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John Martin: Expert Observer - Millerite camp meeting, Orrington, 1844
"Millerite camp meeting, Orrington, 1844 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The Millerites, a…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor
"Even during that rough time she helped injured prisoners in the camp. This act of unselfishness shows how heroic she truly was."
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts
"… their own property, built family cottages and “camps,” and the Ryder’s cove summer community began, with people travelling from as far away as…"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview
"Huge shell middens have been found along the shores where natives camped for hundreds of years. After their initial scare by Captain Church's men…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2
"… Goods sold a variety of equipment, including camping supplies, sports equipment and guns.Bangor Historical Society Shep was very energetic, smart…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4
"I shall send you A drawing of our cook tents , Camps, etc. with this to give you an idea of our mode of living."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family
"Sporting camps around Maine loved to have Fly Rod come and visit. She was great publicity! The sporting camps would give her free food and free…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War
"Bangor Soldiers and Prisoner of War Camps Bangor residents in other Maine Company's like Pvt. Alden Ellis, Lieutenant George Anson and George Varney…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War Resources
"Savage, Douglas J. Prison Camps in the Civil War. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2000. Small, Harold A."
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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4
"… Iowa, July 10th, 1862Bangor Historical Society Camp Kearney July10th /62 I sent a letter to you the 7th with Ed Kent but as I received one from…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4
"… March 23, 1862Bangor Historical Society Camp near Potomac Creek Va. March 23 1863 Dear Mother Last nights Mail brought the ever welcome letter and…"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools
"… and writers and spelled correctly in later life. The first school books were the American Preceptor, English Reader, Webster’s Spelling Book…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3
"New York Sportsman's Show booth, 1897 "Camp Oquossoc" displayed expert taxidermy and the latest sporting equipment from all over Maine."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake
"… shoreline is now heavily developed with family camps, cottages and homes. The different fish in Porter Lake are the landlocked salmon and lake…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…
"… son John recalled that during his boyhood Indians camping nearby taught him how to make snowshoes, woodsplint baskets, and a scoop net for fishing."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2
"With his father, Harvard President Charles William Eliot, in Europe, young Charles had use of the family yacht (the Sunshine) and camping gear."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2
"The Champlain Society Champlain Society Camp Pemetic, Mount Desert Island, 1881Mount Desert Island Historical Society Significance of the…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes
"… smell of roasted porpoise also wafted through the camp either because someone was roasting a chunk of porpoise for dinner or boiling its fine oil…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tilson's Hat
"Later that day he reached camp. “Perez Henry Tilson? Perez Henry Tilson?” said the General. “Yes, Sir, I am here,” Henry said."
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Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3
"… are all that remain—aside from the newer built camps which remain largely empty most of the year, it is a quiet place."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid
"They spent the third night on cots made from bows under a low shelter of trees before they found the camp."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter
"Emerson Fales Transcription Camp of Maine 4th Near Bottoms Bridge Eight Miles from Richmond May 27, 1862 Friend Marietta Camp of ME 4th Near Bottoms…"