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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"Gates, William H Hunter, Robert Keefe, George Hartwell, William I Smith, Jesse E Phillips, William E Bates, Walter G Durrell."

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"… 1940 Sylvia Whitney, Valedictorian;1942, George Staten, Valedictorian; 1943, Helen Carter, Salutatorian."

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Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"A contemporary of John Calvin Stevens, George M. Coombs of Lewiston, practiced architecture from 1872 until his death in 1909."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"George Ranger, a merchant from Fairbanks, moved to the center of the village. Mr. Ranger’s view from his home was upon the neglected Meeting House…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"Over the next few months, over 500 trees were screened. In October, a tree in Presque Isle was selected by the committee. George Harding declared the…"

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Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"George A. Martin of St. Johnsbury, Vermont. A concert at 7:30 by the Bangor Band featured a march, Guilford Centennial, by Lee Sanford, a former…"

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… appointed Superintendent of Eastern Indians by George Washington 1783 • War of Independence ends with signing of Treaty of Paris 1789 • Louis…"

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush, who raised over $2 million over the years through the annual George H.W. Bush Celebrity Golf Classic."

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

"… Massachusetts, Charles William Eliot worked with George Dorr to form the Hancock County Trustees of Reservations in 1901."

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

"Eliot, Marshall P. Slade, George B. Dunbar, William H. Dunbar, Henry M. Spelman, hired cook William Breyant, and hired boatman Orrin Donnell (of…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… first guests of Harbor Cottage included artists George Hollingsworth (1813-1882) of Massachusetts and Harrison Bird Brown (1831-1915) of Portland."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"He and park creator George Bucknam Dorr worked with the government to gain enough lands and funds to eventually make Acadia National Park official in…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"George P. McKay, a local entrepreneur, noted for bringing the first bus system to Bar Harbor, recognized that there was a growing market for a…"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Collector for the District of Passamaquoddy by George Washington. With the end of the war in 1783 and formation of the federal government efforts…"

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

"… of the Bath Opera House for many years was George E. Sargent. When the Opera House was built, he said according to a newspaper from a 1952…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… a glimpse into Knox’s lime burning business: Georges River, looking north, Thomaston, ca. 1890 Remains of lime kilns in the same area that…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"George road then and was went to school it’s no longer there used to be on school street. Kristen Sawyer: In Thomaston? What town did you live in…"

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

"George Abbott, a Brewer fireman, was killed when a chimney from a house on Penobscot Street fell on him while he was fighting a fire there."

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Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"Smith Taken by George King along Rt. 2 in Haynesville X Jake Mulligan “Research your topic and summarize the ‘who, what, when, and where’ in the…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"George King Interview on Railroads The train was used to transport passengers, as well. The passenger rail first went from Old Town to Lincoln, and…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"They had four children together named Ira, George, Charles, and Mary. His son, Charles, was the person who built the Civil War monument at the…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… 1605 when crew from the Archangel, captained by George Waymouth, set a small fishing net near Monhegan Island and hauled up a net filled with…"

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

"George Washington was not yet President, and Maine was still part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts."