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

"… first person to market Maine as a destination for early tourism. She lived in Phillips, wrote about and guided in the Rangeley region and is buried…"

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Surry by the Bay - Resources

"Photographs, early postcards, and artifacts from the collections of the Surry Historical Society. Surry Town Reports: 1951, 1966, 1977, 1980, 1981…"

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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"Compare this with a photograph of the Brining Room in Part II made by Frank Van Riper in 1990. Except for the electric light bulbs and plastic…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"Ella Willard was one of the early telephone operators. At the age of 15, she worked five nights a week and slept on a sofa in the office."

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Guilford, Maine - EXHIBITS

"EARLY MANUFACTURING Industry came early to Guilford, and although adapted and modernized, it is still the foundation of our community, providing…"

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Stockholm Historical Society

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Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"In the early 1900s it was called Sweets Pond. Strong students have always liked going to the lake. Class picnics often took place at cottages on the…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"Some pinpoint sites have a photograph of what that site looked like in its heyday (when available), some have a photograph of what the site looks…"

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Norcross Heritage Trust

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Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… By today’s standards, late 1800s and even early 1900s rural life may have seemed harsh and austere, but life also was less hurried."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"Bridle paths were the only tracks for early mail carriers through the wilderness north of Augusta. The first mail route to Strong was established in…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"The early Scottish settlers in Nova Scotia came from the Lodge of Edinburgh. In 1704, Johathan Belcher, later Governor of Massachusetts, was made a…"

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"I record what I see in the most truthful way possible. Working on a story which happened in the early 1900s was challenging because I wasn't there to…"

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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"Words and photographs of Hugh French and his students in the early Eighties, and of Frank Van Riper in the early Nineties showed how traditional the…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 12 of 13

"… Isle Historical Society The grapples in the photograph on the right are the very same grapples in the Loading Potato Barrels photograph on page…"

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Ste. Agathe Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"The early metal traps, hand-made by local blacksmiths, were quite expensive. They cost about eight dollars apiece! That was a lot of money in the…"

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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"… meet Water Street a bit left of the center of the photograph, was the smokehouse operated at the time by Garnett L. Green."

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Historic Hallowell - Historic Hallowell Resources and Links

"… - 2:00PM Sun Closed Eastern Publishing Company Photographs of Hallowell NewEnglandTowns.org brings together historic accounts of New England places…"

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Old Canada Road Historical Society

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Leeds Historical Society

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Stanley Museum

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