Maine Memory Network

Bethel Historical Society

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Peru Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"… from Rumford Point to Rumford Falls led to the building of the Kimball School at the Point. The Bisbee School served those families living in the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"1855Dixfield Historical Society This early building had separate entrances for the men and women and a balcony in the back which opened into the…"

Fryeburg Public Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"A school building was erected on Roxbury Road and one near Highland Terrace before 1850. The next to come was the Walton School, then the Kingdom…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 1 of 3

"… the teams of horses, and procuring supplies to build the concrete core and gatehouse. According to a draft contract which gives an idea of the pay…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"He returned to Hartford to build a stone wall 100 rods long in eight weeks for $100. With his earnings he bought a pair of oxen for $50 and sold them…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… elected positions of the town and to discuss the building of roads. Selectmen, Town Clerk, and Tax Collector, Bondsmen, Road Surveyors, Hog Reaves…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… of their list was to see if it was possible to build a road from the headwaters of the Connecticut River to the Kennebec."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"The buildings and land surrounding it remains much the same now as in early days and is still called The Gregory Inn."

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

"All of this had a hand in the early days of building what would become a Maine High School basketball dynasty."

Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus

"… were Ephraim and Martha Ballard, who came from Oxford, Massachusetts. Ephraim brought the skills of a surveyor which were much in demand, and…"

Historic Hallowell - Martha Ballard

"She was born in Oxford, Massachusetts, and raised in a family that included physicians (her uncle was a doctor as were two brothers-in-law)."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"Born in Oxford, New Hampshire in 1755, Sawyer joined the Continental Army in 1777 and participated in the Battles of Saratoga."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dr. Charles Snell, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… pictured practiced in Bangor and his father in Oxford County. John Martin (1823-1907) drew this sketch of the son "to show how near I can draw or…"

Franco-American Heritage Center at St. Mary's

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