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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Farming

"Farming Walter Joyce comparing height of corn, Swan's Island, ca. 1930Swan's Island Historical Society Farming was always a part of the fabric…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Dance

"Dance Musicians for dances at Mertic Morrison's restaurant, Swan's Island, ca.1968Swan's Island Historical Society Dancing was also a popular…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"Telephone communication In 1896 two store owners, H.W. Joyce in Atlantic and Isaac W. Stinson in Swan's Island Village, had a telephone line between…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures

"Summer Pleasures Dale Stockbridge and Galen Turner, Swan's Island, ca. 1965Swan's Island Historical Society Playing at the beach, Swan's…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts

"Women's Firsts Text by Candis Joyce Photos courtesy of the Swan's Island Historical Society As in many rural towns and villages, island women’s…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Playing at the pond

"Playing at the pond Although Baird's Quarry was kept drained during its working seasons, once operations closed down for the winter it was always…"

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

"Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry Waiting for the first ferry run, Swan's Island, 1960Swan's Island Historical Society The William S."

West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Junior Martin in cadet uniform, Bangor, ca. 1871

"… his "Scrap Book no 3," showing Junior "attention, order arms," in his dress coat, and going to drill."

Jonathan Fisher Memorial

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architecture

"… men who had a tendency to overbuild structures in order to withstand harsh elements, both on land and on sea. Their survival depended on it."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 3 of 4

"Glenna walked to grade school, which was up in the field behind her house in Masardis. In the seventh grade her school was across the bridge, and in…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"Houses were cleaned from top to bottom in order to prepare for club meetings. Card tables were set up and large groups of people would show up to…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

"… major battles of the Civil War in alphabetical order, and provide links to sites about them. "Civil War Battle Summaries by State." National Park…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Goddard, H. H., The Kallikak Family, 1939, MacMillan Company, New York. Lee, Maureen Elgersman, Blck Bangor: African Americans in a Maine Community…"

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

"… was repealed by the Legislature in 1862, who also ordered the Superintendent of Common Schools to look toward the establishment of “a more…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… land, and set about putting his rights in order. Some settlers on Long Island Plantation, as Islesboro was then called, took deeds from General…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… submitted his resignation as Secretary of War in order to move his wife Lucy and his six living children to his newly constructed home, Montpelier…"

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… how to be genteel, and well-informed, in order to be right on all occasions and able, especially, to set others right, this was Jacob Abbott’s open…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"The farmers were to immediately order any new parts due to the scarcity of steel and in order to have everything in readiness to raise “a maximum…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… the Coln formed us in a square and read some orders from General Mc at the same time saying that in all probability, there would be a battle today…"

Acadian Archives

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