Keywords: Camp Benson
Item 100830
Contributed by: Pittsfield Historical Society Date: 1894 Location: Newport Media: Ink on paper
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Samantha Smith editorial cartoon, 1983
Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: 1983 Media: Ink on paper
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Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
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Samantha Smith, a Manchester schoolgirl, gained international fame in 1983 by asking Soviet leader Yuri Andropov whether he intended to start a nuclear war and then visiting the Soviet Union to be reassured that no one there wanted war.
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4
"… 1836 to Charles Savage Homer and Henrietta Benson Homer. His mother, an amateur watercolorist, was Homer’s first teacher."
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