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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 2 of 2

"Crime & Disaster This was the fourth school fire in Portland in 1921 and was of unknown origin. It started in the library, which did not have a…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"Crime & Disaster Crime & Disaster A selection of photographs relating to crime & disaster in the Portland Press Herald Glass Plate Negative…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… and convenient rail service to Portland, Old Orchard Beach and Saco following what is now Route 1.(1) Trolley at Dunstan, Scarborough, ca."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… day, he landed instead on the beach at Old Orchard Beach. Lindbergh did visit Scarborough Airport that day, but via a motorcade on his way to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - 1840 U.S. Census Questions

"What is the value of the products of your orchard? Dairy? Homemade or family goods? 10. What was the value of your market garden in 1839? 11."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 74-138

"… Sanger Ruth Mayo Hauling wood Clearing land for orchard, wheat Hampden House Bar Bowling alleys Jes Crosman Sands Circus & Caravan Carlton Dancing…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington's Agricultural Pursuits

"Plums and pears were added to the orchards. Hives of bees were part of every farm, pollinating crops for higher yield as well as providing honey and…"

Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society

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Jonathan Fisher Memorial

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Reform and Repeal

"… Historical Society I'm Making Whoopie-e at Old Orchard Beach, 1938 Postcard Collections of Maine Historical Society, a gift from Charles E."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"… and Bluff Islands would often go toward Old Orchard Pier. However, they would not fish any of the islands found at the Saco River entrance, for…"

Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis

"… Elvis Dave Glovsky and Louis Armstrong, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1955Maine Historical Society Rock and Roll Concerts in Southern Maine By Ford…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"Years later, the family sold the Orchard Street house and Peggy bought Pine Tree Cottage on Academy Street, which had belonged to another Titcomb…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… Whittier Road, (now # 655 Whittier Road). “The orchards had 1,000 or more trees and each fall Lowell bought up Spies and Baldwins (apples) from…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"… was November 1895 in Chicago; in nearby Old Orchard Beach, competitive auto racing on the beach began probably as early as 1903.(2) The first…"

Cumberland Historical Society

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United Society of Shakers

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret

"Apple orchards, that matured ten years after settlement, provided towns with cider, a popular country drink and cash crop."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"The bed and breakfast sits where part of an apple orchard used to be. The orchard ran up the ill in the middle of Guilford, and four of the remaining…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"… stable was built behind the Capitol, and an apple orchard was established just west of the building."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… the English style border gardens in the existing orchard at Thuya Lodge and designed and formed the Japanese inspired Asticou Azalea Garden."

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"He had three large barns and two great orchards. In Patten, he had a street named after him called Dearborn Street."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Apple orchards were quickly established. (More About Farmington's Early Agriculture) Walton's Mill in winterFarmington Historical Society…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… the traveler would proceed on the beach to Old Orchard. For more than one hundred years, the King’s Highway was the only land route between the…"