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

"… of the region's outdoor heritage and grassroots efforts to conserve natural resources. Crosby was a woman engaged in the outdoor and tourism…"

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Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… 2009, everyone was working together with renewed effort and purpose, even as layoffs again abounded and 200 jobs were lost when Interface Fabric…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"The project represented four years of effort by determined residents, faculty and administrators in SAD 58."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"Later on she would discuss in detail efforts to conserve natural resources for another generation of sports by placing bag limits on deer, salmon and…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"Thanks to the efforts of a group of grateful students, the grave marker was replaced with a 10 foot tall monument."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Maine Special potato bag, Presque Isle, c. 1950

"… the strong interest in distinctive marketing efforts that is still evident today. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…"

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Skowhegan Community History - Sister Communities

"… Communities This project was a part of pilot effort by Maine Historical Society, under funding from a private foundation, to support community…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 2 of 5

"… Initially, however, the primary legacy of these efforts prior to the US-Canada northeast border commissions of the late eighteenth and early…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 4 of 5

"In Massachusetts, all efforts to have land grants east of the Penobscot River confirmed by the Crown, as the charter required, were stymied."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"After the Civil War, Aroostook County, in general, and Presque Isle, in particular, found economic prosperity in the starch industry."

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"… the heart of downtown, divisive politics, and an effort by the residents of the beach neighborhoods to separate themselves from the rest of the…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 5 of 7

"… County Courthouse (built at the proprietors’ expense) where, despite several efforts by the proprietors to evict them, the Goodwins remained"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Partners

"… steward important collections" and strengthen "efforts to extend the reach of such materials and make their intellectual content widely…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 3 of 5

"… organized by Royal decree, Dunbar’s settlement efforts threatened most of the land claimed by the new companies."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"These seventeenth-century efforts to bring the region into the European world each collapsed so quickly and immediately that the Wabanaki inhabitants…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"Bangoreans rose to the occasion by sponsoring Victory Food Sales, rationing, buying war bonds, and acting as civil soldiers."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"His fervent efforts kickstarted the company's incorporation and early activity around 1750. Florentius Vassal Florentius Vassal was an absentee…"

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Guilford, Maine - CONTACT US

"… Heritage Project and will be a continuing team effort to update our Guilford history website. Please visit our Museum filled with historic…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"One of his efforts paid off when he was instrumental in obtaining an increase on the tariff on Canadian potatoes entering the United States."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… wars and attacks temporarily stalled settlement efforts along the Kennebec. As settlement resumed in down-river areas, Arrowsic Island was…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Fashion of the '40s

"Like other areas in the war effort, the public considered these fashion rations to be just another way they could help win the war."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle Outdoor Pool

"… Congregational Church has devoted much time and effort to make this a reality. The Robinson Memorial Bathhouse was built and dedicated that same…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"Women, such as Rena’s mother, put a lot of effort into keeping not only their clothes neat, but keeping their families in order as well."

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"… Hall and William Hume of Guilford organized the effort to rebuild the bridge once again, at the cost of $625,000."