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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"… army where he sketched battle scenes and camp life. Back in his studio after this assignment, Homer worked on a series of war-related paintings…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… where going to sea and fishing are a part of life. At one time ships, boats, and smaller watercraft were built in Scarborough, but the town does…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"… ladies, Dolly Madison (1768-1849) was raised in rural Virginia and educated in Philadelphia. After the death of her first husband, she married…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"Farmland dominated the rural area to the village’s west. The combination of agriculture and industry permitted Hampden to thrive."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"… residents changed the complexion of coastal and rural life. Local law enforcers rarely bothered these wealthy and educated visitors."

Music in Maine - Sacred Music

"Melodeons were popular with rural Maine congregations and for personal use in homes because they require little maintenance and are portable."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"Today the Common is mostly considered rural living with few agricultural establishments. Although not considered the center of town, its residents…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Privy

"In rural areas, when the pit became full, a new pit was dug, the outhouse moved, and the old pit was covered over."

Music in Maine - Longfellow Family Music

"… to break the ice and communicate with people in rural areas. Jacques Bellissent, flute maker to the Paris Conservatory made this flute."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"“Living in two worlds: Rural Maine in 1930,” Maine Historical Society Quarterly 25 (Fall 1985): 58-87. Packard, Leonard O."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"A native of Buckfield, Smith rose from a modest rural background to graduate with honors from Bowdoin College in 1818."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… acres, in a manner not to inflate their present rural value. This was accomplished by a local confidante, farmer Waldo Pettengill, while Hugh was…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… and academics to this otherwise quaint and rural area of Maine. Farmington is unique because much of its history is well documented and many…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… a 14-foot triangular affair like a giant old time rural dinner bell were used sequentially. Hand operation (with a $60 per year bonus to the…"

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

"… past and present, that define the spirit of this rural Maine town. New Portland is itself a bridge, of sorts, for three villages: the North, the…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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