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

"… began to compete in intermural basketball, track, tennis, volleyball, skiing, snowshoeing, cross country, football, and soccer."

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

"In 1936 the railroad disbanded, ripped up the tracks, sold off its assets and destroyed what it could not sell."

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

"At noon, the Lewiston Train finally arrived, but with the three other fire departments at work it was partially controlled."

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Historic Hallowell - Logging

"It had a ski in the front for snow, two tracks in the back for movement which was powered buy the steam engine, and also about four to ten sleds to…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Bar Harbor had its own horse track and a golf course where, in 1910, President William Howard Taft would play."

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"… more due to the Hallowell transportation train tracks being swept away in rushing waters. Speaking of transportation issues, Hallowell had also…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"They could smell the dust of the race track where the sprinkling cart had moistened it; and they could smell hamburgers frying and see balloons aloft."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"A depot and store were established at the tracks near the Route 9 train intersection, but because of its isolated location, both shut down after…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"The number of votes was kept to keep track of the growing number of settlers. At the April 1816 meeting it was voted to build a school and school…"

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… firemen and the Steamer with hose was loaded on a train… [t] he train left Bangor at ten minutes of twelve and arrived at Lincoln about quarter…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"This ledger appears to track his business – some sort of store. What is most interesting is that he trades with “Indians”."

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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