Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… private tuitioned school was established and twenty-six students worked under teacher Francis Simonds' tutelage."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 5 of 5

"… Androscoggin, including Amitgonpontekok (Twenty Miles Falls), which divided Pejepscook from Ammoscongon."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… Androscoggin, Nezinscot, Ellis, Swift, Webb, and Twenty Mile Rivers all provided water power for mills and factories producing products of every…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"Twenty-first century Skowhegan now embraces new industry, modern technology, and a forward-looking future."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"Objecting to the twenty-five cent tariff to cross the marsh, stagecoach owner Josiah Paine laid out a direct road from Dunstan to Stroudwater."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"She had a class of twenty-three students ranging in ages from four to twenty-one, and earned $3.00 for a school year of thirty-three days."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… a three-day span... two fires wiped out about twenty-five percent of Lincoln's downtown business district." The first fire "destroyed two buildings…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"The North Village is located on Gilman Stream, which is about two miles from it's junction with the Carrabassett River."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Bangor entered the "Roaring Twenties" like other cities across the United States. Prosperity returned and people were glad to be done with that…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… was sold at two sticks for a penny and packaged twenty pieces to a box. Curtis later went door-to-door in Portland looking for merchants to sell…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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