of the early 1920s is characteristically loose…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4
"The King's Highway from Portland to Kittery. Portland, ME: Longfellow Press, 1953. Karr, Paul and Jeff Clark."
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Lobstering
"… has remained healthy along the Maine coast from Kittery north including Downeast Maine. Closed seasons, lobster size limits, licensing of…"
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Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property
"… the Lord family, Benjamin had migrated north from Kittery, Maine, after the revolution and purchased land in what was to become the Town of Surry…"
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford
"Sir William Pepperell, Jr. of Kittery and business associates purchased property in 1716-7 around the falls, and Scots-Irish immigrants arrived in…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway
"… 1653, the King’s Highway reached from Portland to Kittery and followed Scarborough’s coastline. At Scarborough, the highway began at the Spurwink…"
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Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis
"The turnpike first opened in 1947 from Kittery to Portland, and extended through Lewiston in 1955. When that happened, all of a sudden 250,000…"
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland
"… gradually, at first connecting Boston to Kittery and York, then extending to Portland (then called Falmouth)."
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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