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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools

"… (like people who worked at the local Hallowell cotton mills and shoe factories) had to attend school as well."

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"… a path for themselves to the spot where the old cotton factory now stands in Hallowell. No hearth fire burned for their welcome; no door opened at…"

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Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… Anne Revere, Dorothy Matthews, and Joseph Cotton all played at the Playhouse early in their careers."

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"… new segments to many other exhibits including The Cotton Mill, Johnson Shoe Factory as well as some history about the Vaughan Stream. Mr."

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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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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"… now-they are of linnen, of the same thickness as cotton drilling and each man is furnished with A piece just 6 feet square on each edge there is A…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… Bowdoin College, principal owner of Maine’s first cotton mill in Brunswick, and a founder and president of Bath’s first bank."

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

"… gold prospectors from New York to California, cotton from India to England, and bird guano from South America to Europe."

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"… Free Library Flood, Joppa viewed from Cotton Mill, Hallowell, 1936Hubbard Free Library The river also was getting its spring flow of water…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… factory owners sold this powdery product to cotton textile mills in southern Maine where it was used for sizing cloth."

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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"He owned various mills, including a cotton mill, and was a shipbuilder. In the early nineteenth century he was a very successful man, yet he only…"