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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"… active FOL was responsible for many fund raising activities, including talent shows, musicales at the Herbert Hotel and Winter’s Inn in Kingfield…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… The summer community bustled with leisure activities such as carriage rides, day hikes, evening lectures, small gatherings for tea and family…"

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

"… “Quicklime.” By the 1820s, waterfront-shipping activities had been relocated to the George's River from Mill Creek/River."

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Maine Maritime Museum

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Bangor Historical Society

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Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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Margaret Chase Smith Library

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Presque Isle Historical Society

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Islesboro Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"… teacher Crystal Knapp Polk with class mapping activities in the Strong Elementary School and wrote an exhibit on Cornelia "Fly Rod" Crosby."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"In its early days, the GAR limited its activities merely to fraternal activities. Members soon began discussing politics, and their growing interest…"

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… Surry today is a vibrant town boasting an active, creative, and diverse citizenry, many of whom are involved in service organizations such as the…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew

"… Swan's Island she is a school board member, is an active member of the Historical Society and does silk painting."

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Mount Desert Island Historical Society

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Westbrook Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"… More Hannibal Hamlin, other political figures and activities, Martin's apple trees   Part 4, pages 65-83 Lincoln's first inaugural address…"

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Early Maine Photography - Art

"… the Readfield artist Jonathan Treadwell, who was active in the 1840s. Julia Clapp Carroll, ca. 1855Maine Historical Society An image of…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"Company (Check that HENRY) He remained active in overseeing his property until he was past eighty years old."

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Welcome - Valkommen

"Maine officials actively recruited several hundred immigrants from Sweden who came and formed the nucleus of a vibrant Swedish community."

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Historic Hallowell - The Stevens Training Center Serenaders

"… attended classes and participated in many other activities like singing. The Serenaders. a group of seventeen girls, along with the school…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Bethany Baptist Church

"… redid the basement into rooms to expand the activities within the church. In 1952, the Bethany Baptist Church members decided to add an additional…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… Knox's involvement, lime quarrying was still an active industry in Thomaston.Maine Historical Society Lime was already an active industry in…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Historical Society

"… Thomaston Historical Society is among the most active historical societies in Maine and has published a number of books."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Sources

"pertaining for the most part to General Knox's activities in Maine; also including papers of Samuel Waldo, Thomas Flucker and Isaac Winslow."