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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… to the early 1890s acquired 1,500 acres for the grand total of $60,000. According to a very early survey of Islesboro, most of this southern land…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"… that was held at the illustrious Poland Springs Hotel in Poland, Maine. Executives, their families, and their staff were welcomed at the Maine…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… sheer opulence of these seasonal homes, all given grandly imaginative names such as “Bogue Chitto,” “Bournemouth,” “Chatwold,” and “Thirlstane.”…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"Charles Bell and owned by the Forster Manufacturing Company. Tourists on their way to or from the Rangeley Lakes often stopped at the hotel (which…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"… Minturn, their house now being owned by her great-grand nephew. The quarry continued operation until about 1930, then closed abruptly one day…"

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Rockland Historical Society

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

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"That home later became the Hotel Strong. Jeremy also built a mill, called Porter’s Mill, which made excelsior and other wood products."

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"… Pesha, Lubec Historical Society Lubec staged a grand celebration in 1911 observing the Town’s Centennial on July 3rd and 4th."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"… on the western side of town, where he built a grand two-and-a-half-story federal-styled home and a wharf on the river at a section, referred to the…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… Grattan was purchased for that reason – and at a grand price. Allegedly, the purchase price for Grattan was $25,000! No matter, John R Braden still…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"Riverside Park had enjoyed a grand run and the time had come to bid a fond farewell. Yet it wasn’t until 1918 that the official closing of the Park…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"Completion in 1853 of the Grand Trunk Railroad linking Portland to Montreal expanded even further opportunities for trade and jobs."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… leave home at least twice for work: once to go to Grand Lake Stream or Houlton and work at F. Shaw Brothers Tannery."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"The grand new churches of the 1840s, still standing today, the Swedenborgian Church, the Winter Street Church and the Central…"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"During the season workers came from Campobello, Grand Manan, Deer Island, and towns throughout Washington County, many living in rows of company…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… as the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Grand Army of the Republic, Aroostook Rebekah and Olive Branch Encampments, Women’s Christian…"