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Dyer Library/Saco Museum

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"Businesses and Cottage Industries map of Islesboro  Text by John Mitchell Blacksmith, Islesboro, ca."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Map of Cobscook Bay Area, 1881Lubec Memorial Library Lubec’s connection to the sea and its close proximity to the Canadian Maritimes have shaped its…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Champlain’s early map gives this island the name “Brule-Cote,” meaning “Burnt-hill” in his native French, presumably due to evidence of past fires on…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"“Cemetery Map - Mount Hope Cemetery Corp & Crematory - America's Second Garden Cemetery.” Mount Hope Cemetery Corp & Crematory, Mount Hope Cemetery…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… of on-ground realities, the Sanborn Insurance maps, offer testimony. Canneries in Lubec in the 1903 edition show rooms labeled as places where cans…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"History of Presque Isle Map of Presque Isle, ca. 1870Presque Isle Historical Society Text by: Kimberly R."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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

"… New Portland is the town, as it is listed on many maps, but it is one of the thee villages in the town of New Portland, ME., Somerset County."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… family and friends—a place already labeled on a map—to arrive somewhere without these foundations and struggle to create them."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… very important in putting Maine on the national map. He was known as one of the best congressmen the state ever had."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"In early Jonathan Fisher maps of the late 1700's, scattered schoolhouses can be seen around the town."