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

"Agriculture was the primary business of most residents of both towns during the 1800s and into the 1900s, and many factors affected farming such as…"

Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"Businesses From its inception, the little town of Peru has had many businesses, starting with stores, then sawmills and gristmills."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"By 1872 the peak of production had grown to its fullest. Bangor enjoyed the wealth that the lumbering business brought to them."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"As the town grew, the downtown business district began to thrive. Farmington became a busy hub for noted doctors and attorneys."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"Richard King's sons, Rufus, William and Cyrus, were born and raised in Scarborough, but left to pursue education, or in William's case, business…"

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

"There at Longwoods Road stood a depot from where businesses and farmers sent their products to markets beyond Cumberland."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"Fish factory workers, Swan's Island, ca. 1890Swan's Island Historical Society By the early 1900s there were six or more fish factories mostly on the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"Goodwin, Kathrine B. Personal Glimpses of the Early Settlers of Lincoln, Maine. Print. "Gravestone Record." Mattanawcook Observer. 5th ed. Vol."

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"Works Cited Fellows, Dana Willis. "Early View from Main Street, Looking North," History of the Town of Lincoln, Penobscot County Maine, 1872- 1928."

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"Hawkins, 1984. Print. Personal Glimpses of the Early Settlers of Lincoln, Maine. Kathryn B.Goodwin - s.n."

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"Lewiston Maine: Dingley Inc. 236-43. Lincoln Maine Historical Society, ed. "Lincoln's Early Mail Service." The Lincoln Historical Society. Print."

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"1950. 109. Print. Goodwin, Kathryn. Personal Glimpses Of The Early Settlers Of Lincoln, Maine. Lincoln: 67. Print."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"… Historical Society Over the years Byron has seen businesses come and go: spruce gum, several lumber mills, farming, mining of phosphate, and even…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… Hill by using the resources and services of local businesses, such as the Merrill and Hinckley store and Horton's Dairy, as well as providing…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

""Aaron Woodbury." Personal Glimpses of the Early Settlers of Lincoln, Maine. Maine: S.n., 1970. 5-7. Print. Fellows, Dana Willis."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… and collected taxes for town and parish (church) business. As settlement spread to the far-flung reaches of North Yarmouth, travel to attend church…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… to Lubec where they re-established their businesses; cleared trees; built dwellings, wharves and stores; and returned to the pursuit of their…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… Crosby, and son-in-law, Elias Dudley, ran his business until 1852. Jacob Curtis owned a blacksmith shop near Crosby’s home."

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

"… contact the doctor if he and his assistant were busy with patients. Ella would frequently relay his medical advice to the caller."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"Burnham & Morrill moved its clam packing business to Portland in 1897, but continued to employ Pine Point diggers because the firm’s reputation had…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… of the men there seems to be, like so many busy demons, to drive the forest all out of the country...as soon as possible..." Henry David Thoreau…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"By the late 1920s rising costs and declining business caused the phasing out of the trolleys. The last trolley ran through Scarborough in 1932."