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Site Pages
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3
"… State Museum, are temporarily on loan to the American Museum of Fly Fishing in Manchester Vermont as part of an exhibit entitled: “A Graceful Rise…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder
"… invented traditions, Loring was among the first American Indians to draw public attention to indigenous customs in costumed performances."
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland
"… Hill Village The Buxton Tavern (known as the Red House) and the Buxton Tavern Stand across the road were at the heart of the village."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4
"George Washington was not yet President, and Maine was still part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4
"Sources Ernst, Robert. Rufus King: American Federalist. Williamsburg, VA: The University of North Carolina Press, 1968. Moulton, Augustus."
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - History Detectives
"X The History Detectives club was started in the fall of 2012 by Island Institute Fellow Kate Webber, with the goal of involving kids in Swan's…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3
"… Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, and the Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War still carry on the work begun by the…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School
"… School as a child when it was still new and housed grades K-12, spoke to the gathering, recalling how the building, with it's spacious gym, had…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3
"… President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, both of whom were Masons, assumed the chair."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4
"Most houses had a well, but as the village grew, residents formed the Strong Water District in 1908, laying a water line from nearby Day Mountain…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong
"He claimed that he took an unusual route to the pasture. He followed a creek bed and went under a bridge because if he had been walking on the road…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1920
"On the left, the first building is the Lincoln House gas station on the corner lot of Main and Burton St., next is the Masonic Hall where the Town…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!
"From Native American shell middens to the rusted remains of quarrying equipment, Swan's Island holds a living history of the industries that have…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 4, pages 57-76
"Part 4, pages 57-76 Some of the topics and personalities mentioned are: Lincoln's victory in 1864 Irish votes in Bangor Silas S. Drew George B."
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West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association
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Life on a Tidal River - Resources
"Print. Whitman, Sylvia. V Is for Victory: The American Home Front During World War II (People's History). Library Binding ed."
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868
"… as well as its place in the social life of many American communities, reflect the changes in society over the century that saw a shift from a new…"
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Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?
"An early Hallowell newspaper, the American Advocate, featured an advertisement placed by a local businessman searching for the raw material of the…"
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Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved
"Of the 450 buildings in the proposed district 85 per cent were built during the 18th and 19th centuries."
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Skowhegan Community History - Lakewood Theater
"In previous years, it had been a Native American settlement. Later that year, the park became formally known as Lakewood Theater."