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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club

"… Society In 1931-1932 a group of young men gathered at Aaron Anderson’s. His place was in the Bangor Aroostook section of New Sweden."

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"… former Hall-Dale history teacher, painstakingly gathered Hallowell resources and put them together into notebooks related to topics being…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"Below freezing, people gathered to friends houses or the shelters that were provided for the people with out power."

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"… as many called him, would come every month to gather the extra clothes, blankets, sheets, towels, and coats that were past their prime."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"Encouraged by this profitable business, Waldo gathered several Scottish Presbyterian families together, bringing them to the area with renewed hopes…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"… because they held secret meetings and other gatherings. They were for sure a secret organization."

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Northeast Historic Film

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Southwest Harbor Public Library

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NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… and porpoises for skins and oil, as well as to gather sea fowl eggs, sweet grass, clams and lobsters. As Dr."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"A group of musicians, many from Maine, gather and perform in the Odd Fellows Hall for three nights usually in early August."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… from all points of the town to hold a day-long gathering to vote on important elected positions of the town and to discuss the building of roads."

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Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"… Historic Preservation Review Board held a public gathering to recognize the lifework of Gridley Barrows. His longtime friend Philip M."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"The collection was mostly gathered by British commissioner Thomas Barclay (1753-1830), loyalist of New York and Nova Scotia, and British agent Ward…"

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Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"The girls would gather nuts, greens, roots and firewood. They also would help with the cooking and carrying of the household goods to the summer or…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… were generally spacious and suited to social gatherings and gracious living. In 1884, Wilde Rose, now named Shoreacre, was the first cottage to be…"

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Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… received the applause of hundreds of people gathered on the streets, in doorways, window, anywhere to exclaim over the beauty and imagination shown…"

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Caribou Public Library

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… in March 1880, when Harvard student Charles Eliot gathered six of his friends together in 34 Grays Hall in Cambridge to discuss a camping…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… building in the Columbian Block that was used for gatherings and group meetings; this building was the Columbian Hall."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"… the location of most of Bath's important public gatherings. It held countless Morse graduations, benefits, and celebrations."

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Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"As a large crowd gathered to watch the disaster unfold, the fire consumed the Public Library’s collection of 70,000 volumes, valued at $300,000 at…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"… Bagaduce Chorale, a small group of singers who gathered at Mary Cheney Gould’s house for the pure joy of singing."

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Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… the First World War, in 1918 people of Guilford gathered in the square and celebrated as they burned the Kaiser in effigy, celebrating the peace."