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Norcross Heritage Trust

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Huge shell middens have been found along the shores where natives camped for hundreds of years. After their initial scare by Captain Church's men…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"… affectionately nicknamed “Camp Maine Central.” Lumber for the cabin was provided by Redington Lumber Company and there were exhibits of taxidermy…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"Sporting camps around Maine loved to have Fly Rod come and visit. She was great publicity! The sporting camps would give her free food and free…"

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Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 2 of 3

"Pieces of homes, trees, and bundles of lumber floated down the river. When the lumber hit the Father Curran Bridge the straps snapped, which caused…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… of a steamboat wharf, two dozen small cottages, a lumber mill, a brickyard, and a coal, as well as several small stores."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"… shoreline is now heavily developed with family camps, cottages and homes. The different fish in Porter Lake are the landlocked salmon and lake…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"They spent the third night on cots made from bows under a low shelter of trees before they found the camp."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… Indians from the Pennacook tribe had a camp on the mountain in back of what is known as the Ira Wing farm."

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Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… with medical profession was divided into two camps--homeopathy and allopathy. The Trull was the first homeopathic hospital opened in Maine, and was…"

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Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"… group of year-round loggers arrived and built the camps out of logs (surprise!). The buildings were usually huge, having to hold hundreds of…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"He pitched his camp there. Then he returned to Gloucester for his family and set to work. Soon more settlers arrived, including James Richardson, who…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… Army in the Rhode Island campaign as aide-de-camp to General John Sullivan. After his service, Rufus studied law with Theophilus Parsons in…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… ice age hunters of mammoth and caribou, camped around Munsungan Lake and quarried high quality red, green, and gray chert (flint) which they used…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Many of these farmers also worked as lumbermen during the winter months. By producing goods for the lumber industry, farmers did not have to worry…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… her letters to John when he was away at a lumber camp in winter, Ida describes daily challenges: the cow drying up, firewood stolen from the porch…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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