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Camp Winnebago

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Huge shell middens have been found along the shores where natives camped for hundreds of years. After their initial scare by Captain Church's men…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"They named the island they camped on that first winter “St. Croix,” either as a reflection of the cross-shaped conjunction of the rivers around it or…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 5 of 5

"Evidence of the location of Champlain’s original camp ultimately won the day over Passamaquoddy testimony, and future commissions on the political…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"The Eliot family had been spending summers in the region since Charles was a young boy. The place was important to him, and he wanted to share the…"

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"… – a pipe vise, an umbrella holder, and a portable camp. These were never patented. He built a beautiful Victorian house for his family."

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Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"The prisoners at the camps had to buy their own food and John would sometimes sell his possessions in order to get money for food and other…"

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Otisfield Historical Society

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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"I shall send you A drawing of our cook tents , Camps, etc. with this to give you an idea of our mode of living."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"… entrance, for these were the grounds of Saco (Camp Ellis) fishermen. These historic community boundaries are still respected, and many young…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… Indians from the Pennacook tribe had a camp on the mountain in back of what is known as the Ira Wing farm."

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Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"Sumner Cobb writes from Camp Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky, 1918 A letter from Sumner Cobb to his family, discussing the Spanish Flu.Maine Historical…"

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Bangor Public Library

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… her letters to John when he was away at a lumber camp in winter, Ida describes daily challenges: the cow drying up, firewood stolen from the porch…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"This was the only course offered specifically for boys. In fact, the Academy was the first in Hancock County to allow girls to attend."

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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