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Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"The performances caused an intermingling of town residents and the rusticators. When the Blue Hill Hospital burned down in 1929, the Blue Hill Inn…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"Fortunately, it came down in the nearby town of Orland and was retrieved. Fairgoers were treated to the highest ride ever."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… stopping at stations in Scarborough and other towns on its way to South Berwick where it connected with the Boston & Maine."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Sweetser, Phyllis Sturdivant. Cumberland, Maine in four centuries. Cumberland, Maine: Town of Cumberland, 1976. Text by Thomas C. Bennett"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"1890; Hugh J. Chisholm’s Magic Town, 1882-1912, by Peter McKenna (Master’s Thesis); The Oxford Story, A History of the Oxford Paper Company…"

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… 1900’s, the state of Maine, including costal towns like Phippsburg, looked to tourism and development as way to dig out of the state’s economic…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"In his will, he donated to the town of Bradford for the construction of their library. In his honor, the library is named the John B."

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Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… describe where he lived as the shabby part of town. There were large families living in small apartments."

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… to vote, and others focused on getting individual towns, cities, and states to allow women the right to vote."

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Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"In 1978 Jimmy Carter attended a presidential town meeting at the auditorium. Bass Park has seen a number of top-notch musical arts such as Gene…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… Robinson Gould was born in East Corinth (a small town just north of Bangor) on March 16, 1857. His father (Robinson Gould) was a farmer and Arthur…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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