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Lisbon Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"… of the deteriorating piers can still be seen the Androscoggin river, above the High Bridge, in the Virginia Area of Rumford."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 4 of 4

"… “Pennacook Falls”, tells the story of our great Androscoggin, without which there would be no Rumford: PENNACOOK FALLS Rumford Falls Maine…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… Company Rumford Falls Sulfite Company, Rumford Falls Publishing Company, Rumford Falls Boom Company, Rumford Falls Light and Water Company, Rumford…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… Rumford in 1893, below the Great Falls of the Androscoggin, is still going strong and remains the engine of the local economy. Young Edmund S."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… the Congregational Church and extended along the Androscoggin River to beyond the Farrington Cemetery to Duntile Street."

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

"… to be constructed between the canal and the Androscoggin River. He generously contributed lands for various churches to be built in Rumford."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… were the Rumford Falls Paper Company, Rumford Falls Power Company, and the Rumford Falls and Rangeley Lakes Railroad."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… agent to procure the riparian rights along the Androscoggin River above and below the Rumford Falls. Hugh J. Chisholm, Rumford, ca."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"The Androscoggin River and its tributaries are now relatively free of pollution and are suitable for swimming, boating, and fishing in the Rumford…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"Hugh heard of the great water falls of the Androscoggin River located in Rumford, Maine and made venture to see for himself."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… Rumford Falls Times, August, 4, 1923 Rumford Falls Times, July 20, 1988 Poem by John McInnis Rumford Falls Times, November 29, 1929 Lewiston Sun…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… the New Hampshire border on the south side of the Androscoggin River and was bordered by Township Number Two (now known as Milton Plantation)…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 5 of 5

"… (Merrymeeting Bay), and the names of falls on the Androscoggin, including Amitgonpontekok (Twenty Miles Falls), which divided Pejepscook from…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"… Thurston’s or “winter" School on the shore of the Androscoggin River near the Aaron Graham/Bartlett/Welch farm, which the south-side children…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"The Androscoggin River Valley towns of MSAD’s 21 and 43 have traditionally close ties, and that part of the merger made a natural fit."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 1 of 6

"Androscoggin River area map, 1771Maine Historical Society At the heart of all three collections lie conflicting ideas about land and property."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 1 of 4

"Namely, the Androscoggin River where the Pejepscot Proprietors sold parcels for major settlements, and the Kennebec River watershed where the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"In the spring of 1900, the new Bag Factory at Rumford Falls was started; in December of 1900, the bag machines from the New York plant were shipped…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Buckfield

"High School Portland and Rumford Falls Sunday Paper Train August 1898, BuckfieldGreater Rumford Area Historical Society Buckfield was first…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"The Rumford Falls Power Co.'s ability to generate adequate power for the paper manufacture and all the residential homes and businesses in the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 3 of 3

"… District Report to the Trustees of the Rumford Falls and Mexico Water Supply District, January 17, 1913, by Walter H."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"SEE NOTE Dam Construction at Rumford Falls, ca 1895Greater Rumford Area Historical Society A study was conducted in 1985, prompted by the high price…"