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Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"… was pride because not many small towns had mills, and with a mill the town will get more popularity and we may become a bigger town."

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Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"He ran the mill until 1855. A carding mill is where the clothing is made, and Bodwell’s mill was the first carding mill in Lincoln."

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Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"12 July 1979. Print. Fellows, Dana W. "Railroads and Stations." History of the Town of Lincoln. Lewiston: Dingley, 1928. 259-63. Print."

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Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"Lewiston: Dingley Press, 1929. 410-12. Print. Goodwin, Beckie. "Jacob Stinchfield." Personal interview. 5 Apr. 2010. Goodwin, Kathryn B."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… following history as part of an article for the Lewiston Daily Sun in the 1950s: The Church on the Hill, Dixfield, ca."

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

"Charles Bell. The nearest hospital was in Lewiston, but Dr. Bell traveled to residences no matter what the weather."

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Historic Clothing Collection - Early Twentieth Century

"1895Maine Historical Society Lewiston's Mary King Scrimgeour's small, but outstanding, group of late-1890s to early 1900s fashionable garments segue…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"… photography and studied under Francis Stanley in Lewiston Maine. He returned to Farmington soon afterwards and opened a studio specializing in…"

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

"… 15,000 pounds of cheese, which was sold mostly to Lewiston and Portland businesses for 15¢ a pound. The cheese making business generated a need for…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"Fellows, Dana W. History of the Town of Lincoln. Lewiston: Dingley, 1822. Print. Barrett, Marilyn; Murphy, Marylyn; Wallace, Mary. All Together Now."

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Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"Lewiston, Maine: Dingley, 1929. 369. Print. Goodwin, Beckie. Their Eyes Hath Seen the Glory. Lincoln Center, Me.: B. Goodwin, 1992. Print."

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Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"History of the Town of Lincoln. Lewiston: Dingley, 1822-1928. Print. Goodwin, Kathrine B. Personal Glimpses of the Early Settlers of Lincoln, Maine."

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Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"Lewiston, Maine: Dingley, 1929, 747-43, Print, Flint, Warren, Joe Contoni, Robert A. Lemire, Sarah Cannon. Holden, Kenneth W Bergen, and Henry Morgan."

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Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"History of the Town of Lincoln. Lewiston, Maine: Dingley, 1822-1928. Print. Goodwin, Kathryn B. Personal Glimpses of the Early Settlers of Lincoln…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Gateway Motors

""Buck Motors." History of the Town of Lincoln. Lewiston: Dingley. 21-22. Print. "Main Street Throughout the Years." The Pictorial History of Lincoln…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"Lewiston Maine: Dingley Inc. 236-43. Lincoln Maine Historical Society, ed. "Lincoln's Early Mail Service." The Lincoln Historical Society. Print."

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Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"Lewiston, Maine: Dingley, 1929. Print. Goodwin, Beckie. Their Eyes Hath Seen the Glory. Lincoln Center, Me.: B. Goodwin, 1992. Print. Morin, Robert."

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Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"Lewiston, Maine: Dingley, 1929. Print. Goodwin, Beckie. "Aaron Woodbury, Founding Father." Personal interview. 6 Apr. 2010."

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Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"… History of the Catholic Church in Lincoln." History of the Town of Lincoln. Penobscot County Maine ed. Lewiston: Dingley, Maine. 99-102. Print."

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Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"History of the Town of Lincoln. Lewiston: Dingley, Inc. 1822-1928. Print. "World War I." World War I. Web. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I>."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

"… on Armistice Day in 1946 at the Marcotte Home in Lewiston. In her final years she had struggled with poor health, failing eyesight and had suffered…"

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Historic Hallowell - Industry on the Bombahook Citations

"Leading Business Men Of Lewiston, Augusta Vicinity. Boston: Mercantile, 1889 Nason, Emma H and Sam Webber. Old Hallowell on the Kennebec."

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 1 of 3

"In 1930, the Androscoggin Mill in Lewiston was equipped with new looms to handle rayon, and became one of the country’s largest rayon fabric…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… Attend Annual Chapman Picnic." The Sun Journal (Lewiston) 12 Sept. 1924: 34. Web…"