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Acadia National Park

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… 148-183 and Webb, Lee, “Maine’s Constitution: A Document Made by Men at a Specific Time.” [33] For a thorough analysis of the Missouri Compromise…"

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"A document of the Maine Department of Parks and Lands states the facts bluntly. “West Quoddy Lighthouse was built at a time when the border between…"

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

"… Masonic Lodge, but its history has not been well documented. Many Maine Masonic Lodges have consolidated, and the Davis Lodge, Ancient, Free and…"

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Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"They strove to preserve documents, ephemera, books, photographs and even the very burlap sack carried by Farmington’s first settler, Stephen Titcomb."

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Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Acadian Archives

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… settlers subsisted by farming and fishing, little documented information is known about the early businesses and trades till after the island's…"

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village Schools

"Three of these schools do not appear to have any documentation, only pictures. New Central High School, East New Portland, 1963New Portland…"

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Rumford Area Historical Society

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… in the Munsungan Lake area, the physical evidence documenting Native American activity is missing from the Aroostook River drainage for the peoples…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Maple candy is documented as being made prior to 1864. The Rail Road comes to West Farmington By the 1850’s, there was “such prosperity and…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… of Wells and Kennebunk, printed in 1875, documents Stephen Titcomb, Jr.’s birth to Stephen Titcomb, Sr. and Abigail Stone on October 3, 1752."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"… becoming an “official” town, delivering the documents to Boston to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ authorities."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Life Magazine sent reporters to Islesboro to document the transition to the dial system. Being an inhabited island off the coast of Maine, a…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Croix River, but documentation never made clear which river was the St. Croix. The U.S. preferred the easternmost river while the Britain preferred…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"All four of the people showcased in this document have helped others to recognize Maine and the city of Bangor as great places because they all have…"

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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