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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house

"The last Atlantic Postmaster was Debbie Staples, who worked there from 1990 to 1995. Maynard and Ethel's son, Donald 'Donnie' Staples, once kept…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Old Buildings

"Old Buildings Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house Minturn Schoolhouse The Tea Room Redmen's Hall Seaside Hall Andrew Smith Store…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"The lime industry soon became a staple of the economy, which continues to this day in the form of Dragon Cement."

Lincoln, Maine - Ballard Hill School, Lincoln, ca. 1930

"Milford Mott did the masonry work and Cal Staples was the carpenter. The roof was flat and in 1988, seventy years after it was built, it had never…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The McCormick house

"… Stockbridge, Earl and Eleanor Tozier, Betty Staples Byrd (with her seven children), Vincent and Charlotte Bridges, and Sheldon and Tina Torrey."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… office, and hotel at first provided the necessary staples and entertainment for the summer people. By the mid-twentieth century, the Ryder’s Cove…"

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

"… and Play CD Our audios story tellers: Marguerite Staples, Marion Stinson, Sonny Sprague, Keving Staples, Eva Wheaton, Spencer Joyce, Theo May…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"In 1961 Amy Staples became our first female town clerk. During the town reports published in the 1960s women’s names began appearing in lists serving…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"A year later he married Cora E. Staples (1858-1942), widow of Frederick Stockbridge. Andrew Smith died on February 26, 1941, on Swan's Island."

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

"Exhibits Staples brothers waiting for the bus, Swan's Island, ca. 1955Swan's Island Historical Society In creating our exhibits, especially…"

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

"… by James Joyce in 1852 and after him Joseph W Staples was appointed The mails during the last two appointments and a long time subsequent were…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… in every month and there was no corn raised, a staple food crop. In May, there was ice on the apple blossoms followed by a severe snow storm on…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… casks that contained dried fish, peas and other staples were cracked open and the water caused much of the food to spoil."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"The syrup was a staple sugar source to early inhabitants; it is believed local Indians, such as Pierpole, taught the residents how to boil sap into…"

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