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Historical Items

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Item 31964

Flood, Joppa at the Lower End, Hallowell, 1936

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: 1936 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 35490

Stream at low water, Aroostook County, ca. 1900

Contributed by: D'Anne Baillargeon through Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Date: circa 1900 Media: Glass Negative

Online Exhibits

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High Water

Melting snow, ice, warmer temperatures, and rain sometimes bring floods to Maine's many rivers and streams. Floods are most frequent in the spring, but can occur at any season.

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Clean Water: Muskie and the Environment

Maine Senator Edmund S. Muskie earned the nickname "Mr. Clean" for his environment efforts during his tenure in Congress from 1959 to 1980. He helped created a political coalition that passed important clean air and clean water legislation, drawing on his roots in Maine.

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The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History

After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.

Site Pages

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Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"It is probably nearer the mark to place it at $100,000,000.” Plant #2 at Canal Electrolytic Marine Salts Company Plant #2 under construction at…"

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… 1900s 1900 • Census results – 3,005 1902 • Lubec Water & Electric District established – water mains laid throughout village and outlying areas…"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Act of Incorporation, included Dudley, Frederic, Mark and Rogers Islands. It was reported that Jonathan Weston suggested the name for one of the…"

My Maine Stories

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A Story in a Stick
by Jim Moulton

A story about dowsing for a well in Bowdoin

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Hooch Mum and my Vietnam service
by Jim Barrows

A poem about being a medic, saving Vietnamese people and babies. Sometimes we trusted too much.

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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.