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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"… a moment and stop by the bridge with all of your family and friends. Enjoy the unique experience of walking across the historical bridge and…"

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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… Town Hall was built on land donated by the Martin family. This beautiful building was lost to a fire in 1928."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"See a Broadway show; visit family in Arizona; experience springtime in Paris—easy, surf the web to find the best airfare, pack a bag and you’re off."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"… most exciting of all, we put on a show for our families. This was the one time of the year that our parents came to school for this evening party."…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… at Orono who returned to Cumberland to run the family orchard. Around 1922, Herman planted two 20-acre orchards on Orchard Road in Cumberland."

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… his mind? Who and why? And, where does the Perry family fit into this? The Perry’s owned the island in 1911."

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Others soon followed so that by 1771 twelve families had settled in a village area they called Conduskeag."

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

"… by Jeremiah and Jane Drinkwater Buxton and family after 1796 and catered to stagecoach passengers, drovers, and peddlers."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… 1920Farmington Historical Society The Abbot Family came to Farmington in 1836 when Jacob Abbot purchased land in the middle of the town."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… area is a wealth of architectural, economic and family history revealed in part by the stories connected to the sites on this website."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"Her family owned a summer home on Islesboro and she spent a great deal of time in the area throughout her life."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… that when he was growing up in the 1950s his family only went to Bar Harbor once or twice a year, mostly to buy school clothes."

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Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… under an assumed name, to France with his family and proceeds from his gold extraction scheme."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"The entire Palmer family had a long tradition of running dry goods stores in Bath. After the short-lived establishment of Gershom Palmer, William P."

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"The tunnel was found because the son of the family that later bought the house fell through the ground while mowing the lawn into an abandoned tunnel."

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Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"… his regards to John MacGregor, his friends and family. The sky is dark and clouded, in perfect imitation of our moods, as our employer and dear…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"By 1825, surveyors noted that approximately 20 families lived along the Aroostook River and “that they are all somewhat engaged in agriculture, but…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Alice was raised in a large family of motivated people and became very motivated as well. She was born on August 6, 1916, in Brownville, Maine, a…"

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… a place where their lives were established amidst family and friends—a place already labeled on a map—to arrive somewhere without these foundations…"

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Acadian Archives

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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