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Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"A Real Downeast County Fair Collaboratively written by The Bay School's eighth grade: Noah Cimeno, Aphelion Crampton, Alexander Heilner, Loriman…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"Franklin County Agricultural Fair There were many categories for judging at the fair. The men showed the animals, while the women showed off their…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Fair souvenir, Farmington Public Library, 1890

"Fair souvenir, Farmington Public Library, 1890 Contributed by Farmington Public Library Description The newly formed Library Association…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Places

"… Brick Inn Farmington's First Grist Mill Franklin County Agricultural Fair Lowell's General Store Measuring Rock Meeting House Park North Church"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Index

"… School - Education Franklin County Agricultural Fair - Agriculture, Places Jacob Abbott - People, Education John Frank Stevens - People Lowell's…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"(More About Franklin County Agricultural Fair) U.S. Census The questions asked during the 1840 census show that the U.S."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"The schoolhouse is now open during the Farmington Fair, and has an amazing collection of old school memorabilia from the Red Schoolhouse’s heyday."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Since that time, the Farmington Fair has been the county’s premier autumn social event. “Throughout its history [the farmington fair] has proved of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"Their morning dawned fairly, and I hope their setting sun may be as cloudless. So far as temporal comforts are concerned, I should think they might…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… those persons who may wish to attend the State Fair at Augusta. August 25, 1870: Up to Tuesday night, 20th, the Railroad Company had driven about…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - North Church

"… 1898, the Women's Alliance held an annual May Day fair, which raised funds to maintain the church until it was passed on to the Farmington…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Bob Marley

"His first show was at a local health fair. Once he graduated from the University of Maine at Farmington in 1992, he continued his career in comedy."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… town would host the first academy in Hancock County. The people of Castine were disappointed, since they had sent a request for a high school…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… of the building itself, the Music Hall was a fairly large, rectangular structure designed for large social functions."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"Guilford Fair Guilford Fair - 1929Guilford Historical Society Guilford Fair - 1954Guilford Historical Society In the early part of the…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"The North New Portland Fair was one event that children saved their money for. They would pay 10 cents to get on a ride and the favorite was the…"

Cumberland Historical Society

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"However poorly Maine's native peoples faired after contact with Europeans, only the southwestern tribes would disappear altogether--driven from their…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"Cumberland Farmers Club. “The Cumberland County Fair.” www.cumberlandfair.com Cumberland Farmers Market."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… to Jehovah’s Witness; the Northern Maine Fair is still an important rite of summer, WAGM transformed itself from an AM radio station to a…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"The date of the first Guilford Fair is uncertain but appears to have been some time in the late 1800’s."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"… lunches at the mills, had booths at the county fair, and sold chances on quilts and other donated items."

Acadian Archives

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"… for only one day in Washington D.C., so they were fairly unprepared. Eventually, they were stationed in St. Martinsville, Louisiana."