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Music in Maine - Community Music

Music in Maine - Community Music

"In Maine, Sea shanties sung by sailors develop slow and fast structures depending on the task, from a few pulls on a rope to more detailed rigging of…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… Gilbert Hillman, a bit of a wanderer, went to sea on a whaling ship that sailed around Cape Horn."

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President Abraham Lincoln, ca. 1862

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… he married Ellen Maria Marston, daughter of the sea captain Levi Marston. The couple lived in Massachusetts for a time, but James's ill…"

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Survey Chart, Islesboro, 1884

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… The earliest settlers lived from the land and sea. They grew their food, raised animals, fished and clammed."

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SEE NOTE Detail of USGS Topographical Map of Bath, 2000

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… installation of William Zorach’s “Spirit of the Sea” statue in City Park in 1959, and the addition of a swimming pool to the YMCA building at…"

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Main Street, Walnut Hill, North Yarmouth, 1910

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… sailed on the tide down the Kennebec River to the sea. During the years of the Embargo Act, this waterway was of little use for trade, but the road…"