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Site Pages
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Architecture & Landscape database - Database Collections
"Collection names are styled after the firm's proper name, or as they appear in the contributing repository's catalogue."
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Historic Hallowell - Martha Ballard's Modern Connection
"His name is Spencer Buck. He was interviewed by fellow classmate _____________ about his famous relative. Click here to listen to the conversation."
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Blue Hill, Maine - Friendship vessel, Blue Hill, 1907
"… Library Description A sailing vessel named Friendship in Blue Hill. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington High School girls basketball team, 1919
"From left are, Esther Morrison (Married name: E. Gray), Alice Cottle (Jean Koslowski's mom), Leona Wood (Married name: D."
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Biddeford's Movers & Shakers
"Though the people may be lost to time, their names live on in fable if not fact. You often hear these names in family stories or local lore, and it…"
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Historic Hallowell - Transportation Challenge
"Smith and the Edward H. Smith. The Jeremiah T. Smith, pictured below drying sails at granite wharf, was named after a Connecticut oyster king and…"
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Incorporation
"Those studying Hampden history often wonder why these name changes were deemed necessary. Some local historians believe that Wheelersborough was…"
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Historic Hallowell - Industry on Bombahook
"… theories as to how Bombahook Stream got its name. Birds eye view map, Hallowell, 1878 Bombahook is the peninsula on the left side of the…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Ammunition Case
"The case holds no name, no information, and no hint of evidence as to where it came from. We do not know what battle it was used in, but we know that…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Elizabeth Akers Allen, née Chase
"In 1855, using her pen name, she published her first book of poetry, Forest Buds from the Woods of Maine."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Memorial Day, Presque Isle, 1888
"Above the store door is the name, "Bouquet." Above the second floor is the sign, "Photography Rooms." Note the late 1880's fashions."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - John Mooney, Presque Isle, ca. 1910
"… the words "John Moon," with the rest of the name torn off. On the back is written: "John Mooney #303 ca 1910." Mooney was a blacksmith in Presque…"
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Lincoln, Maine - View of Mattanawcook Lake from Clark Street, Lincoln, ca. 1890
"Hence the name Taylor Street. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."
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"Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records Place Names and Continuance Plan for towns along the Androscoggin River, ca."
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"From article titled "Story Linked to Naming of Joppa", Kennebec Journal July 27, 1962. Joppa Looking North, Hallowell, 1870Courtesy of Sumner A."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Welcome to Strong
"Pierpole, a Native American living in the area when the white settlers arrived, referred to it as “middle town” on the Mussul Unsquit, his name for…"
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"All of these tribal names are found in the early literature of the area, as well as the southern New England tribes' names for the Wabanakis --…"
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Historic Hallowell - The Information Call Script
"MELISSA: MY NAME IS MRS. PERKINS. GABBY: OK MRS. PERKINS I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE YOU WERE WHEN THE CYCLONE HIT YOUR HOUSE? MELISSA: WELL I HAD…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900
"By 1863 seven ships were sent down the ways, one of them named “E. Pluribus Unum” (“out of many, one,” the motto that appeared in the Great Seal of…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott and Fewacres, Farmington, 1903
"… Engraving of Jacob Abbott's home in Farmington named Fewacres. Inset is an engraved image of Jacob Abbott."
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"… of the banquet lists the "toasts" as well as the names of those making them. They include some of the leading citizens of Farmington."
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Works Cited
"Works Cited Eckstorm, Fannie Hardy. Indian Place Names of the Penobacot Valley and the Maine Coast. Orono: The University Press, 1941."
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Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 2 of 2
"It has changed names and owners numerous times, as well. Here is a look at some of the changes through its existence."
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Brewer is the gateway to coastal communities and Acadia National Park. The city along with Bangor also serves as a trading and distribution center for the coastal areas and towns and cities to the north with the total region having a population of approximately 250,000 people.