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Barn moving, ca. 1910

Monson Historical Society

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C. Vivian Richards Logging, Byron, ca. 1900

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"… Byron has seen businesses come and go: spruce gum, several lumber mills, farming, mining of phosphate, and even gold mining, which continues today…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… to sell the new “State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum.” The first to manufacture chewing gum commercially, Curtis & Son made over $5,000 in the first…"