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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… that would fit inside each other for ease of shipping. Later Mr. Bartlett bought out Mr. Jenkins and Jenkins went to Kingfield and built another…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Business plummeted and ships languished. People were forced to develop other avenues of trade and very quickly, inland routes leading from Maine to…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Henry and Seth Clark were in the shipping business and operated a shipyard on Clark Point in Southwest Harbor."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… the principal breeds kept, and many eggs were shipped for hatching. Shaw Bros. poultry business, established in 1895 at the old Shaw homestead at…"

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… bodies were dug up, placed in five caskets, then shipped by train to the Maine School for the Feeble-Minded where they were re-buried."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… a bit of a wanderer, went to sea on a whaling ship that sailed around Cape Horn. He settled in California where he transported freight up the…"