Keywords: Maine Infantry, 17th Regiment (1861-1865)
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Site Pages
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War
"He enlisted from Strong in Company G, 17th Maine Infantry, on August 18, 1862. Thomas was taken prisoner at Chancellorsville, Virginia, on May 3…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources
"… Oxford University Press, 1995 Civil War Regiments from Maine, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlin, Federal Publishing Company, 1908, reprint 2003…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family
"… in 1869 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US 7th Cavalry Regiment. In 1872, Porter became a 1st lieutenant and fought in Indian warfare on the American…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About MCHP
"… range of themes and topics in Maine history; Maine History Online, a comprehensive survey of Maine history organized by time period and theme…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 2 of 3
"Larissa Vigue Picard, Maine Memory's Community Partnership Coordinator for the three teams, has guided the teams' website development."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3
"She was engaged by the Maine Central Railroad to help market the Rangeley Lakes as a popular destination for tourism."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Cheese Factory
"Located on Upper Main Street, the cheese factory operated for several years, starting in 1871. This factory had been organized by local farmers, and…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3
"Strong Historical Society The Maine Central employed Crosby as a writer and sent her all over the east coast to represent the Maine Woods at…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research
"So many Maine soldiers perished or migrated as a result of the War that the rural population was affected."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3
"… Strong Historical Society received a grant from Maine Historical Society, through the Maine Community Heritage Project, to develop a web-based…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad
"… were large amounts of untouched woods in Western Maine, but the only way to effectively transport the harvested timber to southern markets was by…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3
"… in 1848 on a knoll overlooking Depot Street and Main Street. The church was dedicated in 1849. For more than 100 years, it served its members, but…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation
"Before motors were made the Maine guides had to row wooden boats and canoes a lot around the local ponds and lakes."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women
"… school in Kentucky for a time they returned to Maine. The sisters operated a private school for girls in Farmington, known as Wendall Institute…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong
"For a time birch pulp wood was shipped from Maine to him in Boston, but he soon realized that he needed to relocate his operations to a site where…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools
"… was erected for them next to their home on Upper Main Street, presently the home of Anthony Nichols."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Welcome to Strong
"… the stories that shaped this small community and its inhabitants in the western mountains of Maine. Click Here To View All Of Our Online Items"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 3 of 3
"… with the society’s start of the yearlong Maine Memory project to research and map local homes, businesses and townspeople’s lives after the Civil…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4
"George Washington was not yet President, and Maine was still part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School
"… Left Behind Blue Ribbon School, an award based on Maine educational assessment scores over at least five years."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3
"According to Maine State Grange records, Strong's Aurora (No. 202) Grange was organized by J. O Kyes, with John Dyer serving as First Master."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong
"He died at the Maine State Prison after only serving six years, proclaiming his innocence to the day he died."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake
"The salmon and brook trout are occasionally stocked to make fishing even more popular. See Maine Fish Species Return to Student Research"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3
"… of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Maine, held annual field days and occasional picnics for members' families."