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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"Several banks collapsed. Thomaston Banks were kept in business only through the generosity and connections of millionaire Edward O’Brien, president…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… Society Thomaston, Maine is nestled on the northern bank of the St. George or Georges River, where it bends west for a short distance before…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 10 of 17

"As portrayed in the Union and Journal, Northerners believed the attack on Fort Sumter was not likely, because Boston papers stated that Confederate…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 15 of 17

"… Historical Society The month of April in 1865, Northerners, Mainers, and Biddeford and Saco residents faced a frenzy of emotions."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 9 of 13

"It was first put in the lobby of the new Northern National Bank building in 1946. It remained in the bank until it was acquired by the City of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Perry Opera House

"In 1930, the building was purchased by Northern National Bank, and named the State Theater. It burned down again in 1946, and was reconstructed as…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… the headwaters of the Saco in the Fryeburg area (northern Saco River) and the Sokoki or Saco who lived along and on the southern part of the Saco…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… House (1946) in Brewer and the Merchants National Bank (1974) in Bangor. Eaton Tarbell was one of the first architects in post-World War II Maine…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"[34] For further details on this debate and the opinions of Maine politicians and national figures, see Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 188-204."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Northern New York, which included the Rumford Falls Paper Company."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Now this vast region of northern New England could manage its own affairs, and the citizens' optimism towards the future improved."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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