Maine Memory Network

Davistown Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… from the Congregational Church, used the church building as they raised money to build their own church."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… was very important to Hampden during the 18th and 19th centuries providing resources and jobs. The schooner Dispatch, built in 1793, is recorded as…"

Skowhegan History House

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"After the start of the 20th century, students had less pressure to support the family farm, and education became more important."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"At the turn of the 20th century, Postmaster Nelson Walker was also the town’s undertaker. At that time, licensing and embalming were not required…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… Agricultural Roots By the midpoint in the 19th century, our two towns, though separate, were similar in many ways."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"In the late 19th century, as paper mills, textile mills, and shoe factories proliferated along the Androscoggin, additional waves of immigrants, in…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Steam powered the 19th Century, and eventually fog signals at lighthouses. That shed first housed a hot-air horn, then in 1868 a steam whistle…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"In the 19th century, other local products were manufactured including those made from steel and iron including cider mills, axes, scythes, and other…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"1900 In the 19th and early 20th centuries, steamship was the preferred means of travel to Mount Desert Island.Mount Desert Island Historical Society…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… could visit and learn about education in the 19th century. Frequently retired teachers played the part of the teacher – coming back to spend a day…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… educational-cultural movement popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which traveled to the area from 1916-1932."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… the mother of a famous Opera Diva into the late 19th century. The Titcomb Family Lydia Titcomb's Parchment This is dated 1819."