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Colby College Special Collections

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Skowhegan Community History - Bloomfield Academy

"Well, Waterville must have had a better proposal, because they won and Colby was built on College Avenue in Waterville, Maine."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 48-64

"… and projects, including the plan for a Bangor to Waterville Railroad. He also discusses McClellan's candidacy for president in 1864."

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"… invented the first steam-powered log hauler at Waterville Iron Works in 1901. This log hauler featured a continuous track."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Reform and Repeal

"Burden Coll. 2093, B2F6 This Christian Civic League handbill encourages citizens in Waterville to prevent liquor being sold in their town."

John Martin: Expert Observer - James Dunning, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… in efforts to build a rail line from Bangor to Waterville. That project included stock sales on which most investors lost money."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"Bunker, Waterville, 1889 Collections of Maine Historical Society S.C. 3 Waterville publisher and satirist Benjamin Bunker has left us with a rich…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"He was a successful businessman in Waterville for 25 years, prior to purchasing Burnham’s Auto Supply."

Kennebec Valley Community College Archive

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

"… it Will Do the Most Good The Maine Democrat , Waterville, October 22, 1909 W.G. Bunker Courtesy of Herbert C."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… Leonard Atwood 1852-1902: President of Wiscasset, Waterville, & Farmington Railroad Company (also see inventor above) Nathan Cutler 1775-1861…"

Music in Maine - Music Education

"… Camp Music teacher Dorothy Harlow Marden of Waterville and other educators formed an organization that purchased 190 acres on Lake Messalonskee in…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"The Guy Gannett Publishing Company was born; publishers of the Portland Press Herald, Waterville Morning Sentinel, and the Maine Farmer."

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 3 of 3

"… they would travel to ridiculous places, like Waterville and Nokomis, schools we would never dream of playing today."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"… construction of the new complex designed by Waterville architect, C. H. Crane, was started June 7, 1950 by Kenneth Bunker of Mercer."

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

"He spoke in Bangor and also Waterville. Ernestine Rose came to speak in Bangor in December. After her speech, a local newspaper attacked her for her…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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