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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair
"… By 1901, at the 62nd Annual Exhibition of the Franklin County Agricultural Society, held on the Franklin Park, it was stated, “We have the finest…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education
"… Falls Joan Small, Research Librarian - UMF Franklin Journal & Franklin Chronicle Newspapers Richard Mallett's Schools Unpublished history of St…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village
"This information was taken from the Franklin Chronicle Newspaper copies of which are available on microfilm at the University of Maine Library here…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School
"… Schools by the State's teachers. The teachers of Franklin County passed a resolution at their convention in 1857, that said: Resolved : That the…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3
"As one of the Franklin County District's handful of remaining Granges, it suffers from the effects of a declining population and lost industry."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4
"Bell began working at the first Franklin Memorial Hospital building in Farmington. Today, Strong has its own health and dental center, and the…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone
"… for the naming ceremony of their newest residence hall, to be specifically tailored as a women’s community with an emphasis in physical wellness."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens
"… hospitals, schools, churches, homes, mess halls, roughly 5,500 building total were built. The entire staff of the project was increased threefold…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Fair souvenir, Farmington Public Library, 1890
"… as musical programs each evening at the Music Hall. Ice cream and lemonade were served during intermission."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture
"… Fronk, Harvey Gilbert, Percy Gould, Thurlow Hall, Vern Hardy, Mertland Hillman, Hiram Hiscock, Tyler Hutchinson, Carroll Jones, Dana Knowlton…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3
"… the next forty years, it served as the Masonic Hall of the Davis Lodge, A.F. & A.M. Today, it is privately owned.Strong Historical Society Masonic…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools
"… in the schoolhouse that later became the Grange Hall, located on the road now known as Lambert Hill Road."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic
"… of veterans sat around a table or out in the hall and sang old war songs, talked about war experiences, and swapped accounts of their deeds."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War
"… of the Soldiers Home in Washington Precinct, Hall County, Nebraska. After the War many Maine residents had moved West in search of a better life or…"
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The McCormick house
"… who, among other things, broadcast President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 'Fireside Chats.' The house was built around 1845 by Asa Joyce, and although…"
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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2
"1890Guilford Historical Society Here is the Guilford Town Hall as it was originally built, circa 1890."
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Skowhegan Community History - Bloomfield Academy
"… a grant of land and it was located in northern Franklin county. The land was not settled until years after the grant and one resident of Bloomfield…"
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Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police
"Until the advent of Franklin Stoves and other enclosed heating systems the average home burned 20 to 30 cords of wood per year--with a resulting high…"
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Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2
"… French, Park and Center Streets were rebuilt, along with a synagogue on Center Street. Franklin Street, Bangor, 1911Bangor Public Library"
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village
"This hall was known as Chase Memorial Hall and when Mr. O.W. Chase died the building was left to the New Portland Lion's Club."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5
"… though some residents live in the Town of Wilton (Franklin County), while others live in Dixfield (Oxford County)."