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Historical Items

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Item 9045

Bicycle Race at Fairfield, 1888

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1888-10-11 Location: Fairfield; Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 53145

Mr. Freeman and Miss Kendrick, Fairfield, 1920

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: 1920 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 51738

Sunrise fireplace, Fairfield, ca. 1930

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1930 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Good Will-Hinckley: Building a Landscape

The landscape at the Good Will-Hinckley campus in Fairfield was designed to help educate and influence the orphans and other needy children at the school and home.

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A Craze for Cycling

Success at riding a bike mirrored success in life. Bicycling could bring families together. Bicycling was good for one's health. Bicycling was fun. Bicycles could go fast. Such were some of the arguments made to induce many thousands of people around Maine and the nation to take up the new pastime at the end of the nineteenth century.

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Educating Oneself: Carnegie Libraries

Industrialist Andrew Carnegie gave grants for 20 libraries in Maine between 1897 and 1912, specifying that the town own the land, set aside funds for maintenance, have room to expand -- and offer library services at no charge.

Site Pages

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"8 Presque Isle beat No. 1 Lawrence of Fairfield (86-81) in double overtime.” Eric Russell said (BDN 7 Mar, 05), “If you looked at the seedings, the…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… Van Buren's emissary, convinced Governor Fairfield to resolve this dispute with Great Britain through negotiations."

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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