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Freeport Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Buckfield

"Its depot was at Buckfield Village, the business center for the area. The train was a very popular part of the town."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"… shows the fishing fleet in the harbor with the village beyond. More site specific are five images that document downtown commercial buildings: the…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"White was an inmate of Letchworth Village, a mental institution, where Kirby was an orderly. White ran away from the institution, and shortly…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 1 of 4

"… in 1724 on the traditionally inhabited Abenaki village by American militia men. For Wabanaki people, these river systems represent the location of…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"He watched the French and British come to the village and talk about war, trade and alliances. When Francis was a young man, his father Chief Jean…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"Village Store and Homes, Somesville, ca. 1905Mount Desert Island Historical Society Church services were also first conducted in homes."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"Fishing villages up and down the coast sent men and boats offshore. Granite and limestone quarries employed locals in quarrying and Maine ships in…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"… mostly on the shores of Minturn and Swan’s Island Village. Spurling’s Wharf on the Atlantic side was a factory that baited trawlers coming into…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… The Old Schoolhouse, also known as the village school, was the schoolhouse located in the heavily populated village area of Blue Hill."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"The area known as the village gradually became the business and economic heart of Guilford, with North Guilford and Guilford Center remaining…"

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"An engine was wanted from Bangor. The whole village was in great danger and would burn to the ground if help were not speedily had."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 6 of 6

"… residents, local churches, the Northeast Harbor Village Improvement Association trails, and the Northeast Harbor Public Library."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"… ancestors creatively and capably reinvented their villages and neighborhoods using materials they already possessed."

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"… spotted, an alarm was sounded and twenty or so villagers would head out to get the whale. They would share the rewards, except for the tongue…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"He built solid buildings in Farmington Village for his businesses – he preferred brick. He had foresight in construction because his buildings had…"

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"… later Avery commuted to high school in Lubec’s village, class of 1916. The first ever Quoddy Light yearbook forecast a political career, the Class…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson

"A Morning View of Blue Hill Village, 1824Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. Upon his graduation the town of Blue Hill offered him a permanent position…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"1880Guilford Historical Society As the new village began to grow and more settlers arrived, simple subsistence living including home-grown produce…"

Guilford, Maine - PROJECT OVERVIEW - Page 1 of 2

"… of this wonderful grant opportunity, the smallest village in the 2009 class. July Orientation at Maine Historical Society in Portland: LtoR: Fran…"

Abbe Museum

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Davistown Museum

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"Clyde lived in Atlantic, one of three villages in Swan’s Island, and was well known for playing his accordion and singing when people got together."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… Common or Center, East Dixfield, and Dixfield Village. Upon its incorporation on June 21, 1803, these three sections grew into very diverse parts…"