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Site Pages
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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…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell
"The Old Ell under Mame's custody and management was a safe place to learn a musical instrument, play a game, make friends with animals such as dogs…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4
"… New York City and provided lobster meat to many Old Orchard Beach, Saco and Scarborough restaurants and area take-out establishments."
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"According to local history, Swan's close friend General Henry Knox used this structure as a model for the Knox Mansion in Thomaston."
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"They all have family trees… and they’re all ‘bon vivant’ whatever, but they’re not rich.” She continues, "The next sort of people who came… were kind…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview
"And a new non-profit group, Friends of the Zorach Fountain, completed restoration of the “Spirit of the Sea” in 2005."
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Colby College Special Collections
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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Scarborough Historical Society & Museum
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block
"Galen Moses and friends, Bath, ca. 1890Patten Free Library Some of the key people that were associated with the Columbian Block at 168 through 194…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse
"At then end of his letter his says “Tongue cannot tell neither can imagination picture what we suffered bodily and mentally." Charles T."
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection
"On the advice of his friend President Warren G. Harding, Hale hired a new manager, and reorganized the entire layout of the paper, much to the dismay…"
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"… 1605McArthur Public Library Gorges engaged his friend Richard Vines to lead a settlement over the winter of 1616-1617, specifically to prove that…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru
"Seven more sons and daughters followed them later. They brought in and stored their vegetables, butchered one of the beef critters, and hung the…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us
"Great Harbor Maritime Museum Friends of Island History X Mount Desert Island Historical Society, Mount Desert, (207) 276-9323 The Mount Desert…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4
"Scarborough, ME: Friends of the Scarborough 350th, 2007 Holland, Rupert Sargent. The Story of Prouts Neck."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication
"… a New York lawyer, brought his family and their friends, 27 in all, for a whole month. Though other prominent visitors had visited the island…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4
"Cammock and Jocelyn had known each other at Piscataqua where Cammock had been an agent of Gorges and Mason until he assumed proprietorship of his…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4
"Friend Henry Jocelyn joined Cammock and his wife, Margaret, in 1635 and another house was built above Ferry Rock at the mouth of the Black Point or…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4
"MacMillan, a school friend of his. In 1897, he played one of his violins, made from parts of an old schoolhouse that had been on Ross Road, at the…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4
"It ceased operation in the 1920s and the building moved.(5) It was later burned down as a training exercise for firefighters."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway
"… Linking the Past to the Present (Scarborough, ME: Friends of the Scarborough 350th, 2007), 104-105. 8…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Theater
"… people would rather go to one and hang out with friends there than at the beach skating. People all over the world like to be able to go with…"