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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The McCormick house

"… Chats.' The house was built around 1845 by Asa Joyce, and although the back section of the house is new the front retains the original structure…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts

"Women's Firsts Text by Candis Joyce Photos courtesy of the Swan's Island Historical Society As in many rural towns and villages, island women’s…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house

"Grover Cleveland 'Clevie' (1885-1967) and Bessie (Joyce) (1893-1989) Dunham opened the store in their home."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"The Andrew Smith home was owned by Tina Joyce from 1946 to 1964. Charles and Ernestine King purchased the building in 1968."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… side of the island called Atlantic Mrs Durilla Joyce was appointed postmistress She held the office until 1897 when she was succeeded by Llewellyn…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Lobstering

"Walter Joyce with lobster, Swan's Island, ca. 1930Swan's Island Historical Society Fishermen turned predominantly to lobstering, scalloping, and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"In 1929 Bessie Joyce was listed as a member of the Superintending School Committee. It wasn’t until 1962 that another woman, Roberta Joyce, was…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Acknowledgements

"… Library, Special Collections Burden Collection Joyce Butler The Herbert Cary Family Charles and Joanne Cochrane The First Parish in Portland, Maine…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Resources

"… Sprague, Keving Staples, Eva Wheaton, Spencer Joyce, Theo May, Albert Buswell, Gwen May, and Mike Holmes. Bibliography Rose, Galen."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"Joyce in Atlantic and Isaac W. Stinson in Swan's Island Village, had a telephone line between their stores so they could talk to each other."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Landeen Family History

"They would tell the story of how he could lift a rail road axle and turn it all the way around by himself. Source material from Joyce Landeen"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Farming

"Farming Walter Joyce comparing height of corn, Swan's Island, ca. 1930Swan's Island Historical Society Farming was always a part of the fabric…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Bootleggers vs. Police

"X Knuckle Dusters Courtesy of Joyce Butler These tools of law enforcement were used by a Biddeford policeman during the Roaring 20s."

Lincoln, Maine - About Our Project

"… Mark Koscuiszka, Julie Housum, Alyssa Federico, Joyce Swearingen, Beth ByersSmall, Anita McCafferty, Dottie Murchison (also a member of the Lincoln…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew

"… X Kate Webber X Bev McAloon X Candis Joyce X Kim is a a 5th generation islander. She has been a teacher for 32 years here."

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

"James Joyce II, Swan's Island, ca. 1870 James Joyce II's father came to Swan's Island to fish for mackerel in the early 1800's."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"And right here I had the Joyce family." Swan’s Islanders learned to cope with many changes in the years between the steamboat and the ferry."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… II, written by Lloyd Crossland, Burton Crossland, Joyce Morgan, Fern Stearns, Gail Parent. History of the Town of Peru Maine, Mary Searles Vaughn…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"… Publishing Association, Chicago, 1898 Courtesy of Joyce Butler, also Collections of Maine Historical Society, B W6612g X Grand Temperance…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"In 1895 H.W. Joyce built a sardine factory for the herring that were plentiful at the time. Later industries included a cod liver oil plant, the…"

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