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

"… facilitated development of inland areas and made trade and travel by land easier. In 1941 the Maine State Legislature passed an act to create an…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"… is listed, but women soon found the trade lucrative. Kitty Kentuck (ca. 1810-1866), was the street name for Portland's most celebrated liquor…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"The lumber trade, which had been the prinicipal means for purchasing provisions was in enemy hands. Food was practically non-existent."

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Harness racing at the Bass Park, Bangor, ca. 1915

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… theatrical performances, political conventions, trade shows, and many other events. The Bangor State Fair Race horses with keepers at Bass…"

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Members of the Lawrence family at Riverside Farm, North Yarmouth, 1895

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… primarily carnations, for the state’s wholesale trade. Howard C. Blanchard built two small greenhouses in 1914, and later constructed two larger…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… to the Atlantic ocean which was crucial for trade and commerce. Slack Tide "Now...this our petition...will represent our distressed case and…"

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… lands of this area, but were largely content to trade and in some cases convert the native peoples to Catholicism."

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

"Occasionally the two groups traded goods since the availability of products was scarce at this early time of the town."

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Aerial view looking toward Lubec, ca. 1950

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… have soldering irons, the essential tool of their trade. Judging from the description of who did what in the can-making departments in Hall and in…"