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Keywords: Fair River

Historical Items

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Item 33887

Aerial oblique view of Blue Hill Fair, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: 1915 Location: Blue Hill Media: Postcard

Item 28724

Dorcas Fair, Appalachian Club, Buxton, 1912

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1912 Location: Buxton Media: Photographic print

Item 122826

Plymouth Company Records, box 2/22, 1768–1769

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1768–1769 Location: Dresden Media: Ink on Paper

Online Exhibits

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"We are growing to be somewhat cosmopolitan..." Waterville, 1911

Between 1870 and 1911, Waterville more than doubled in size, becoming a center of manufacturing, transportation, and the retail trade and offering a variety of entertainments for its residents.

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The Barns of the St. John River Valley: Maine's Crowning Jewels

Maine's St. John River Valley boasts a unique architectural landscape. A number of historical factors led to the proliferation of a local architectural style, the Madawaska twin barn, as well as a number of building techniques rarely seen elsewhere. Today, these are in danger of being lost to time.

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Student Exhibit: The Great By-Pass

The debate over a proposed bridge and bypass in Skowhegan in 2005.

Site Pages

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"During the 1800's a fair number of African Americans made Bangor their home. John Holyoke, a man from Brewer, was another abolitionist from the…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"The original building was fairly small for a hospital and it is unbelievable to see how substantially it has grown into a major operation."

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"… for only one day in Washington D.C., so they were fairly unprepared. Eventually, they were stationed in St. Martinsville, Louisiana."

My Maine Stories

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Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler

How hunting has impacted my life

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Lionel "Toots" Bouthot: A life filled with music
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

From the age of 5, a lifetime of contributing to the musical fabric of Biddeford.

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John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.