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Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

Koscuiszka's class can be viewed below: St. Mary's Catholic Church, Lincoln, ca. 1920Item Contributed byLincoln Historical Society Justin Chan…

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

John River since 1650 and American settlers arrived in Houlton in 1805 and 1807. The first French explorers described the people of the region as…

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

… built are in 1787 when Elias Snow, probably of St. George, built a vessel for which there is no name recorded.

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

Athanasius, coached by Rivard, St. Johns, coached by Taylor, and Chisholm School, coached by Lapointe, battling each week for local supremacy.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Source Materials

… Goldthwait Projected population statistics from “The Veritcal Farm” – by Dr. Dickson Despommier, copyright 2011, Picador / St. Martin’s Press

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

… includes several notable examples, including St. Barnabas’s Episcopal Church in Rumford of 1904 and the Hannaford Brothers Warehouse of 1919-20 in…

Blake Library Special Collections, UMFK

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

John Valley, eastern Canada, or southern Maine. The language and customs of three countries—Sweden, France and England—were subsequently all absorbed…

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

… limestone was quarried on Limestone Hill near the St. George River in what was later to become known as the Prison Quarry.

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

… to Thomaston in 1795, arriving on a sloop via the St. George River along with his wife, Lucy, and their five children.

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

John, New Brunswick, stopping in Eastport. Service to Lubec was not possible due to the lack of suitable docking space.

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

Beginning at The House of Mercy (later named St. Catherine’s Convent), the Sisters of Mercy quickly spread across Ireland and Great Britain.

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

… Church in New York, stone for a bridge in St. Louis, and eight shiploads of paving stones for New Orleans.

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

Eventually, they were stationed in St. Martinsville, Louisiana. Private Sam Morrell Private Sam Morrill was a member of the 22nd Maine Regiment that…

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

John River Valley , N. Aroostook Co., Me. and Madawaska Co., NB: A History of the Communities and People. Web. 8 Apr. 2010.

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

Moving pictures were shown on Friday nights. St. Joseph's Catholic Church held early Masses there before its move to upper Weld Street.

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

John River and then back into the United States duty free. The farmers in the area catered to the lumber industry by growing grain, hay and potatoes…

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

The town office has been moved across from the vacant school on School St. The boom is definitely over.

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

06 May 2013. Address. Garland St. Junior High. Echoes of the Year (yearbook). Bangor, Me., 1955. Print. Kanes, Candace. William S.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

… oval was created to keep horse races off of Main St. (More About Franklin County Agricultural Fair) U.S.

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

… families in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and St. Louis. These families put up summer “cottages,” mansions that rivaled the finest on the…

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

At Dunn's the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad came through in 1849; here was located North Yarmouth's first railroad depot .