Keywords: Christian Endeavor Day
Item 15519
Parish House, Woodfords Church, Portland, 1903
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903-02-02 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
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These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.
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Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.
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Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax
"The officers of the company are earnest, Christian gentlemen, and many of their employees are Christians."
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"… his attention as he continued in other business endeavors. The mills closed and property became neglected."
