Keywords: Augusta
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Site Pages
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library
"… of free books from the Maine State Library in Augusta. These were accessed by Lena Atwood, working in her garage and assisted by Marilyn Gorman…"
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES
"Maine. Adjutant General. Augusta (Me.) : Stevens & Sayward, printers to the state, 1862- 1867. (C) Annual report of the municipal officers of the…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family
"… Thurza, Jeremy, Eunice, Alexander, Elias, Augusta, Ezekiel, Sarah, and Catherine. Mr. Porter was a very good craftsman."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4
"… mail carriers through the wilderness north of Augusta. The first mail route to Strong was established in 1819."
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work
"From 1878 to 1889 he captained the Augusta E. Herrick, a large schooner, and acquired his reputation as a very successful halibut fisherman."
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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3
"… from Portland, then the state capital, to Augusta to speak at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the new State House."
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection
"Gannet would also go onto purchase Augusta newspaper the Kennebec Journal. Guy Gannett’s only printing experience came from working for his father…"
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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - About the Project
"… exhibit “Malaga Island: Fragmented Lives” in Augusta in 2012. For Kate Philbrick and myself, we are incredibly thankful for your interest in this…"
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Colby College Special Collections
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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2
"“His address, as well as that of Judge Mahar of Augusta, Maine, was an eminently fitting speech, in which he paid a compliment to the people of the…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World
"Rolde, Neil. An Illustrated History of Maine. Augusta, Maine: Friends of the Maine State Museum, 1995. Print. Robbins, Ryan. Bangor History."
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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2
"… going to different shelters, I think that the Augusta Civic Center was one of the shelters. That was a little bit worrisome."
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship
"The state championship was moved to the Augusta Civic Center after 2005. So a “congratulations” goes out to the boys and girls basketball teams at…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad
"Hall, Oliver L. The Man from East Corinth. Augusta, Maine: Kennebec Journal Print Shop, 1941. Heseltine, Charles D. and Robertson, Edwin B."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History
"… Franklin County, thirty-six miles northwest of Augusta and eighty miles north of Portland, lies Farmington, Maine, a town currently populated by…"
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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit
"… from the Health and Welfare Department in Augusta came to Lincoln in July of 1966, and suggested to Eugene Libby (owner of the Workman Hospital)…"
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War
"… Historical Society Company A, 1st Regiment, Augusta, ca. 1892Maine Historical Society At 6 AM on June 1, Luther and the rest of his company…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village
"… persons who may wish to attend the State Fair at Augusta. August 25, 1870: Up to Tuesday night, 20th, the Railroad Company had driven about 500…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle
"… Annual Report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture for the Year 1892. Augusta, ME: Burleigh, Flynt, Printers to the State, 1893."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould
"Hall, Oliver L. The Man from East Corinth. Augusta, Maine: Kennebec Journal Print Shop, 1941. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_R_Gould"
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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians
"It is about 35 miles west of Augusta. He lived to be 82 years of age, dying on July fourth, 1809 in Bangor, Maine."
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland
"A History of Maine Roads. Augusta, Maine, 1970. Merrill, Lincoln Jr. and Holly Hurd. Around North Yarmouth. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia, 2006."
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