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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… of other official actions requesting the state government to prohibit alcoholic beverages including visiting bar owners to try to get them to stop…"

Surry by the Bay - Weathervane Dispute

"Wilson G. Smillie penned a letter to the State Commissioner of Education explaining that the flagpole had been erected in memory of a respected…"

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

"April 10, 2013. William S. Cohen. Institute of Government & Public Affairs, University of Illinois. 2009-2013. Web. April 12, 2013. William S."

Surry by the Bay - Resources

"Varney, George J. Gazetteer of State of Maine, Boston: B.B. Russell, 1882. MANUSCRIPTS AND MISCELLANEOUS An Interview with Fred and Clifford Coggins…"

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… at the foot of Toddy Pond in Orland, where the state boat landing is now located. In the 1880s he settled on Cunningham Ridge in Surry with his…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"On one occasion they were serenaded back to their state-run hotel where Soviet citizens were not allowed to join them in their rooms."

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Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… shipyards in Bath and South Portland and to other states. With a population of approximately 500, Surry contributed forty people (38 males, 2…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… Cobb who was then President of the Massachusetts State Senate. “Our plantation has sent a petition to be incorporated; the name I can not like very…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"The village was the geographic center with a state road running through its center featuring a town hall, grange hall, two stores, churches, a…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"… homes were later transferred to the federal government. Veterans Memorial, Strong, ca. 1932Strong Historical Society The GAR also had a…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 84-107

"… from 1866 to 1878, as compared to Democratic states, especially former Confederate states. He leaves politics temporarily with clipping a clipping…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"… Brewery Courtesy of Will Anderson and The Great State of Maine Beer Book X Portland City Directory 1903 Collections of Maine Historical…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1919 to 1934: The Nation Follows Maine Into Prohibition

"The first state ratified the law in January 1918 and the crucial 36th state gave the law the required three-quarters majority in January 1919."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1865 to 1919: The Drys Gain New Adherents and Leaders

"… drinking, and selling were outlawed in the State Constitution in 1885. Even this step did little to dry up those who wished to imbibe."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Temperance Membership

"… our agitation will be the expulsion from all the states of the traffic in intoxicating liquors to be used as a drink, we hope that the State of…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law

"Neighboring states, including Massachusetts, took the law as a model and passed similar anti-liquor reforms."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Overview & Introduction

"… Maine played a central role in the United States' gradual—and sometimes riotous—move towards drinking reform."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Reform and Repeal

"Burden Coll. 2093, B2F6 X Shall We have a State Liquor Store in our Town (or City)?, 1936 Waterville Collections of Maine Historical Society…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Acknowledgements

"Adams Will Anderson, The Great, State of Maine Beer Book Bangor Historical Society Debra Verrier Barry Baxter Memorial Library Bowdoin College…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - The Continuing Debate

"… in the Portland Press Herald last year, and the state's well-publicized tough drunk-driving laws also keep the issue open for examination."

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"… Society/MaineToday Media The “Official State Celebration,” held at Portland between June 26 and July 5, 1920, delighted in fanfare for Maine’s…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"… and their staff were welcomed at the Maine State Pier in Portland with “Guns, Whistles, and Trumpets”. The guns were fired from Ft."