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Lubec, Maine - Team Members

"… Lubec, ME 04652-0422 (207) 733-2997 Fall/Winter/Spring (207) 733-2197 Summer http://www.mccurdyssmokehouse.org Lubec Memorial Library 55 Water…"

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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… of the concrete deck was scheduled later in the spring. The temporary trestles have been removed, transforming the long-held vision of vaulting the…"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… at Seward’s Neck (North Lubec) during the spring smelt run, gathered sweet grass and harvested shellfish, the remains of which have been discovered…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Vessels fit out in early spring, fished for mackerel in southern waters, and returned around the first of July."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"The water of Porter Lake is cold. The cold water is good for game fish. The lake trout like the rocky shoreline."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"This was in the spring, and the ice had begun to melt. Dr. Bell was making one of his famous emergency calls, and he and the driver had to keep their…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"Spring built bridges connecting the Island to Biddeford and Pepperellborough 1795-8. Captain Bradbury built a fulling mill on Spring's Island for the…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 8 of 17

"Deering in 1866 on Spring Island in Biddeford near Bradbury Dam. J.G. Deering was eventually renamed J.G. Deering & Son Company once Joseph G."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 4 of 4

"… Rumford Area Historical Society in the spring, sun high in the sky, water rushing over granite rock, the Androscoggin River flowing high with…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 2 of 3

"… winter of 1913-1914, work was stopped until the spring of 1914. The crew constructed an approximately 100 ft."

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"The two excessive amounts of water flow caused the Kennebec River to flood its banks. The flood hit the community on the night of March 13, 1936."

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Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"Because the snow covered the roads, and in the spring, the car would ruin the road because of the mud. According to Sam Webber."

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"By the 1920s a water cooler with a spigot assured the school remained modern and pupils fashioned water cups out of half sheets of arithmetic paper."

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Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"The loggers then started storing logs for spring. During that time they played anything from football to whiffle ball."

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Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"Improved water and rail transport speeded and increased distribution of raw materials, finished goods—and fashion news—to remote or newly settled…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… and thither? What was it really like in the spring when the mighty Androscoggin and its tributaries roiled with a winter’s logs? Each of the 12…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"You couldn’t do that with a truck! In the spring when people couldn’t store their food in the cellar any longer without it going bad we would start…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"… further beyond is Jane’s Spring, a never-failing spring of pure water. Jane survived her family; and even through the Indian hostilities, she…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"… he and Joe ventured into the woods together every spring and fall for forty years. In his book Wilderness Adventures, William said this about Joe…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… Weston's Ox TeamHubbard Free Library “In the spring when people couldn’t store their food in the cellar any longer without it going bad we would…"

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Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… first inn at the Ricker family’s famous Poland Spring resort. The Maine Historical Society owns Wilkinson’s pencil and wash drawing of Mansion…"

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"That spring they were loaded on a schooner for Hallowell. Col. Morse ordered 16 pair of oxen in two heavy teams to make the trip to Hallowell to haul…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… a craft of 40 or 50 tons which was hauled in the spring of 1843. Wilson's MillPrince Memorial Library Mills Sawmills in existence in 1904…"

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Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"In the spring of 1808 Deacon Robert Herring moved his family into the settlement and from that time forward religious services were held on more or…"