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