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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Publication in Progress

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Two other villages successfully developed summer colonies -- Northeast and Seal harbors. In 1869 the Clement family in Seal Harbor rebuilt their old…"

New Sweden Historical Society

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Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… 1700s, so it wasn’t until 1772 (when the young colony was expanding) that several families from Concord, Massachusetts established a permanent…"

Old York Historical Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… years, John Alden and others from the Plymouth Colony visited this trading post, perhaps explaining the later arrival of southern New England…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"Residents of the Boston colony quickly sought permission to settle the area as hostilities ended. Joseph Wood and John Roundy added their names in…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… Franklin as one of two deputies in charge of the colonial mail system. To overcome colonists’ suspicions that they were being overcharged on…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"The first winter in the settlement, while waiting for his family to arrive, Stephen Titcomb tapped trees and began making maple syrup."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… a hundred and fifty years before conditions in colonial New England would allow any attempt at permanent settlement."

Acadian Archives

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… meat, fish and produce for the expanding summer colony. During peak season delivery trucks hurried about to the summer cottages and large yachts…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… awarded the Kennebec Patent to the Plymouth Colony of Massachusetts. This patent included 3 million acres of land and a 15-mile strip along the…"