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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The island switchboard was located in the rear of the Dark Harbor Post Office from 1902 to c. 1915. The switchboard moved to a small house on…"

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Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"… drowned while swimming in the Kennebec River at Swan Island opposite Richmond. These daguerreotypes of young Sarah were preserved in the Richards…"

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"The flood was caused by ice jams at Swan Island and Browns Island but with the warming temperatures in the late winter, early spring, the winter ice…"

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Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… Moulton and Harmon decided in 1724 to leave Swan's Island to go up the Kennebec and attack the village of Norridgewock."