Keywords: Rural life
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4
"… army where he sketched battle scenes and camp life. Back in his studio after this assignment, Homer worked on a series of war-related paintings…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2
"… where going to sea and fishing are a part of life. At one time ships, boats, and smaller watercraft were built in Scarborough, but the town does…"
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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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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5
"Today the Common is mostly considered rural living with few agricultural establishments. Although not considered the center of town, its residents…"
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties
"“Living in two worlds: Rural Maine in 1930,” Maine Historical Society Quarterly 25 (Fall 1985): 58-87. Packard, Leonard O."
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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3
"A native of Buckfield, Smith rose from a modest rural background to graduate with honors from Bowdoin College in 1818."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4
"… acres, in a manner not to inflate their present rural value. This was accomplished by a local confidante, farmer Waldo Pettengill, while Hugh was…"
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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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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head
"… a 14-foot triangular affair like a giant old time rural dinner bell were used sequentially. Hand operation (with a $60 per year bonus to the…"
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future
"… past and present, that define the spirit of this rural Maine town. New Portland is itself a bridge, of sorts, for three villages: the North, the…"
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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