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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Maine Railroads

"Maine Railroads Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Station, New Sweden, 1918Nylander Museum In 1858 Aroostook County Maine had a great chance of…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"During the construction of the new station, William S. Newell, the president of B.I.W., gave the station a weather vane depicting a destroyer at the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Canadian and Pacific Railroad

"The railroad agreed to bring a spur to Presque Isle providing the citizens paid for the rail to be laid."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"There was a special law on the books of the State of Maine entitled “an Act of aid of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad”."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony

"… "W.W.") Thomas graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine in 1860 and was appointed by President Lincoln as one of the consuls."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… on the Canadian border, and connect with the New Brunswick European and North American Railroad. The first section opened in 1868 to Olemon, then…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Transportation

"The New Brunswick Railway came to Presque Isle in 1881 followed by the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad in 1894."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"In 1881, the New Brunswick Railway System (later known as the Canadian Pacific Railroad) steamed into town allowing for starch to be shipped south…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The Bangor & Aroostook Railroad saw this as a threat to business and expanded their lines through Washburn, Mapleton, Perham, Woodland, New Sweden…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Typical of this era, a railroad and hotel built in 1816 named the Commercial Hotel were present on the northwest corner of the intersection."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"1 became a four-lane highway between Bath and Brunswick and a new shopping center, anchored by Shaw’s grocery, opened just to the east of town with…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"While they were doing that, the Brunswick Fire Department was on its way, soon to arrive at 10:00 AM."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… fighters should war break out along the Maine-New Brunswick borders. The state built an armory in Bangor and mustered troops there."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"… stores left Bath and went to Cook's Corner and Brunswick. The purpose of the Old City Hall was to house the city government, including a mayor's…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… at Meductic (south of present day Woodstock, New Brunswick) were planted by native refugees from southern New England following King Phillip’s War."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Partners

"6 Old Brunswick Road Bath, ME 04530 (207) 443-8270 http://www.bms.rsu1.org email: hcorrigan@rsu1.org Maine Community Heritage Project The Maine…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… at the Island Park Raceway in Woodstock, New Brunswick. John R Braden competed in his first race in Presque Isle on July 4, 1921."

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

"Compiled by Mitchell & Campbell. Brunswick, ME: H.E. Mitchell Co., 1905. Snow, John O. Secrets of a Salt Marsh. Portland, ME: Gannett Books, 1986."

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

"… principal owner of Maine’s first cotton mill in Brunswick, and a founder and president of Bath’s first bank."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… Harpswell, and the Mere Point portion of Brunswick. It was one of the oldest and largest towns in the Province of Maine."

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

"A railroad overpass further north marks the Maine Central Railroad line. In 1911, the MCRR track that went through Walnut Hill Village was rerouted…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… son Charles Richmond (C.R.) Loring, who lived in Brunswick, was the last Loring family member to own Skyline Farm."

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