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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

"Department of the Interior-National Park Service, 1970. “Hallowell in the Olden Time.” Maine Cultivator and Hallowell Gazette (Dec."

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Biddeford's Movers & Shakers

"… like Peirson's Lane, Sullivan Street or Clifford Park? What about those historical figures whose names are not remembered on sign posts or…"

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Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… headed “downeast” towards Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island; some of them discovered Surry during their travels and several of them…"

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Abbe Museum

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Ambajejus Boom House

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Holiday Events

"After a brief ceremony at the town memorial park, people walk down to the fisherman’s co-op wharf and watch a wreath being thrown into the harbor…"

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Bar Harbor Fire Department

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Architecture & Landscape database - Lost Gardens of Eden

"… 21st century, and the legacy of Acadia National Park. Bar Harbor was called Eden for 1796 to 1918, and the last fifty years of that period was in…"

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Bar Harbor Historical Society

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Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"King Cummings Park X Things were growing so well statewide that comprehensive plans for towns became mandatory."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… and projects dovetailed with the work of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s National Main Street Program."

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Seashore Trolley Museum

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… became property of the State of Maine, Bureau of Parks and Lands, coveniently adjacent to Quoddy head State park."

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Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"… having the Katahdin area designated as a national park and he did a great deal of research and made numerous trips to photograph features of the…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"It is now the site of Scarborough Industrial Park. In 1929 Curtis Wright Corporation built a nearby log cabin intended as a barracks for a summer…"

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The General Henry Knox Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"Very sick and growing worse. Mrs. Park sat up in the evening; Mrs. White came and watched. Carrie so sick and suffering so much. We sent for Dr."

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Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… the ball game, while hundreds of cars would also park in the outfield. It seems every town had its own team made up of local athletes but the towns…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"… the property is host to the credit union and its parking lot. Alameda Opera House keys, Bath, ca."

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… by his fellow citizens, he was buried in Capitol Park, where his grave is marked by a granite tomb and monument."

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… and the city planned for new neighborhoods with parks included. By 1890, Bangor's population approached 20,000. It was indeed an era of progress."

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Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… Building (Hotel Harris); and the Strathglass Park. All of these buildings are works of art in themselves."

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"It still looked much like it did when it was first built in 1908. In 1986, the Guilford Memorial Library was added to the National Register of…"