Keywords: Coopers Mills
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Site Pages
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Exhibits
"Exhibits Staples brothers waiting for the bus, Swan's Island, ca. 1955Swan's Island Historical Society In creating our exhibits, especially…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings
"He was a cooper, a maker of barrels, and the sheltered harbor near the head of Somes Sound offered running water and plenty of hardwood."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce
"John Clement, a cooper, brought his family five years later. Clement and Roberts did brisk business, with Roberts building pinkey boats for local…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast
"Hard work and a spirit of cooperation instilled a spirit of endeavor and progress. “Endeavor” was the name they gave to the first saw mill."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works
"The coopers must be so regulated, and supplied with heading, as to be kept constantly at work; and they must be pushed to have a stock of hogsheads…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry
"… Brian Leger, Greggory Lynde, Michael Nevells, Cooper Smallidge, Ezra Woodye, Caroline Yates, and Della Martin (teacher) X Blue Hill was…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4
"… visitors and year-round residents, a spirit of cooperation and devotion to community reigned. Original Blue Hill Memorial Hospital Building…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4
"… library, quality public and private education, a cooperative food market, a rebirth of local farming, two historical societies, a music lending…"
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"… on Treat’s Island (Allan’s Island) 1790 • John Cooper, acting as agent for North Lubec (Seward’s Neck) settlers, petitioned Massachusetts General…"
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Guilford, Maine - Special Events
"… the two day celebration was over but with the cooperation of the townspeople and the businesses, everyone felt a great satisfaction in a day well…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad
"He has already secured the cooperation of the Canadian Pacific Railroad to guarantee the interest on bonds to pay for the project as well as the…"
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4
"Walnut Hill Creamery, a cooperative venture founded in 1892, took advantage of the availability of local milk for butter making."
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"Flour produced by his grist mill helped provide a more varied diet for area residents. In 1832 a canal connecting Johnson Bay and South Bay was dug…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould
"He has already secured the cooperation of the Canadian Pacific Railroad to guarantee the interest on bonds to pay for the project as well as the…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education
"This proved to be a very cooperative arrangement for both institutions. The scholars attending the Model School reduced the financial commitment for…"
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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