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Rumford Area Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"Returning to Mexico in 1865, he bought back his old store at the Corner and revived his trade. Over the years he served as Crier for the Courts…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… Rumford Area Historical Society Histories of all old towns in Maine always contain references to devastating fires, which were the result of…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… that unlike most years, when the very young and old suffered the most, the people most likely to die were aged 20-40, because this strain triggered…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… two smaller framed pictures, showing views of the town today...the town feels highly honored and grateful to its godmother for such an interest as…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… Bust in the 19th Century The first harvest was old growth timber. Felled trees were pulled out of the forests with teams of horses or oxen."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… around 1864, at which time it was occupied by an old grist mill. Mr. Mountford built a new saw and grist mill and increased the water power by…"

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

"In “Old Times of North Yarmouth, Maine”, Rev. Amasa Loring writes that the minister’s children “were trained to habits of industry and economy so as…"

Bangor Public Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… though the organization is well over 200 years old, their purpose still remains the same: to help each other and less fortunate people through…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… constructed mages from historical documents, old postcards, and a presentation of the radio program."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"… archive of historical material is kept in the Old Yellow School House & Museum on Sound Drive. Here, the records of island history are fully…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"… graduates included Ruth Attean, a Penobscot from Old Town. In the early years, the training program accepted male students, who included Edmund…"

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"Administration transferred from the old Weeks House to the larger Payson house on Deering and State Streets in 1927, with Weeks transforming into a…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"Luther Finch, Jr. The Fox family replaced their old building in 1852-53 with a four story brick commercial block that burned in the Great Fire of…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"… Stratton and Bluff Islands would often go toward Old Orchard Pier. However, they would not fish any of the islands found at the Saco River…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Loring Kimball’s father’s fascinating old marine store, near the cove at the South of the present wharf, smelling of all tarry seafaring things…”…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"… program, the outdoor basketball court at the old Stephens High was the site of many legendary games pitting the up-and-coming youngsters of the…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… packing sardines in 1931 when she was 14 years old. “Herring choker was the nickname given to the women who packed sardines,” she recalled."

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… would have been 60 in 1911, assuming a 14 year old fighting in 1865. Probably most in the carriages were 70 and older."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"Biddeford, Me. : The Town. 1860-66. (C) Baker, Emerson W. "The world of Thomas Gorges: Life in the province of Maine in the 1640's." American…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"Portland, ME: Katahdin Publishing Co., 1925. Moulton, Augustus. Old Prouts Neck. Portland, ME: Marks Printing House, 1924."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… played one of his violins, made from parts of an old schoolhouse that had been on Ross Road, at the high school graduation in the Town Hall."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… by Harold Burnham.(2) Burnham had bought the old Leavitt Brothers Clam Plant, and he and family members occupied the front part that had been a…"