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Acadian Archives

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"Today, that train traffic includes summer tourists who ride the Maine Eastern trains from Brunswick to Rockland."

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"… should schedule a Funeral Director to meet the train in Rumford to pick up his body. Arrangements were made for John to be buried in the family…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"A train from lower Maine and Massachusetts runs along the Androscoggin River the whole length of the town on its way to Rumford."

Mercy Hospital - 100 Years of Mercy Hospital

"Phase I of Mercy Fore River opened in September 2008 with a state-of-the-art medical office building and an advanced new hospital facility."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… Fire Company for aid, and by 7:10 p.m., a train loaded with firemen and equipment departed for Rumford."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"Goodwin was military trained and was on at least one expedition to Norridgewock. He is listed on the John North map as surveyor."

Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"Prospective teachers could begin their training while they were still in high school. Mrs. Arlene Potter said she received 50¢ a week for doing the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"Loading deer on the train at Strong station, ca. 1915 Strong was a popular stop for "sports" traveling to and from the Rangeley Region on the Narrow…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Project Photos

"… activities arranged in chronological order: July training at MHS, photo workshop at the Byron Historical Society, photo workshop at the Buckfield…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Future school teachers could begin training as school juniors. The pay, by today's standards, was low."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"… 8th Graders, 2011-2012 Loading deer on the train at Strong station, ca. 1915Strong Historical Society Return to Student Research Hunting…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"One day, when she was getting off the train, she caught her skirt and was dragged quite a distance. Her leg was seriously injured, and she endured a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Buckfield

"The train was a very popular part of the town. Along with the train, many industries began to come about in the 1900s."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"The Lewiston train should have been there a long time before both of the other trains except there was a delay with their flatbeds staying on the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… stretch of the Kennebec River and the system of river-parallel ridges on which the city is situated include crustal plate movements, river erosion…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"The Carlton Bridge is now only used for trains, and the Sagadahoc Bridge now acts as the way to cross the Kennebec River by car, foot, or bicycle."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 2 of 3

"Maine Community Heritage Project Training X At the July training, each team shared their work to date, presenting an outline of one of five…"

Pittsfield Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"To catch a train, or to use the railroad for freight, a traveler or shipper had to cross the river. Certainly having the train into West Farmington…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"The train continued a daily trip to Farmington to collect milk and cream at the creamery in West Farmington until the 1970s."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - "Good the more communicated, the more abundant grows" : The Thursday Club

"… a means for the acquisition of knowledge, the training of power; and the working of a spirit of human solidarity, a comprehension of the continuity…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"Before it was built the railroad lines were either woods, towns, or fields. Train Depot, Guilford , ca."