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

"… take a leisurely afternoon trip, or go longer distances for family trips or for business. The cost to rent a horse for a trip to nearby Phillips…"

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Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"A significant distance from Boston, Mainers relied on whatever help they could receive.[3] Likely due to geographic distance than any conscious or…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"It was also an ideal landing spot for long distance Atlantic flights, there was no need for the pilot to go further inland after the arduous journey."

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

"… along the Sandy River, albeit only for a limited distance. Fly Rod retired to a quiet life in downtown Phillips."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"… she caught her skirt and was dragged quite a distance. Her leg was seriously injured, and she endured a lot of pain for the rest of her life."

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Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"… (so called because they extended only a short distance below the waist over the petticoat), and with round gowns, in which case they were visible…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… that were repaired enough to handle the shorter distances of island travel. Public services also expanded with time."

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Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"… many ways of communicating with people from long distances; they wouldn’t be able to talk much. The only way would be to send letters back and…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… of extensive travel, some of them at least a distance of nine miles to attend a town meeting, and perform the ordinary duties of a citizen.” The…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"Google Maps tells us that the distance between Byron and Buckfield—respectively the northern and southern-most towns in RSU 10—is 43 miles, with a…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"The inn offered “Electric Lights, Long Distance Telephone, Telegraphic Office, Saddle Horses, [and] Excellent Livery” (Wood 73)."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"It has a gentle pitch over its distance and provides a direct Kennebeck-Rangeley Lakes\Androscoggin canoe connection."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"… the disease could not fly for more then that distance without landing on something, therefore if they had nothing to land on they could not reach…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"East North Yarmouth At a distance of 2 1/2 miles from Walnut Hill Village, North Yarmouth's Old Town House stands on the west side of Route 9."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"That distance, broken up into six irregular city blocks, is lengthy in comparison to the three-block, east-west width of this historic downtown."