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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - A word of thanks
"… for the help and support they provided to Team Biddeford and the Biddeford Heritage Project. Beth DeWolfe Erica Doyon!!!! Dani Fazio Raoul…"
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"Lee surrender order, 1865Maine Historical Society The month of April in 1865, Northerners, Mainers, and Biddeford and Saco residents faced a frenzy…"
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"… Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco Fifth Maine Regiment Veteran Reunion, Peaks Island, 1912Fifth Maine Regiment…"
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford
"III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford Copy of Major Phillips sale of lands to Richard Russell, Biddeford, 1673McArthur Public…"
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"… Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco Robert McArthur and comrades, ca."
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"… Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco X Granite quarries became more popular in Biddeford during the Civil War."
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"Biddeford paid servicemen $145,497 and Saco paid servicemen $105,749. City Farm (Poor Farm), Biddeford, ca."
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"… Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco Ice cutting on the Saco River, Biddeford-Saco, 1908McArthur Public Library…"
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"… Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco Log Drive, Saco River, ca."
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"1865Maine Historical Society April 9th marked Confederate Robert E. Lee’s surrender. Like, April 3rd, Biddeford and Saco rejoiced in the streets as…"
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"… Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco Report on cotton for prison, New Orleans, 1862Maine Historical Society Raw…"
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3
"In 1855 this growth manifested itself in Biddeford's transition from town to city. Biddeford's first mayor was Daniel Eton Somes, a developer and…"
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3
"John R. Andrews, Biddeford, ca. 1861McArthur Public Library CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT BIDDEFORD DURING THE CIVIL WAR (1861-65) Because of the…"
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"… Shops in the Exchange Block, Biddeford, ca. 1915McArthur Public Library Throughout Maine during these years most of the large manufactures…"
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3
"… Letter to Captain Nathaniel Goodwin of Biddeford, 1818McArthur Public Library After the Revolution was fought and won, life began again in…"
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"Biddeford and Saco downtowns, ca.1887McArthur Public Library Andrews & Horigan Grocery Store, Biddeford, 1899McArthur Public Library While…"
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"Photograph by Jamiee Beatson, Biddeford High School. X Biddeford, however, has other plans for itself."
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"Biddeford was well-represented in various industries, including ice harvesting and granite quarrying."
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The MCHP Experience: In Our Own Words
"… Ray was wonderful." -Denise Doherty, Teacher Biddeford Historical Society Mr. Gaudette teaches about the Meetinghouse X "I enjoyed working…"
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"… Club "Rocking Chair Row" program, Biddeford, 1930Biddeford Historical Society The club, from the beginning, accomplished two purposes."
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"Biddeford's ethnic make-up was diverse and urbane, and the city's residents included business owners, doctors, lawyers, judges, druggists, opticians…"
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"1870Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Biddeford's earliest inhabitants have many names. Wabanaki/Abenaki, or "People of the Dawn", is the generic term…"
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"Staff of Biddeford Telephone Exchange, ca. 1900McArthur Public Library Biddeford had rapidly gained the services and utilities that made it a true…"
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"Ad by Pepperell Mills to recruit women workers, Biddeford, 1943McArthur Public Library In Biddeford, like the rest of urban Maine, the relief of…"