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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture
"These challenges included freshets (floods), fires and weather. A freshet is described as a flash flood or flood resulting from a spring thaw."
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War
"… the Scene On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina’s harbor."
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village
"If ice freshets do not disturb them, and fire and other forces leave them alone, the present railroad company and all concerned in the construction…"
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"… for the manufacture of Christmas wreaths, cutting fire wood and raking blueberries offers seasonal employment."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould
"… gone, his mill had been completely destroyed by fire. Instead of boarding his train that day, he immediately began making plans to restore the…"