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Maine Irish Heritage Center

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"Byron is approximately eight miles long and six miles wide. The Swift River runs north to south through the town."

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"… Mercy expanded again with the construction of an eight-story wing, occupied in 1951. The new addition included an Emergency Department (what today…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"Eight years later in August, 1861, the Mount Washington Carriage Road Company opened the road to the top."

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"During his twenty-eight-year practice, Frederick Tompson gained a reputation as a skilled designer of houses, schools, churches, public buildings…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 1 of 4

"… and brother, had sold land to English colonists eight years prior, and Jane insisted that the English honor their prior agreement.(1) The following…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 2 of 6

"In 1714, for instance, eight Boston men established the Pejepscot Company, which claimed a large tract stretching four miles on either side of the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… kept open as long as funds allowed, usually about eight weeks in spring and eight in winter -- four months in all."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"This map shows the location of the eight signs, connects them in the intended order for the most efficient walking tour, and has photographs of the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… called Sandy Point and to run East North East Eight Miles, then South South East to the Ocean and then West South West Eight miles and then to the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"This vessel could transport seven to eight vehicles, opening up a new era of island history. The ferry service operates out of Bass Harbor for…"

Historic Hallowell - Blizzards in Hallowell

"… very difficult to see and some drifts were up to eight feet high. Before this storm happened, it was predicted to be 18 inches, but it ended up…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"In that year alone, seven or eight ships of 1100 tons or greater were in the process of construction."

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… to save one and two point stamps and use five and eight ones instead because grocers couldn't give change in the stores."

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 1 of 3

"… • Text By: Spencer Martell and Paul Martin • Eight Grade Students at Piscataquis Community Middle School • Images from the Guilford Historical…"

McArthur Public Library

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"… the second floor contained grades five through eight. In 1937, formal music instruction began and students learned contra dancing and how to…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866

"… Book more easily accessible, it is broken into eight sections, accessible by the links below, or the links at left, where a slightly more detailed…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"… in 1930 at Portland’s Cathedral Guild Hall, where eight graduates received diplomas. Students hailed from across Maine; early graduates included…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection contains eight such images from Bangor, Bath, Harpswell, Skowhegan, and Vinalhaven."

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"… ended with his death in 1909 at the age of fifty-eight. The Lewiston Evening Journal paid him the following tribute: He was a delightful…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… reserve officer, Thomas served in naval intelligence in Portland during World War II. In this capacity, he died in 1944 at the age of fifty-eight."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies The Original Eight Proprietors Thomas Hutchinson Thomas Hutchinson was a wealthy merchant who had interest in…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"After a number of years a new district, Number Eight, was located on the Bluff. The Parker School, Islesboro, ca."