Keywords: abandoning
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research
"Additionally, many local farms were abandoned by the end of the War, by farmers, who chose to never return to Maine."
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"… despite a persistent myth that Norridgewock was “abandoned” after a violent English raid in 1724. The maps instead reveal a long, and more complex…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking Implements
"It was abandoned by the Scamman family of Saco when they were captured by Indians in 1697. When the family returned home after almost a year, their…"
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony
"… settled around this time, but most were later abandoned, too. Portrait of William W. ThomasNew Sweden Historical Society In the early 1860s…"
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"… to determine: they relocated by season and often abandoned the villages built. A “fluid patrilineal social organization allowed numerous family…"
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Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell
"By the 1960s, Bowdoin and Colby had abandoned the Georgian for the modern. Eaton Tarbell was a larger-than-life figure, sporting a signature bow tie…"
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"The French quickly abandoned the island, however, after a disastrous winter that left nearly half the colonists dead."
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73
"… immigrants arrived from Sweden, some took over abandoned farms in Woodland and Perham, expanding the Colony from the original T15-R3 footprint."
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Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity
"… who were widowed by such events would not be abandoned. During the 1840s, they established the privately-endowed Hallowell Female Benevolent…"
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Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area
"… than there were in 1880! Many, many farms were abandoned as people went to find work in factories in cities across the country."
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Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail
"An abandoned fire tower remained when this photo was taken. Myron Avery Peak of Bigelow Mountain X A boulder on Avery Peak commemorates the man."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings
"… the American Revolution broke out, the Fluckers abandoned their holdings in the American colonies and eventually returned to England, leaving Lucy…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4
"… of the early 1930s to reduce losses, such as abandoning some lines, the trolley system never recovered."
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Guilford, Maine - Special Events
"When the rail line was abandoned and the tracks taken up, it removed the natural barrier surrounding the fair grounds."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2
"… the freighter were unsuccessful and the ship was abandoned. Part of the ship’s cargo had been bolts of heavy, double-faced woolen cloth, which were…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4
"Historical Overview Conflict/Abandonment/Resettlement (1675-1702) Garrison Cove Marker on Black Point Road in ScarboroughScarborough…"
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"… Reef Point was dismantled and the research center abandoned in 1956, Charles purchased many of the large plants at Reef Point (including the…"
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Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory
"Once they moved out, the abandoned building was torn down in May, 1955, and a skating rink took its place. Cotton Mill and Johnson Shoes Citations"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History
"… have much in common besides orphaned stone walls, abandoned cellar holes, and discontinued roads. Our partners hope that our exploration of…"
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Westport Island History Committee
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"… to the cargo will be heavy.” Tragedy Strikes Abandoned following the collision, the Cumberland was eventually purchased by the Joy Steamship Line…"
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"… up temporary residence in the “Big House”--Swan’s abandoned mansion--a trend copied by many later settlers as they worked to build their own homes."