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Caribou Public Library

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"… the Eastern bank of Northeast Harbor, built three houses by the time of his death, and forged a close relationship with the Savage family through…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… homeowners dumped rubbish in back of their houses. Searching those individual dumps would frequently result in a gold mine find of old metal…"

Blake Library Special Collections, UMFK

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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Battle-Axe Factory, Lubec, 1900 Lubec Historical Society From the labor perspective, what may be surprising the modern eyes is the number of young…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Opera House, Presque Isle X Mantle Lake, Presque Isle, 1887Presque Isle Historical Society Economic development led to the growth of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… lived in groups of several extended families, in houses made of birch bark. They traveled the ocean, rivers, lakes and ponds in birch bark canoes…"

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

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

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"… the war, William Clark was a member of the Maine House of Representatives. Another man that was from Lincoln and part of the Civil War was…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"… care of his sheep in a pasture far from the Libby house. He claimed that he took an unusual route to the pasture."

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

"Most houses had a well, but as the village grew, residents formed the Strong Water District in 1908, laying a water line from nearby Day Mountain…"

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

"If the doctor was available for house calls, Ella would phone to determine who was ill. She would then compile a list for the doctor to pick up at…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… towns like Bath, people tagged their houses with white cards or red letters warning people not to enter due to infected residents inside."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… locations for the construction of pleasant summer houses.” Front page, Bath Independent and Enterprise, 1903."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… the Pinkham and Bennett’s stores and the Mansion House were entirely burned… the American Express Co."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… now lay dormant and with trees growing or houses built in them, Farmington still has several working farms dotting the hillsides."

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

"… attempt to bring the Star back as a B-movie house in 1936 after which the space was reinvented as a nightclub, bowling alley, and a retail…"

Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"… where the new building called “Lake View Senior Housing” is now being built. Later, they moved the store to their new location across the street to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… and music being performed at the Center Meeting House, Titcomb and his fellow founders set their sights on forming a Social Library; the motto…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"The mail had to be delivered to around 120 houses all around Stockholm from New Sweden. The Anderson Brothers Store is now the Stockholm Museum."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… Academy pledged their existing building to house the School and also proposed to erect an additional building to be furnished with permanent seats…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… In 1872, Curtis decided to take up cleaning up houses. He worked on jobs that ranged from $50,000 to half-a-million dollars."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… dense forest extending to the water’s edge, few houses, the only roads being foot and horse paths. Travel was by boat."