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These sites were created for each contributing partner or as part of collaborative community projects through Maine Memory. Learn about collaborative projects on MMN.


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Monmouth Museum

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Naples Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… standards, late 1800s and even early 1900s rural life may have seemed harsh and austere, but life also was less hurried."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"Rural Mail DeliveryStrong Historical Society This structure remains today as a private home in the center of town."

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Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

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Ste. Agathe Historical Society

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Alexander-Crawford Historical Society

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Architecture & Landscape database - Database Overview

"… selection of drawings for urban, coastal, and rural communities. Landscape design, parks, urban planning, and planned communities represent a…"

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Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Eastern Illustrating Company

"… his small crew of photographers traveled through rural New England and New York focusing their lenses on locally known landmarks, street scenes…"

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Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society

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Blake Library Special Collections, UMFK

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Old Berwick Historical Society

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

"… of a new entity for the community, the Rural Living Center.  This would serve as a parent organization for a series of useful enterprises for the…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About MCHP

"… range of themes and topics in Maine history; Maine History Online, a comprehensive survey of Maine history organized by time period and theme…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"“Salt Marsh Dykes as a Factor in Eastern Maine Agriculture.” Maine Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. 21. No. 4. Spring, 1982 Hodgdon, Frank."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"In 1947, the Boston & Maine and Maine Central purchased 20 new cars, the latest in passenger equipment, but potential passengers were turning to air…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 10 of 13

"… USDA 1976 Yearbook of Agroculture THE FACE OF RURAL AMERICA X Frequently, the digger lags would come apart and the digger driver had to shut…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"Farmland dominated the rural area to the village’s west. The combination of agriculture and industry permitted Hampden to thrive."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts

"… the Swan's Island Historical Society As in many rural towns and villages, island women’s firsts have been overlooked in the era of women’s rights…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Timeline of Events

"… students present on the MCHP at the 7th annual Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) Student Conference , University of Maine, Orono June…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4

"… it is one of the fastest growing communities in Maine. Its small-town character, proximity to Portland and Boston, excellent schools, abundant…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… and academics to this otherwise quaint and rural area of Maine. Farmington is unique because much of its history is well documented and many…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"Judd, Edwin A. Churchill, and Joel W. Eastman, University of Maine Press, 1995 Fly Rod Crosby, Julia A. Hunter and Earle G."