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Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"(1961): 10. Print. Brown, Will. "Will Brown in 50th Year in Business on Main Street." Bangor Daily News 1954: 285. Print."

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Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"… Old Town to Lincoln, and was later expanded to Bangor. The rail was used by sports teams to go to out of town games, and the military used it to…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"Taylor, a supervisor from the Bangor office, was sent to Lincoln to help instruct people on how to operate the new switchboard."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Loading sugar beets, Aroostook County, ca. 1975

"… Sugar beets being loaded from a bulk truck to a Bangor and Aroostook gondola car. In the 1970s, potato farmers in Aroostook County grew sugar…"

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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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Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"… “Imagine my surprise and wonderment on reaching Bangor to behold such a large city with its vast fleet of vessels, steamers and cars, everything…"

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Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"… by James Rider X After they were married in Bangor in September 1859, the couple traveled by canoe to Lincoln."

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Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"… designing homes, churches, public buildings, and business blocks. While much of his work was centered in the Lewiston-Auburn area, he received…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"Bangor Daily News (Bangor): 27-28. Print. "One Thousand Attend Annual Chapman Picnic." The Sun Journal (Lewiston) 12 Sept. 1924: 34. Web."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 1 of 3

"Sometimes after supper, I would go to Bangor to get a used car from Avis rental and not get back until twelve."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"… except for the four years he went to college in Bangor. He lived next door to a family who had a big barn and remembers running as fast as he could…"

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Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"… commissions for houses, churches, schools, business blocks, and factories. Most of this work was in the Lewiston-Auburn area."

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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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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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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"The Rail Roads Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Station, New Sweden, ca. 1930New Sweden Historical Society New Sweden AVR Station, ca."

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club

"His place was in the Bangor Aroostook section of New Sweden. These young men wanted to form a ski club."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Braden Theater

""Lights Go out for Good in Theater." Bangor Daily News 4 Jan. 1994. McCarty, Kathy. "On with the Show." Star-Herald [presque isle] 27 Feb. 2008."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 2 of 3

"… Skippy told me to go get his dad who was in the Bangor hospital and bring him home. James, Skippy’s father, wanted to go see his son in Waterville…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Works Cited Page

"1998 Storm Edition ed.: A1. Robbins, Ryan R. Bangor in Focus The Ice Storm of ’98. n.d. 25 Apr. 2010…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"It was not until the arrival of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad in the 1890s that Aroostook farmers had a more direct route to markets in Boston…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"As Hampden’s growth continued, industry and business flourished. At the corner of Elm Street West and the Main Road, Crosby and Stetson built a large…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"The mail route was established from Bangor. It went from Bangor to Birch Stream Settlement (Argyle), Kelmarnock (Medford), Maxfield, Lincoln, Sebois…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"As Hampden’s growth continued, industry and business flourished. At the corner of Elm Street West and the Main Road, Crosby and Stetson built a large…"

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Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"Governor Angus King said that the cost to CMP and Bangor Hydro Co., the state's two largest electric utilities, would top $25 million."