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Pejepscot Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"“It says that Mr. Gordon is going bankrupt and that he doesn’t have enough money to keep the farms.” Pa kept reading to himself, then paused."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… Forest articles, and Champlain Society logbooks, read anew the calls to protect Mount Desert. Building on the model that his son created when he…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… the evening they played a card game called whist, read novels, analyzed flowers and prepared animal specimens (e.g., stuffed birds), and took notes."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"To read the original manuscript describing these events, click here.  Roadside configuration of Route 3, Northeast Harbor, ca."

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… by the book trade: We were decidedly a reading people. just in time for Ezekiel Goodale, Walter Scott and his contemporary writers of prose and…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"… School, and held several successful summer reading programs for children. Our active FOL was responsible for many fund raising activities…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"… a process people went to school to learn about or read a book on how to do. Rather, they learned from their fathers, mothers, aunts and uncles, all…"

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"Click on the photo, zoom in, and read Info for their names. Degree of Pocahantas float, Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical Society Here's another…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"They started the library as a reading room in the downtown area before the park became the home of the Patten Free Library."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"His hobbies included poker, reading, singing, playing tennis, and bridge. He was also physically fit and was a very hard worker."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"I suppose you have some trouble to read my writing, but you must get used to it for I cannot write any better not now and I think I never can learn…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"Project members often spent time simply reading through the paper for a given year or years to get a "feel" for the time--specifically before and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"… Tribute drawing by Zach Perry X When I read about Gary, it also made me stop and think about what I would do if I were in Gary’s position."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… and in which they could note the books already read and cross out the ones removed from the collection."

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"Phebe's Hymnal Zoom in to read the faintly penciled banter.Surry Historical Society Phebe and Isaac married in Surry on February 6, 1864."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"An excerpt from his diary reads: I packed my goods, loaded them and started for Mann Hill about 10 o'clock A.M."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

""John Martin's Journal" can be read as a narrative or as a reference book. For ease of access here, it is broken into nine sections, which can be…"

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"In junior high school, Earle Shettleworth read Beaumont Newhall’s book "The Daguerreotype in America" (1961), which provided him with a broader…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"… Governor Samuel Adams. The referendum read: "Shall application be made to the Legislature for their consent to a separation of the District of…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"… along with the audio of Legislator Herb Adam’s reading the proclamation can be found in the “Updates” section of this website.”) “The Maine…"

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

"… and we spent hours in libraries and archives reading and scanning documents and newspaper reports."

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

"… House (1906) and the Northeast Harbor Library and Reading Room (1882). Other businesses opened to serve the growing population."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… the purpose of keeping for further generations to read and learn about the past. Father Rasle wrote to his nephew from Nonrantsouack, meaning…"