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Blue Hill, Maine - Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!

"Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!   Blue Hill Bay, ca. 1910 To view our video welcome message, click on the image above: At “the head of the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… Class in front of Blue Hill Academy, Blue Hill, 1893Blue Hill Public Library Blue Hill Academy Ever since the 1790s, residents of Blue Hill…"

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"Kneisel Hall, Blue Hill, Kneisel HallBlue Hill Public Library Kneisel Cottage, Blue Hill, ca. 1916 Kneisel CottageBlue Hill Public Library"

Blue Hill, Maine - Meet Blue Hill's Project Team

"The Blue Hill Library serves children and adults of all backgrounds and circumstances who seek information and the pleasure that comes from the life…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"Blue Hill Inn construction, Blue Hill, 1892Blue Hill Historical Society The Summer Colony. The so-called rusticators came to Blue Hill's summer…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"Dedication of monument to Blue Hill's founders, 1910Blue Hill Historical Society The first European settlers, among them the Osgoods, Parkers…"

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

"Captain John W. Kane, Blue Hill, ca. 1900Blue Hill Historical Society According to the Maine Register of 1850, there were 13 shipbuilders in Blue…"

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

"1900Blue Hill Historical Society A Tight-Knit Community. For most of the 20th Century, the town's summer colony helped make Blue Hill a busy place…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… including what is now known as the town of Blue Hill. For over a century the French and British fought for control of the region and as a result…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting

"Blue Hill Landscape, circa 1910 X By the turn of the century, there were many more houses in Blue Hill, but the landscape remained largely…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"1915Blue Hill Public Library The Blue Hill Fair is many things to many people: entertainment and community, the culmination of hard work and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Some popular places to hike were Blue Hill Mountain and the Blue Hill Falls Bridge. On Parker Point, a tennis court was built in 1912 by George…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Looking for the Lost Cemetery

"… this is the oldest headstone in the town of Blue Hill. Where are all the other headstones of everyone who died before 1800? So far no one has been…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 3 of 3

"… Brown & McAllister Granite Quarry, Blue Hill Bay, ca. 1890Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. However, the largest industry on the island was…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson

"Upon his graduation the town of Blue Hill offered him a permanent position with "the minister's lot" which was to include 5 acres of cleared land, a…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"… Church on the Hill The Old Church on the Hill, ThomastonThe General Henry Knox Museum According to Eaton, the Old Church on the Hill, as it…"

Lincoln, Maine - View of Lincoln from Ballard Hill, ca. 1913

"Fish Hill is seen in the background with the Methodist Church tower seen on the left in front of the hill."

Lincoln, Maine - Ballard Hill School, Lincoln, ca. 1930

"The site selected was a small hill not far from the Penobscot River, called Ballard Hill. The townspeople did most of the work themselves."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… enduring landmark, known as the "Church on the Hill," was first dedicated on November 28, 1828, as the Universalist Church."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… the latter category: Why is there a Buckfield Hill in Byron? What’s the story of the Buckfield and Rumford Falls Railroad, or all those stagecoach…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… the quarrying of lime and trading at Limestone Hill and the wharves at the river. Sloops were built, making regular trips to Boston to transport…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"Montpelier still stood on the hill overlooking the shore, and the waterfront property provided valuable income through leasing before reluctantly…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Paine House

"… built a stately two-and-a-half storey house on a hill overlooking the George's River. He built wharves on the river and had a very successful…"