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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold In 1912, a multi-racial community of about forty-five people was evicted by the state of Maine from Malaga…"

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… offered his apologies for the state’s action in 1912. “To the descendants,” he declared, “I will tell you as a governor, I will say, we apologize…"

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… George Pease, visited the island in February of 1912 and all of the islanders hid. He came upon a young boy and told him to tell the others to come…"

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"… Power Relations on Malaga Island, Maine, 1880-1912, 1991, Masters Thesis, University of Southern Maine, American and New England Studies Program."

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Listen to the entire "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"Listen to the entire "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary Listen to the entire documentary or by chapter. Download the MP3 file."

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - About the Project

"About the Project Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold had its genesis in a classroom. A student at The Salt Institute for Documentary Studies…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Julia Harris May poetry collection, 1903

"… by Julia Harris May, a resident of Strong, 1833-1912. This collection, Looking for the Stars and Other Poems, is subtitled "A souvenir of Franklin…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle’s Historic Fire Station

"The original hose house was replaced because it was in disrepair and wasn’t large enough to fit the equipment, horses and firemen. The 1912 building…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2

"He died in New York City on July 8, 1912 at age 67. SOURCES: Hugh J. Chisholm’s Magic Town, 1882-1912, by Peter A."

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Historic Hallowell - Classical and Scientific Academy

"Atlantic Reporter, Volume 82, page 434, 1912. Next steps in the stroll through Hallowell ~ Maine Industrial School for Girls."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Today

"Morse Boatbuilding Co. established in 1912, Lyman Morse Boatbuilding Co. is well known in the custom-boatbuilding world, and continues to produce a…"

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Palmyra Historical Society

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Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Thompson's Memorial

"After Thompson died in 1912, Frank Barney, his son, became the sole owner of the business. Barney’s daughter, Glenda, married Oscar Tagget, and…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Green's Department Store

"The old building was lost to a fire in the year 1912. Maurice Klein, from New York, rebuilt the building from brick in 1914."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Oak Hotel

"She had been a photographer since 1912 and wanted to expand her business. Mary Oak passed away at the age of 71 in 1962 leaving her relatives the…"

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Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 2 of 3

"… 1908-09 Guilford Historical Society In 1911, 1912, and 1913 they didn’t do very good because they were moving around too much."

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Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"Shettleworth, Jr. Gridley Barrows (1912-1999) was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1912. His father was an engineer, and his mother was an artist."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 4 of 4

"1890; Hugh J. Chisholm’s Magic Town, 1882-1912, by Peter McKenna (Master’s Thesis); The Oxford Story, A History of the Oxford Paper Company…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 1 of 2

"… by Martha Riley, 1912Maine Historical Society In 1912, Mabel Haskell, the granddaughter of James Haskell, founder of the Haskell Silk Company…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"in 1912, one of the longest operating boatbuilding businesses in Thomaston. Prior to the 1980s, the firm had worked on close to 300 vessels."

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Presque Isle Historical Society

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Poland Spring Preservation Society

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Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… (1895), the Masonic Temple on Congress Street (1912), the Exposition Building on Park Avenue (1914), and the Rich Building (1892) and the Union…"