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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"… and shingles needed for boats, dwellings, barns, fences, and barrels. They cut hay in the salt marshes and turned ancient forest trails into paths…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"Behind the white picket fence, you can see the Measuring Rock from the road. Stephen Titcomb lived in a house that was approximately on the same lot…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lewiston Journal article on Katahdin Iron Works

"It describes the process of making pig iron and gives some background about the Kathadin Iron Charcoal Co. and the area where it was located."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"… or others wrote, provides details about the iron-making process, the business end of iron making, and the Silver Lake Hotel, which served both…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Society Lady of 1889," Bangor

"… a poor person has the priviledge to enjoy if they make a study of the changes and clothes themselves in colors and fashions that at once makes…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Commercial article on World's Fair contest

"John Martin and Miss Mabel Martin leave on this morning’s train for the World’s Fair, making a short stop at Portland on the way.""

John Martin: Expert Observer - Old Bill, gundalow crossing Penobscot River, Bangor, 1846

"… a way to get Old Bill on a ferry gundalow by "making the horses head fast and shocking the wheels." The illustration is on page 234 of the journal…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865

"He reported that he "employed my vacant hours in making a rustick armed chair, a Gothic oval chair a Sofa and Grape trellis." Martin, an accountant…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin, Bangor, 1864

"… that in the illustrated numbered "2," she was making a dress for her doll, telling the cat she could not pick it up because she was busy."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Millerite camp meeting, Orrington, 1844

"He returned to the site in 1864 before making his sketch. He wrote that the pulpit was on the western slope of a hill and that there was space to…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Republican Wigwam, Bangor, 1872

"Hurrah!! Hurrah!! Whora Whora the flag that makes us free, So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the Sea While were were marching through Georgia."…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Site Navigation Tips

"We have used our judgment in making some of these lower case. He, like others of his era, often made what seem like large commas at the end of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"… ourselves to the rules of etiquette which will make our manners polite and easy." One of the bylaws is especially revealing."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… profit from the information and guard against making the mistakes others had made. Martin lived during a momentous time in the Bangor area."

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

"To make the Scrap & Sketch Book more easily accessible, it is broken into eight sections, accessible by the links below, or the links at left, where…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… borrowed money a number of times, apparently to make ends meet. While he offered insights into many businesses, several stand out."

John Martin: Expert Observer - About This Project

"… of purchase was to digitize the collection to make it accessible to a wide audience. A grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation has made…"

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

"… operation was the high wood and barbed wire fence with its “No Admittance” signs that surrounded the facility."

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