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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Early Settlement With its 95 miles of shoreline, fresh and tidal wetlands, and waters teeming with herring, pollock and shellfish the area drew its…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Lobstering

"… sailed boats and thus were better able to get the fresh catch to the markets in a timely manner. Lobsterman holding one giant lobster, Swan's…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"… such as a cannery, several fish factories both fresh and for salting, blacksmiths, coopers, a medicinal fish oil factory, and continued boat…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"Lucky residents might collect a box of fresh bananas and oranges in midwinter, along with their store catalogs and other commodities."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… long-handled dipper to drink from the pail of fresh water. Students said the Lord’s Prayer, sang "America," and saluted the flag."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"Early on she was prescribed fresh air; as much time in the outdoors as possible. During a particularly bad spell Fly Rod was carried up to the foot…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"A "Take-Out Dinner" fresh from the brook, Strong, ca. 1895Strong Historical Society There were many guys here from Strong that shot huge deer."

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

"were always camping around the fresh water ponds…. They made beautiful baskets and did beautiful bead work.” ...next came the artists and rusticators."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… Museum Scarborough’s coastline, with its marsh, fresh water streams, saltwater rivers, beaches and rocky ledges, has been a site for fisheries…"

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… built quickly, that the boat builders had to use fresh, or green, wood to build them. The wood was still wet so the planks on the bottom of the…"

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… War II because the military needed to have enough fresh food and other goods to feed the growing military."

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"Another reason Aaron might have moved here was there was no one here, so he could get a fresh start."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… pipes; in the winter one needed to fetch fresh water by taking buckets down to the brook next to the house and there was a nearby outhouse used in…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"How’d you get water? They had a water system at the time. We didn’t have refrigerators so I remember a man coming around with ice and we would eat…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… its residents great views and easily obtainable fresh water. In winter, it was the single source of ice which was floated downstream to Sprague’s…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… fries, hot dogs and beans, the man who brought fresh cheese, and a guy from Farmington, Ray Magnum, who brought chocolate covered ice cream on a…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… or New York could enjoy the fineries provided by fresh linen on both tables and beds, because Farmington also boasted a steam laundry."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… trains will within a few weeks bring to our door fresh evidence of the energy and enterprise of our people."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… settlements of Orrington and Hampden grew with fresh migrations from Cape Cod. The Rev. Seth Noble, the settlement's first permanent minister…"

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