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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 15 of 17

"In Saco in the evening the Town Hall was thrown open, which was packed by a joyful crowd. Speeches, singing and cheers were the order of the evening…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"Biddeford is bordered by Saco to the north, Dayton and Arundel to the west, Kennebunkport to the south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east."

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… of the Saco in the Fryeburg area (northern Saco River) and the Sokoki or Saco who lived along and on the southern part of the Saco River in…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"Mill wheel bearing, Saco, ca. 1840McArthur Public Library The first sawmill was built around 1853, and before the coming of Samuel Batchelder and…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… Library The village of Winter Harbor - west Saco was an increasingly dangerous place to live in the 17th and 18th centuries."

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"… Bay", raised at Biddeford and Pepperellborough (Saco). The company served as a patrol along the coast for the towns of Biddeford, Pepperellborough…"

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"Senator John Fairfield of Saco described Mrs. Madison in 1847 much as she appears in this daguerreotype: Mrs."

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Bridgton Historical Society

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"… would not fish any of the islands found at the Saco River entrance, for these were the grounds of Saco (Camp Ellis) fishermen."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… term of at least five years.” Philip Eastman of Saco, Henry Williamson of Stark, and Ephraim Flint of Dover were the three Commissioners appointed…"