Advertisement, B.F. Hamilton, Saco, 1856
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Dyer Library/Saco Museum
As a result of this increased need for goods, an array of local merchants thrived in the area.
Shops sprang up selling everything from fancy silks and jewelry to cigars and groceries.
Twenty-three new streets were laid out and 600 stores and houses were built in less than a decade in Biddeford alone.
The decade between 1845 and 1855 has been called the most hectic, most crowded and most booming time in Biddeford's history.
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