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Item 122786

Plymouth Company Records, box 1/1, 1625–1665

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1625–1665 Location: Auburn; Augusta; Barnstable; Brunswick; Cahennewagen; Damarascotty River; Eastham; Fairfield; Marshfield; Menhigan; Niniganes; Pemaquit; Phipcot; Rehoboth; Richmond; Sagadahoc; Sagadehoc; Sandwich; Scituate; Taunton; Topsham; Winslow; Yarmouth Media: Ink on Paper

Item 122804

Plymouth Company Records, box 1/18, ca. 1757

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1757 Location: Dresden; Waldo Media: Ink on Paper

Item 122801

Plymouth Company Records, box 1/15, ca. 1755

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1755 Location: Richmond Media: Ink on Paper

Tax Records

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Item 32940

68-70 Beckett Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Grace T Miles Use: Dwelling - Two family

Item 35927

17 Casco Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Miles J Keating Use: Lunch Cart

Item 63669

49 Moody Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Grace T. Miles Use: Dwelling - Three Family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109769

Plan of Grand Stand for Maine Mile Track Association, South Portland, ca. 1888

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1888 Location: South Portland Client: Maine Mile Track Association Architect: George M. Coombs

Item 109879

Hotel for Rigby Park and Grand Stand, Cape Elizabeth, 1893-1894

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1893–1894 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Maine Mile Track Association Architect: George M. Coombs

Item 111469

Mayor residence elevations, Hanover, NH, 1999-2000

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1999–2000 Location: Hanover Clients: Michael Mayor; Elizabeth Mayor Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson, Architect

Online Exhibits

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Presque Isle and the Civil War

Presque Isle had fewer than 1,000 residents in 1860, but it still felt the impact of the Civil War. About half of the town's men went off to war. Of those, a third died. The effects of the war were widespread in the small community.

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Powering Pejepscot Paper Co.

In 1893, F.C. Whitehouse of Topsham, who owned paper mills in Topsham and Lisbon Falls, began construction of a third mill on the eastern banks of the Androscoggin River five miles north of Topsham. First, he had to build a dam to harness the river's power.

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A Brief History of Colby College

Colby originated in 1813 as Maine Literary and Theological Institution and is now a small private liberal arts college of about 1,800 students. A timeline of the history and development of Colby College from 1813 until the present.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"… Mountains were covered by heavy ice, blocking 850 miles of trails and roads. All that ice from the storm destroyed power lines, which caused tons…"

Site Page

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… another settlement was established about three miles up river on a 1,000-acre tract of land owned by the Alger brothers."

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Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… a short line chartered March 1, 1870 to run 18.8 miles from Bangor to Bucksport. The line was surveyed in the fall of 1872, and construction began…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

A Note from a Maine-American
by William Dow Turner

With 7 generations before statehood, and 5 generations since, Maine DNA carries on.

Story

My father's world - the old farm in Richmond, Maine
by Donald C. Cunningham

A story about my father and our family.

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The Oakfield Inn
by Rodney Duplisea

This is a summarized article about the opening of the Oakfield Inn. It appeared in the Bangor Daily