Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - General Henry Knox Museum

"… educators, encouraged and advised by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough, a frequent presenter."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Building Boom, early 19th century

"… century of Thomaston’s development that so many prize architectural examples remain. Industries of all types were on the rise – lime quarrying…"

Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 1 of 5

"… received several awards, including the Bancroft Prize for American History and Diplomacy and the New England Society Book Award for Historical…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… vied with each other on muddy roads for the prizes. At the Guilford Memorial Library, antiques were on display."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"One of the first few was a prize declamation which offered students a chance to compete and win prizes by singing, reading, or reciting poems or…"

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

""Tiger Returns Victorious as Hallowell Boys Take Prize for Best Uniforms." The Kennebec Journal [augusta] 1937. Laberge, Mike."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"The same violin received second prize at a contest in St. Petersburg, Florida, and was later exhibited on television."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… no auditorium before 1970, graduations, plays, prize speaking, proms and all manner of school productions were held at the Opera House."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… wagons to Society meetings, they brought their prize horse, cow, sheep and perhaps a pig to show off to the other farmers."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… the community, and to compete and win ribbons and prizes. The cattle, sheep, goats, work horses, hogs and poultry on display range from magnificent…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… part of the nineteenth century, the stone was prized for the construction of bridges and large buildings in fast-growing American cities."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… books, A Piece Of The World won the New England Prize for fiction and the Maine Literary Award as well as many others."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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