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Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle Normal School, Presque Isle, ca. 1910

"Presque Isle Normal School, Presque Isle, ca. 1910 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Presque Isle Normal School…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone, Farmington State Normal School, 1928

"Carolyn Stone, Farmington State Normal School, 1928 Contributed by Mantor Library at UMF Description Miss Stone became the Dean of Women…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone, Farmington State Normal School, 1939

"Carolyn Stone, Farmington State Normal School, 1939 Contributed by Mantor Library at UMF Description Miss Stone retired from Farmington…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone, Farmington State Normal School, 1898

"Carolyn Stone, Farmington State Normal School, 1898 Contributed by Mantor Library at UMF Description Carolyn Stone graduated from…"

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

"Founding of the Farmington State Normal School Normal Schools (the now-obsolete term once used to describe institutions whose purpose it was to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lillian Nordica, Farmington, ca. 1911

"… was held at Merrill Auditorium at the Farmington Normal School. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Cutler Memorial Library dedication, Farmington, 1903

"George Purington, Principal of the Farmington Normal School and President of the Library Association, delivered the welcoming remarks."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Julia Harris May poetry collection, 1903

"… local persons and places including Farmington Normal School, Mount Abram, Mt. Blue, Jacob and Alexander Abbott."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm Poem

"… shared firewood and nourishment kept families warm and fed while the storm steered them forcefully away from normal routines. Waiting..."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Index

"… Places Founding of the Farmington State Normal School - Education Franklin County Agricultural Fair - Agriculture, Places Jacob Abbott - People…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Farmington Normal School Farmington State Normal School, 1870 In the rear of the Normal School Building the old Farmington Academy Building can…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone

"… to further her education at the Farmington State Normal School, where she graduated in 1898. Upon receiving her diploma, she was one of three in…"

Historic Hallowell - The Fireman's Musters in Hallowell

"… business to local stores and united people who normally never would have met. Awards were handed out to winners of different competitions."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3

"It was normal to eat only lunch and dinner in Vietnam. “Only the rich people ate breakfast,” my mother said."

L'Heritage Vivant Living Heritage

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Historic Hallowell - Uniforms and Expenses

"… jacket to cover them, and these two items were normally tan and brown.The fabrics were made of mostly wool and rarely made of cotton because of its…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"Mallett ??-1942: Principal of Farmington State Normal School (now University of Maine Farmington) 1909-1940 (Mallett Elementary School in Farmington…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"… million dollars of damage was cleaned up, everything went back to normal. Even though the storm is gone the memory still lives on. By Amber Bell"

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… there were still shortages; many items that would normally be thrown away were saved and there were many advertisements used to get people to save…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"(He was President of the Normal School at that time) Dearborn and wife sold to Bernard "Bing" Etzel; Mr. Etzel sold the Jonthan Luce."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"The trees from northern Maine that were normally shipped down the Kennebec River were mainly pines. When they got shipped down the Kennebec, they…"

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… River was mostly all swamp, hard to pass through normally, but now all the bateaux were leaky, there was a sick man in every boat, no food, and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… to understand the circumstances our classes were normal it wasn’t large. And we were all good friends the ones that were in school with us."