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

"1980Swan's Island Historical Society Later on, Maynard and Ethel Staples purchased the property and also ran a store there."

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."

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…"

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 - 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 - 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 - 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…"

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."

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…"

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 - 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…"

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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…"