Maine Memory Network

Mexico Historical Society

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Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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Fryeburg Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… and realized the economic possibilities of the Oxford Paper Company bringing jobs to the area, he purchased a large tract of land that became known…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… of the International Paper Company and the Oxford Paper Company were constantly sprayed with water to reduce the possibility of fires."

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"… the building boom due to the construction of the Oxford Paper Company across the Androscoggin River in Rumford."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… from Boston to Paris proclaiming the founding of Oxford County, and Paris Hill as the county seat. The inhabitants of Plantation Number One were…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"The East Dixfield Post Office has been moved four times--twice to the Dixfield side of Main Street and twice to the Wilton side where it is located…"

Paris Cape Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"… and Irish folks in the Spruce Street/Knox Street Penobscot Street areas had the Pettengill School."

Norway Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"What was known as Trask Street at that time, now Leavitt Street, went all the way to Highland Terrace."

Fryeburg Academy Archives

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"The upper Weld Street area, which had very few houses until around 1942, was fairly flat. The wind swept fiercely across these plains before…"

Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society

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Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"… resides at the Dixfield Town Office on Main Street. This building was made possible by a large gift from the Torrey family and also houses the…"

Fryeburg Public Library

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Lovell Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… first at its ski jump location on Spruce Street, then at its Scotty’s Mountain location on Route 120, and finally at its present facility on Glover…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… Village on the Trask Road, now known as Leavitt Street. A school building was erected on Roxbury Road and one near Highland Terrace before 1850."

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

"… Hill Dixfield Congregational Church, High Street, Dixfield, 2006.Dixfield Historical Society Text by Donna Towle Images from Dixfield…"

Norway Memorial Library

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