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United Society of Shakers

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Biddeford's Movers & Shakers

"Biddeford's Movers & Shakers Photograph by Jaimee Beatson, Biddeford High School X Why do we see the name "Thacher" everywhere in Biddeford…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - EXHIBITS

"… SHIPBUILDING IN BIDDEFORD BIDDEFORD'S MOVERS & SHAKERS THE CIVIL WAR & BIDDEFORD THE THURSDAY CLUB ARTISTS AND INVENTORS OF BIDDEFORD These…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"The landscape of our towns is very different today, wooded now where once sheep and cattle grazed the fields, keeping down growth and preserving wide…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - EXPLORE the history of Biddeford, Maine...

"X About the Biddeford History & Heritage Project... The Biddeford History & Heritage Project (BHHP) is an ongoing collaborative endeavor of our…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 2 of 2

"… Biddeford, 1806, 1807, 1810Biddeford Historical Society By 1880 almost 50% of Biddeford's residents were foreign-born, with different cultures and…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"There was still a good deal of agricultural activity going on in the area, but new industries taking advantage of the river and the sea were starting…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"… in business, hundreds of persons were thrown out of employment, large numbers of whom being unable, in consequence, to procure the means of…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) Letter to Captain Nathaniel Goodwin of Biddeford, 1818McArthur Public Library After the Revolution was…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Cities of Smoke and Soot

"Cities of Smoke and Soot Aftermath of Harmon's Corner Fire, 1911McArthur Public Library Headline about the fire which consumed Biddeford's…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - A word of thanks

"… Hudson Museum-University of Maine University of New England And of course, the amazing staff at the Maine Community Heritage Project and the Maine…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"Plan of rivers of Saco and Kennebunk, 1731Maine Historical Society From the 1680's to the 1760's, war after war broke over the natives and settlers…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Artists and Inventors of Biddeford

"… Library It was an atmosphere ripe for discovery of new ways of doing things. Whether it was portraying a "Mad Miser" in the theater, rallying…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"Courtesy of the Library of Congress X The European settlers traded with the native peoples, especially for furs, but relations with area bands…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"1770Maine Historical Society Whatever the name, these people lived along the Saco River for thousands of years - fishing its waters, canoeing to the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… Biddeford began to experience an intense level of immigration, first of Irish and other west European workers; then later French-Canadian, east and…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"… of Plymouth. The Council granted large tracts of land to various gentlemen, including a tract along the western banks of the "Swanckadocke" River…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 15 of 17

"Lee surrender order, 1865Maine Historical Society The month of April in 1865, Northerners, Mainers, and Biddeford and Saco residents faced a frenzy…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 6 of 17

"… Journal in August 1862 said, “The Production of cloth is now not one-quarter of the producing in common times, and every week it is growing…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 16 of 17

"What was two weeks of celebrating abruptly turned into mourning; President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 15th."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 3 of 3

"… of the 20th century output was high in terms of people and products, and the busts of 1930's would not hit this area in the same way as many parts…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 13 of 17

"… letters to Biddeford and Saco Soldiers. On behalf of the women of Biddeford, the Union and Journal published the following message, “Believe us…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"… - ARTISTS & INVENTORS C - CIVIL WAR M - MOVERS & SHAKERS S - SHIPBUILDING T - THURSDAY CLUB Annual report of the Adjutant General of the State…"