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Historical Items

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Item 110898

St. Regis Village at the river St. Lawrence, New York, ca. 1815

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1815 Location: Waverly Media: Ink on paper
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Item 116545

Lake St. Lawrence, ca. 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1820 Media: Ink on paper

Item 110963

Map of Lake St. Lawrence, 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1814 Media: Ink on paper
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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.

Exhibit

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.

Exhibit

A Celebration of Skilled Artisans

The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, an organization formed to promote and support skilled craftsmen, celebrated civic pride and members' trades with a parade through Portland on Oct. 8, 1841 at which they displayed 17 painted linen banners with graphic and textual representations of the artisans' skills.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"Lawrence Eustis and Stanley Allen, construction of the new complex designed by Waterville architect, C."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"James Lawrence eventually came to live in North Yarmouth and he and his descendents were involved citizens of the town."

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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My Maine Stories

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Story

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.