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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… and laths were shipped to the Boston market while boards and 2’ X 4’s were sold locally. At the time of purchase, the mill was equipped with a…"

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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… Everett Barnard, both carrying transits, boarded the flat bottom boat with some Canadian workers to cross the choppy waters towards the Lubec…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"In 1868, a simple hotel/boarding house was built, which later expanded to accommodate one hundred guests, with modest cottages springing up around it…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… Academy, a small independent college preparatory boarding and day school for boys and girls in grades six through high school."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… next morning carting away the pile of broken boards, which had the appearance of having been underground a long time, and parts of a skeleton was…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"He married Olive True. In 1870 they lived in a boarding house in Lewiston, and he worked in a mill. By 1880 they returned to the area to live in…"