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Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2

"The Portland Daily Press, July 9, 1912, reported that he had attended the dedication via special rail car, returning to Portland and then to his New…"

Westbrook Historical Society

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"Rummery of Portland built the library for $15,578, and an additional $2,179 was spent on furnishings."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"By 1653, the King’s Highway reached from Portland to Kittery and followed Scarborough’s coastline. At Scarborough, the highway began at the Spurwink…"

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."

Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"Jonathan Morgan, Portland, ca. 1869Maine Historical Society At the opposite end of the settler spectrum from the Vaughans were the young people who…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… to were: Newburyport, Salem, Thomaston, Boston, Portland, Washington City, New York, and New Bedford."

Cumberland Historical Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"… as a cargo item, the Reine Marie was towed from Portland to Thomaston and tied at Dunn and Elliot’s wharf, where she became a floating landmark, a…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… at the mouth of the Saco River and Union forts at Portland Harbor. There is Biddeford granite in the Lincoln monument in Springfield, Illinois and…"

Bangor Historical Society

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Fryeburg Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"… was built in 1848 on a knoll overlooking Depot Street and Main Street. The church was dedicated in 1849."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"As they turned the corner onto Congress Street, they were met by “a cavalcade of mounted citizens, a detachment of the Police and a battalion of the…"

Prince Memorial Library

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"Flake Yard, Portland, 1854Maine Historical Society The fishing industry Before the advent of refrigeration on vessels, Maine's fishing villages…"

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…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"and was living in Portland in the 1900 Census with wife Annie and daughter Margaret; a daughter, Ruth, was born in Portland in 1901."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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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…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… other amusement parks, including Riverton in Portland. The wide range of amusements included a bowling alley, a dance hall, a merry-go-round…"

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."

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…"