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Seashore Trolley Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"The Oxford Paper Co. acquired the mill properties in December of 1936, as well as water rights of the Continental Paper Bag Company."

Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"… Valley, supporting merchants, loggers, truckers, property taxes, etc. Rumford itself is the commercial hub of the area, offering supermarkets…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"… would govern the activities and maintain the properties. The Canadian timber holdings were sold to the government; No's."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… News reported that driving rains had caused heavy property and crop damage and that the rail line had been cut: Lincoln Flood, 1947 from July 1…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… (1910-1997), while the big barn, several other properties, including Hilltop House, and about 30 acres of vacant land in Asticou spanning from…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… and the tower up to the lantern became property of the State of Maine, Bureau of Parks and Lands, coveniently adjacent to Quoddy head State park…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… for hiring teachers and looking after school property. At that time there were eight school districts in existence."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… across the river to connect the two Guilford mill properties, and two other enterprises, Sangerville Woolen Co., and Carleton Mill were acquired."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… is still operating today owned by Chastenay Property Management. Notice the J. K. Edes Building is shown at the right in all the photos."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"This property lies in what is now known as the Morgan Bay area of town. Civil War Veterans, West Surry School, Surry, ca."

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

"The mills closed and property became neglected. When the next group of settlers moved in, they took lots of land for themselves."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"… was able to complete the purchase of the Oxford properties from Ethyl Corp. on April 26, 1976 for a sum of 90 million dollars."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… that the state should hold a title to the property..." That’s the clearest statement we’ve seen regarding the state’s motives for purchasing the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"BIW bought up the ravaged properties and expanded, thereby solidifying that part of town as a shipyard."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… subdivided and brokered much of the Dark Harbor property to wealthy summer residents and promoted the island's summer resort industry, which had…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"Meanwhile, the library trustees turned the property over to the town thus creating another town department, the Partnership Food Pantry was…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… ages 13, 12, and 11, to look after the property and tend the cow. They returned in March of the following year, the boys having survived the winter…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… of the sick people, lack of workers, and lack of property. Many of the people in our town would be dead without the hospitals, which means there…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… to raise the new school on the Merrill Knight property. This school was also used for town business there for 25 years."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… the tool used to measure land, staked out property lines using basswood bark, The “men measured off six parcels of land, each 100 rods wide and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… body, collecting payments for destruction of property, and teaching the wrongs of slavery. The principal would also educate his students in the…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"The Bartlett family owned a lot of property and a mill in the North Village. After a fire in 1912, H."

Colby College Special Collections

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