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Historical Items

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Item 18521

Notre Dame de la Sagesse Convent bell, Saint Agatha, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Ste. Agathe Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Saint Agatha Media: Brass

Item 149022

Main Street, Saint Agatha, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: circa 1940 Location: Saint Agatha Media: Photographic postcard

Item 35390

Crucifix belonging to Father John Bapst, ca. 1850

Contributed by: John Bapst Memorial High School Date: circa 1850 Location: Bangor Media: Wood

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151602

St. Mary's Episcopal Chapel, Falmouth, 1901-1924

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1901–1924 Location: Falmouth Client: The Episcopal Church of Saint Mary's Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Item 151338

Maine Building for Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1903

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903–1904 Location: St. Louis, MO Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
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Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

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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La St-Jean in Lewiston-Auburn

St-Jean-Baptiste Day -- June 24th -- in Lewiston-Auburn was a very public display of ethnic pride for nearly a century. Since about 1830, French Canadians had used St. John the Baptist's birthdate as a demonstration of French-Canadian nationalism.

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Aroostook County Railroads

Construction of the Bangor and Aroostook rail lines into northern Aroostook County in the early twentieth century opened the region to tourism and commerce from the south.

Site Pages

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 5 of 5

"… one that was not even solved by identifying the Saint Croix River as the boundary. The fundamental issue was that, in the years since Champlain’s…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"Champlain map copy, Saint Croix or Bone Island, ca. 1799Maine Historical Society The border work of the 1790s, skillfully assessed by David…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"Lawrence, and used Champlain’s Saint Croix River as a western boundary. Yet Alexander’s attempt to actually make good on his grant by transporting…"