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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… Society Lee preached first in Saco, and then Portland, and northward, until on October 15, he preached at Lowertown, which we know today as…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"It could be Bartlett, or Charles J. Schumacher of Portland, who is known to have painted similar murals in a now demolished church in Mayville, near…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… easily commute to jobs in those cities and even Portland to the south. The earliest settlers in the Western Foothills were of predominantly English…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"Mr. H. J. Chisholm Dear Sir I was in Portland Tuesday and called at the office see you in regard to the Winter plans and as I did not see you I will…"

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Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"… wrote a paper entitled "The Daguerreotypists of Portland, Maine." Many of Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.'s daguerreotypes and ambrotypes were exhibited…"

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - About the Project

"A couple of years later, the Portland Press Herald published an article about an upcoming NAACP event for Black History Month on Malaga."

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… of other amusement parks, including Riverton in Portland and Merrymeeting in Brunswick. Situated on an idyllic 10-acre parcel in Hampden, Riverside…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 2 of 2

"… in Maine, next to Maine Medical Center (MMC) in Portland, Maine. EMMC serves 40% of the population in the state of Maine and is the sixth largest…"

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

"Wood, of Portland, who was proprietor in 1904 and ran the business as The United Packers, with a capacity of 3000 cans per day."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"The shipyards of South Portland were a destination for many able-bodied workers, who helped with the construction of Liberty Ships."

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

"… Deering in the Western Maine Quarterfinals at the Portland Expo. The Rumford High team of 1973 was another very strong team."

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

"… covering the rails from Chicago, Illinois, to Portland, Maine, and east to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with steamboat lines which also included the major…"

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… leadership of State Representative Herb Adams of Portland, in 2010, the 124th Legislature of Maine formally expressed “profound regret” for the…"

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

"… document the exhibition at the Salt Institute in Portland, Maine of Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold, produced by Kate Philbrick…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… Boston to Kittery and York, then extending to Portland (then called Falmouth). In 1739 the laying out of a public highway from Falmouth through…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"… Western Maine, well-known Deering High of South Portland; for Eastern Maine, the Hampden Academy boys, a team that had yet to win a state…"

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Resort hotel Ne-Mat-Ta-No built in North Lubec by Portland YMCA • “Klondike” – Electrolytic Marine Salts Co."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Moses came to Bath from Portland in 1826 to pursue the tinsmith trade. He created the Bath Iron Foundry on the west side of Front Street, directly…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… was now open for the first time from Bangor to Portland, and points south. On November 1, 1856 the Waterville to Bangor line was leased to and…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… Daniel Lunt of Falmouth in 1790; John Fox of Portland in 1792; in 1794 to Isaac Thompson, Joshua Eddy, and William Thompson, all of Middleborough…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… decision of the Federal Court now in session at Portland. August 4, 1870: The new depot grounds were visited in a mysterious manner last Thursday…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… northwest of Augusta and eighty miles north of Portland, lies Farmington, Maine, a town currently populated by roughly 7,600 people."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… Committee on the State School for Boys in South Portland. He felt that the school was badly needed."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"They were both buried in the West New Portland Cemetery. G.A.R. Post No. 134, Strong, ca. 1890Strong Historical Society Edmund B."