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Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"Born in 1850 in Levigliani, Italy he came to America with his parents in 1877 at the age of 27. As a youth Protasio worked in the marble quarries of…"

Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Lasting Legacies

"… one that is linked to the earliest settlement of America, and began in what might seem like the most unlikely of places -- a wilderness area well…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Elizabeth Akers Allen, née Chase

"Moulton. p. 18. Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1908). Who's who in America. Marquis Who's Who."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"… in the Great Seal of the United States of America in 1782) proudly on her stern. Dunn and Elliot's Sail Loft, Thomaston, Maine 2008Thomaston…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857

"… ascension of a yellow silk balloon named "Young America." It was the first balloon ascension in Bangor."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"… since the Treaty of Versailles, post-World War I America reveled in the exposition of military prowess."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 4 of 4

"is a historian of women and gender in early America and the Atlantic World. At the time this essay was written (2022), Prof."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"… colonial process that remade northeastern North America as Euro-American space. Nonetheless, the long-lasting international border of 1842 is not…"

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

"Allen, Bem P., Growing Up White in America, 2007, iUniverse, Inc., New York. Batignani, Karen Wentworth, Maine’s Coastal Cemeteries, A Historic Tour…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony

"… job it was to promote the idea of immigration to America under the Homestead Act. William Widgery (known as "W.W.") Thomas graduated from Bowdoin…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Source Materials

"… 2005, Princeton Architectural Press ‘Images of America Mount Desert Island’ – by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. and Lydia B."

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"… the power of water and gravity so critical to America's development. A walk along the stream bank reveals pieces of chalk and flint to this day…"

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"government and all of the states in America have enforced laws against child labor. Most other countries have laws against child labor too, but they…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

"… State." National Park Service - Experience Your America. 13 Apr. 2009 <http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/bystate.htm>."

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

"The population of colonial America was doubling with each generation. The French and Indian wars were winding down."

Belfast Historical Society

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Baldwin Historical Society

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Seal Cove Auto Museum

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Poland Spring Preservation Society

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Hudson Museum

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Franco-American Collection

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

"… has lost one of its most famous people and America has lost its most famous woman sportsman. May her soul rest in peace.” Today, Fly Rod’s legacy…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"… Byron, who had just come from England to visit America. Mendearth Mine, Byron, ca. 1900Byron Historical Society In the early years Byron was…"

Cary Memorial Library

"… Louise Cary was born in Wayne in 1841 and was America's first operatic prima donna. The Wayne Historical Society and the Town Archival Board…"