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Historical Items

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Item 53158

Ground Breaking for Gilman/Redington Cottage, Fairfield, 1915

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: 1915 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 67538

Breaking ground for renovation, Strong Public School, ca. 1996

Contributed by: Mr. & Mrs. Roger Lambert through Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1996 Location: Strong Media: Photographic print

Item 78416

Minot Center Grange ground breaking, 1886

Contributed by: Minot Historical Society Date: 1886 Location: Minot Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Margaret Chase Smith: A Historic Candidacy

When she announced her candidacy for President in January 1964, three-term Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman to seek the nomination of one of the two major political parties.

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Most Inconvenient Storm

A Portland newspaper wrote about an ice storm of January 28, 1886 saying, "The city of Portland was visited yesterday by the most inconvenient storm of the season."

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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.

Site Pages

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"National Blue Ribbon School Breaking ground for renovation, Strong Public School, ca. 1996 Conducting the ceremonial ground breaking at the…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3

"… the windshields and leather seats would crack and break. This would happen in Aroostook County because of the temperatures changing from cold to…"

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Historic Hallowell - A Walk On The Streets During The Ice Storm

"… violent storm And now, walking down the street Breaking the silence is the tapping of my feet As I walk the streets I round a bend Hoping this…"

My Maine Stories

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My Story of Trauma
by Anonymous (Maine Correction Center)

The process of being incarcerated is traumatic. This is my story.

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Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR

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A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down