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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… building of the military road between Houlton and Bangor—this same road connected to Presque Isle in 1839."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… just as today, when the basketball team went to Bangor, Ellsworth or anywhere else to play, the fans from the Island towns cheered as MDI."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… purchase by the first seasonal visitors from the Bangor area. Benjamin Ryder (1818-1881) who had inherited land on the western side of the harbor…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… the Aroostook Centre Mall, an article in the Bangor Daily News stated “there was little to support the theory that any band of Indians had ever…"

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"Patterson from Bangor. He used the Carnegie Classic Revival style for the building. There are many Carnegie Libraries throughout the United States."

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Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… Thelma and her husband moved to her hometown, Bangor, and opened a convalescent hospital there. She operated that until her death at the age of 55…"

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

"… were shipped by rail to markets in Boston and Bangor. The business ran from 1927-1959, operated successively by Fred Morrill and Arthur Dunn."

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"XXIV, No. 1, January 1964. Bangor Daily News, November 10, 1923. Bangs, Carrie, “Klondike: The Gold from Sea Water Story Promoted by the Electrolytic…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Bangor was already a summer destination, and adventurous families soon discovered Ryder’s Cove, just across Penobscot Bay."

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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