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Item 34560

Dr. Joseph H. Lombard, Brunswick, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1880 Location: Brunswick; Bath Media: Photographic print

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Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland

The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.

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Civil War Soldiers Impact Pittsfield

Although not everyone in town supported the war effort, more than 200 Pittsfield men served in Civil War regiments. Several reminders of their service remain in the town.

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Les Raquetteurs

In the early 1600s, French explorers and colonizers in the New World quickly adopted a Native American mode of transportation to get around during the harsh winter months: the snowshoe. Most Northern societies had some form of snowshoe, but the Native Americans turned it into a highly functional item. French settlers named snowshoes "raquettes" because they resembled the tennis racket then in use.

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… is currently Route 88 in Cumberland Foreside, was chartered. The line began operating in August 1898, and soon had service every half hour from 6…"

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"The charter of a mill with a real estate value of $75,000 was obtained in 1882. After several changes in ownership, the company was named Lincoln…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… for a Normal School, the Academy gave up their charter and closed the doors. (1864) (Butler’s History of Farmington) The Abbott School…"