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Abel J. Morneault Memorial Library

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L'Heritage Vivant Living Heritage

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 2 of 3

"… dad James would get a taxi from the Van Buren nursing home and stop here (Carroll’s Auto Sales) to get money from Skippy to pay for the taxi."

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Maine Railroads

"In 1892 the route from Houlton to Van Buren, Fort Fairfield, and Ashland was completed. As a result of building the Aroostook railroad, the Aroostook…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 9 of 13

"… Aroostook from the Fort Kent, Madawaska, and Van Buren areas would come to Presque Isle to work in various harvesting jobs."

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Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"14, 1835; and Martin Van Buren, born Mar. 15, 1858. Nathaniel Bodwell was a drummer boy in the army at the age of 12 years old in the War of 1812."

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… Caribou through New Sweden and Stockholm to Van Buren. With a fast and efficient connection to the outside world, the Colony’s population continued…"

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"The B&A Railroad ran through Stockholm to Van Buren. In the end of 1899 a flag station was finished and the trains started transporting passengers."

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Acadian Archives

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Winfield Scott, President Van Buren's emissary, convinced Governor Fairfield to resolve this dispute with Great Britain through negotiations."