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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History
"… through on their way to the “up country” where fishing and hunting would be the draw. But those same folks coming from Boston or New York could…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture
"… wheels, beans, sugar, spices, slabs of salt fish, molasses barrels and the pot belly stove. The store became a “nucleus for wholesale trade in…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview
"… and the resulting international trade in fish, furs and lumber led to the boom period of 19th-century wooden shipbuilding."