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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"He farmed the 55-acre homestead until his death in 1864. At this point, a couple of other Loring family members owned Skyline Farm."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Stairs-Beckwith Farm, Presque Isle, ca. 1950

"These farm buildings were located on Academy Street in Presque Isle about a mile from Main Street. View additional information about this item on…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… crop, paid off their mortgages, improved their farm buildings and their homes and found themselves with more leisure time."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"In the spring of 1906, building began on a power plant at Aroostook Falls in New Brunswick to supply much-needed power to northern Maine and New…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… X Farming Diversity Unlike large single-crop farms of the west, our local farms produced a variety of products for both farm use and sale to…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"By 1879, this standard gauge railroad connected with the Sandy River Narrow Gauge Company rail system."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 4 of 4

"We are connected by our past, and will share the future as families, neighbors and friends. Spring Brook Farm by Anne Tarbox X"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… took her family to the Boston area, obtaining a connection into the music world through opera, where Wilhelmina was being trained in voice."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… Kennebeck-Rangeley Lakes\Androscoggin canoe connection. At Farmington Falls, the Indian Village of Amascontee, ‘plenty of ale-wives’ was an easy…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Skyline Farm looks much the same today as it did more than a century ago, and its approach on a dirt road reminds us of what our old roads once…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… also granted for the Aroostook Valley Railroad to connect with both the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Bus Service, Presque Isle, 1957

"The bus service provided connections with both Maine Central Railroad and Greyhound. Bangor and Aroostook Railroad's magazine, "Maine Line," v."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 4 of 13

"… a drive on the back of the tractor that is connected to the digger. The photograph on the left provides a good view of the lags on the digger bed…"

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Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"The fire started in the stable connected to the Turner house. The stable and shed and the hotel was a total loss."

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Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"Also, he could build his home, farm, and store because of all the lumber we have in Lincoln. Third, he could bathe in the rivers since it was moving…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The small farm buildings, used to store ice through the summer, were recognized by their thick, insulated walls and few windows."

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The small farm buildings, used to store ice through the summer, were recognized by their thick, insulated walls and few windows."

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Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"Also, my grammy makes baskets like Sylvia Stanislaus. Another way I connect to this family is, my grandfather lives near the Penobscot River that…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… seemed as though Bangor's vitality was no longer connected to its rivers. With its well-established business and commercial interests, however…"

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Cumberland Historical Society

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"Like the railroads, trolley lines connected with one another, allowing passengers to travel greater distances."

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"Creating his books set in Maine forms a personal connection between himself and Maine. Stephen King has had an impact on our society by making Maine…"

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"… library website and a wireless broadband internet connection.  We have three computer terminals available to the public."

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Acadian Archives

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