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Presque Isle: The Star City - Farm Life

"Farm Life Myron Gartley Farm, Presque Isle, 1976Presque Isle Historical Society King Farm, Presque Isle, ca."

Life on a Tidal River - Welcome

"… and economic progress and to social and cultural life. We thank the Maine Community Heritage Project and the Maine Historical Society for this…"

Life on a Tidal River - Project Process

"… Arts Curriculum, students were curious about what life was like for Bangor young people in the same time period."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… influence its cultural and intellectual life. Haymarket Square, Bangor, ca. 1890Bangor Historical Society Rapid expansion, increased…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"… the effects of World War II governed much of life in Bangor during the 1940s. Since most men between the ages of 18 and 26 went off to war, women…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"A Man's Life in a Suitcase John Edward Barry, Mexico, 1939 Mexico Historical Society Text by Irene Hutchinson Images contributed by Mexico…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Site Resources

"Pullen, John J. Joshua Chamberlain: a hero's life and legacy. Mechanicburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1999. Print. Pullen, John J."

Life on a Tidal River - The Flying Torah

"… anyone should have an opportunity for a spiritual life. He received the Torah (the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures) from Isaac Bloch, of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"Twentieth-Century Community Life Bar Harbor and Bar Island, ca. 1930 Bar Harbor, as it appeared in 1930.Maine Historical Society Islanders…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Mary lived in Maine her whole life. It is unclear about whether she lived in Bangor for her entire existence, but she did linger in the Pine Tree…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"In Search of the Rustic Life By Josh Sawyer, Senior, George Stevens Academy The term “rusticators” is used to describe families who came to spend…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"During the last months of his life he took an interest in ancient Egypt and the pyramids. In his will, he donated to the town of Bradford for the…"

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

"Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1996. Print. Arms and Equipment of the Union. Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1996. Print."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Life membership certificate, Farmington Public Library Association, 1917

"Life membership certificate, Farmington Public Library Association, 1917 Contributed by Farmington Public Library Description In the early…"

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

""Education is the key to everything in life," he said during his visit to the Cohen School. "Education is like lighting a flame in your mind." Item…"

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

"Resources Bergquist, David. “Life on a Tidal River.” Life on a Tidal River - Narrative, Maine Historical Society…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"Shep became a merchant early on in life because all of the children in his family needed jobs to make ends meet."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"They give us a glimpse of the life of a Maine soldier in the Civil War. At the time of Fred’s first letter, the Fourth Maine Regiment had been…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… (now owned by Guilford Transportation) began life as the Penobscot and Kennebec that was chartered the 5th of April 1845."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research

"… that the War affected so many areas of rural life. For example, because of the need for soldiers’ wool uniforms and blankets, Maine farmers raised…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 2 of 3

"… graders have researched Strong's post-Civil War life and the story of Fly Rod Crosby, Maine's first registered Maine Guide."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… standards, late 1800s and even early 1900s rural life may have seemed harsh and austere, but life also was less hurried."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

"Strong Historical Society Toward the end of her life she helped construct a catholic church in the village of Oquossoc, located between Rangeley and…"