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Site Pages
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4
"… eight grades, earned $10 a week, and they usually boarded with a local family. Today, MSAD 58 students from kindergarten to eighth grade attend the…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools
"The teacher usually boarded with a family in the area. Dyer School Building, cr. 1910Strong Historical Society Dist.# 1 - Dyar School was…"
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture
"… draughts, and covered the ceilings with matched boards (tongue and groove). Original Log CabinNew Sweden Historical Society Gable-L…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War
"He married Olive True. In 1870 they lived in a boarding house in Lewiston, and he worked in a mill. By 1880 they returned to the area to live in…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill
"By the early twentieth century, the church was in very bad repair and was only used for services about once a year."
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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5
"Little is known about the Tea Room. We do know that it sold gas and breakfast. Inside there were three tables with two seats each."
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools
"… year, the high school had outgrown the one room and was moved next door to the second floor of the Town Hall, where it was to remain until 1954…"
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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5
"The first floor contained a French and Elliot IGA store. Later the store was changed into Worthen’s Market."
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Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax
"Here, in 1930, the buildings are boarded and deteriorating. Now, only a few rotting pilings remain to mark the site.Photo donated by Edith…"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements
"Islesboro’s first fully equipped boatyard was built on Acre Island in 1920 and is currently owned by a descendant of Mr."
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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill
"George Stevens was a reputable, distinguished, and even prestigious academy. Courses ranged from basic classes like algebra and English to more…"
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War
"… were separate areas for grain and corn storage, a room for weaving and living quarters for hired hands; a milk room for butter making, a pig house…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education
"The space was expanded and two new rooms were added to accommodate 100 students. Enrollment, in the peak years, reached 104 and the school continued…"
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship
"Bartlet’s father, Bill Bartlet was a coach for Junior Pro Basketball in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden
"… was a club room on Main Street boasting a dining room, poolroom, bowling alley, and a fireplace. Each member carried his own key, but had to know…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor
"In Bangor she was a teacher, principal, school board member, and then superintendent for eleven years."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village
"… next morning carting away the pile of broken boards, which had the appearance of having been underground a long time, and parts of a skeleton was…"