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

"Workers make sure the potatoes and rocks are separated. A conveyors dumps the potatoes directly into a bulk body truck No more barrels, no more…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 4 of 4

"Some were separate items such as half cage crinolines, tied on at the waist, while others were fixed to the skirt."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"Their farms were widely separated, and they struggled for existence in the face of primitive hardships."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"… especially about the placement of the boundary separating the yet-to-be-created province of New Brunswick and the future state of Maine."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"In May of 1795, the Town of Eden separated from Mt. Desert, giving the Island two towns. By 1800, many people were living on the Island, and many of…"

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Historic Hallowell - Historic Hallowell Resources and Links

"… books, maritime charts, and a variety of separate maps, including pocket, wall, children's and manuscript."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - P.H. Tilson Death Notice

"… the Confederates' 33,000-man army with three separate flanks. Before the battle began, General McDowell called 5,000 men to guard the rear of the…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"… started an effort to petition Massachusetts for separation. In March 1820, in recognition of his political service, William King was elected as the…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Welcome

"… that share a common history with deep roots, separate but, in many ways, similar. The towns split in 1821, but joined together again to form the…"

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Leeds Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"… During the early 1900s the population in each separate village grew and so did the number of stores."

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Architecture & Landscape database - Search the Database

"… for additional stand alone records might include separate storage, different provenance, or preservation."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 5 of 6

"… of those ambitions, settlers also articulated a separate understanding of property: a belief that ownership was made not through royal seals…"

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Westport Island History Committee

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… terms in Congress and William led the movement to separate Maine from Massachusetts, subsequently becoming Maine's first governor."

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"… law the Legislative Act on June 19th, 1811, which separated the new Town from Eastport. Exactly 100 years later Lübeck, Germany sent a telegram."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… in census numbers to 3600 in 1860, due to the separation of South Thomaston and Rockland in 1848, the population leveled off and remained at 3,000…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"… by the residents of the beach neighborhoods to separate themselves from the rest of the city further fueled this sense of anger, animosity, and…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

"A separate division of the Saco-Lowell Shops known as the Edwards Plant, which produced automotive parts and weapons, was acquired by Maremont…"

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John Bapst Memorial High School

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Baldwin Historical Society

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Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 1 of 3

"… create and erase identities, unify and separate people, and both celebrate and oppress cultures."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 3 of 5

"While the idea of a separate colony quickly lost favor and was rejected by March of 1730, the Privy Council determined that political control of the…"