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

"Champlain Society Records and Yacht Log, Mount Desert Island, 1881Mount Desert Island Historical Society In their words and actions, the members of…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"(N, A, M, S) Frost, John E. The Biddeford (Maine) record book. S.l.: s.n., 1968. (M) " George Thacher correspondence, 1785-1795 ," Feb. 2010."

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Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"9, Sept 1893. —(LI) Sawyer, Rick. The Vital Records of Blue Hill, ME, unpublished.--(LC) Willis, William."

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

"… and Lobstering Lobster Fishing The first recorded lobster catch was in 1605 when crew from the Archangel, captained by George Waymouth, set a…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… destroyed many of the town’s historical records, including photographs, artifacts, documents and artwork."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"He saw it as a two-part record. The first would be a history of his family, sprinkled with his "own editorials" from time to time."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… to classical performance lives on in the few recordings of his music that survive. Listen to "Beautiful Ohio" performed by Fritz Kreisler  Bar…"

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Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… its agricultural heritage by supporting the local farmer's market and purchasing local food and goods. References Butler, Ben and Natalie."

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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Due to carefully kept records, we know that the entire building cost $1407.25. Building of the Academy commenced in March of 1803, and was finished…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"There are still many small businesses, often in local homes, to support other local needs in this little town of a little over 1600 people."

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

"… coming to its promised usefulness; and its record for the first two years, though some of its lines may tell of uncertainties, trials, and…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"… it went the 3000 volume library and all the early records of the school that were donated shortly before the fire."

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… but on one particular day, the park hosted a record number of patrons. A newspaper ad crowed, “12,000 People at the park yesterday."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… settlers fled to Portsmouth and beyond and town records were taken to Boston, where they remained until 1720."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"… season, and their combined overall regular season record was 127 wins and only 37 losses (a .774 winning percentage)."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Three years later, in 1742, North Yarmouth town records record the beginnings of Tuttle Road. This first road extended from present day Middle Road…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Ancestry®, 2019, www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/mary-alden-hopkins_192560670. “BHS Presents: Mary Alden Hopkins-The Only Daughter of a Princess…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… buildings is an amazingly complete and attractive record of Bath’s history. Early Settlement While members of the Abenaki lived seasonally in the…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… Northern Maine can be found in the archaeological record and the landscape. The Paleoindians, ice age hunters of mammoth and caribou, camped around…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… mile on the half-mile track in 2:15.5, a world record for a half-mile track at the time. The First Two Auditoriums Bangor Auditorium under…"

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Acadian Archives

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