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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… 1909Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Source Notes 1.Scarborough Historical Society Collection: Railroads 2.See note 1 above."

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

"Looking for Educator Resources for this exhibit? Source Notes 1. William S. Southgate, The History of Scarborough from 1633 to 1783 (Portland…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"Sources 1. School: The Story of American Public Education, http://www.pbs.org/kcet/publicschool/ 2. Susan Dudley Gold, ed., Scarborough at 350…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… Museum Well into the early 1900s salt hay was a source of income for owners of marsh acreage. To increase yield and thus profits, large-scale…"

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Brick Store Museum

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 1 of 4

"… and Pejepscot Proprietors position men as the primary economic actors in White New Englanders’ settlement of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century…"

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Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2

"References from primary sources Lubec Herald, “Tragedy Takes Lives of Twelve Children,” Thursday, June 25, 1936."

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village Schools

"North New Portland High, primary school, grammar school and the Green Schoolhouse are all names used for the building."

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Colby College Special Collections

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… residents could afford horses so walking was the primary means of transportation. For those who did not go to sea for a living, time was spent…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Although its primary purpose was to transport freight and goods, the Aroostook Valley Railway boasted a small passenger service."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… Isle region, the Maliseets (Malecite) were the primary resident people who called themselves Wolastuqiyik, people of the beautiful river, or people…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… true for North Yarmouth, since it had lost its primary commercial center when the village of Yarmouth seceded from North Yarmouth in August 1849."

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… 1910Presque Isle Historical Society Although its primary purpose was to transport freight and goods, the Aroostook Valley Railway boasted a small…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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