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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"The deer were a lot bigger back then because the big ones got away; they were smart. There were many more hunters then, and now hunters are a dying…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 8 of 17

"J.G. Deering was eventually renamed J.G. Deering & Son Company once Joseph G. Deering’s son Frank Cutter Deering joined the business."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"Loading deer on the train at Strong station, ca. 1915 Strong was a popular stop for "sports" traveling to and from the Rangeley Region on the Narrow…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"… generation of sports by placing bag limits on deer, salmon and trout as well as advocating for catch and release fishing tactics."

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 2 of 2

"The daughter of Major John Z. Holwell, Anna Margaret married Nathaniel Deering, a noted attorney, editor composer, and dramatist."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 2 of 17

"Deering & Son Lumber Co., Biddeford, ca. 1880Maine Historical Society During the Civil War, Maine laborers worked in logging, milling, papermaking…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"Fire at Deering High Deering High School fire, Portland, 1921Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media On May 20th, 1921, Deering High School…"

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"Administration transferred from the old Weeks House to the larger Payson house on Deering and State Streets in 1927, with Weeks transforming into a…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"Red deer processing 85 cents per pound dressed; inspection charge is included to kill. Buffalo/bison processing is 40 cents per pound dressed, $100…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"X Wildlife abounds, and includes deer, fox, and all manner of fish, shorebirds, and waterfowl. The soil is rich and supports farming even today."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

"… quite an important figure in the class of 1901, Deering High School, if we are to judge from his record."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"Small, a Deer Isle man who served as a doctor on Swan’s Island between the years 1891 and 1903, points out in his island history that the name…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… was born in Portland in 1886 and grew up on Deering Street near his grandfather William Widgery Thomas, a noted diplomat."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"… variety of aboriginal trinkets, skins of seal and deer, baskets of birch-bark, moccasins, bead-work, snow-shows, gulls’ breasts, stuffed birds…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"… members by members of the Wabanaki community at Deering Oaks was a crowd and media favorite. The state of Maine invited European and Asian allied…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"Deering & Son Lumber Co., Biddeford, ca. 1880Maine Historical Society By the mid to late 1700s Biddeford was a growing town, in the varied and…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"They planted beans, corn, and squash and hunted deer and other wild game as well. Occasionally they warred with other tribes along their frontiers…"

Maine Maritime Museum

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Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"Weeks, and an elderly lady from the Deering family. Thomas R. Burnham arrived in Portland from Bangor in 1858 and was joined the next year by his…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… in Evergreen Cemetery (1902), the Castle in Deering Oaks (1894), the Armory on Milk Street (1895), the Masonic Temple on Congress Street (1912)…"

Dyer Library/Saco Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"Prominent Women Text By: Strong School 7th and 8th Graders, 2011-2012 Julia Harris May poetry collection, 1903Farmington Public Library…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"Resources Mountains of Maine, Steven Pinkham, Down East Books, 2009 Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine, Thomas Desjardin, Oxford University Press, 1995…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"The Bridge That Changed The Map Text By: Carl W. Stinchfield Return to Online Exhibits Maps are often changed when bridges are built which alter the…"