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Portland Water District

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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"Representative (D) from California’s 26th District. He died at 84 on August 13, 1991, the 29th anniversary of the bridge dedication."

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… results – 3,005 1902 • Lubec Water & Electric District established – water mains laid throughout village and outlying areas 1904 • Lubec’s Civil…"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… appointed the first Customs Collector for the District of Passamaquoddy by George Washington. With the end of the war in 1783 and formation of the…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… Coat Island” in 1786, three years after the district of Maine became a part of Massachusetts. Native Scotsman, author, merchant, politician, Son of…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"The Strong Water Company was created by an act of the Legislature on March 15, 1899. A corporation of seven townspeople was formed to construct and…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 3 of 3

"… by Brian Gagnon, Superintendent, Rumford Water District Report to the Trustees of the Rumford Falls and Mexico Water Supply District, January 17…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"… Joyce, was elected to the School Administrative District #76 School Board. She served until 1972. Roberta recalled being tired of coming up against…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… was established in what was formerly school district No 4 and was named Minturn Mrs Arwilda Newman was appointed postmistress After the mails…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 1 of 3

"The Town of Rumford formed the Board of Water District Trustees in March, 1911. Said Trustees were: Charles M. Bisbee, Cleon S."

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 5 of 17

"Once these two mills were established this mill district came to be one of the largest cotton milling facilities in the country."

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Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"On October 28, 1970, the 205 acre Hallowell National Historic District was entered on the National Register of Historic Places."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"… The early schools of Strong were called rural or district schools and were situated in various areas of the community to accommodate the children."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"Ten states and the District of Columbia were represented at the first national encampment held at Indianapolis on November 20, 1866."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"As one of the Franklin County District's handful of remaining Granges, it suffers from the effects of a declining population and lost industry."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… dams, canal, mills, a power company, and a water district could not be finalized. He sought the assistance of a well-known, profitable, and…"

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Yarmouth Historical Society

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

"… before and during Maine’s transition from a District of Massachusetts to statehood (1820), as well as the establishment of the American-Canadian…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… Company shut down their operations requiring water usage, the amount of water was inadequate or insufficient to reach the upper stories of the…"

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… percent of Lincoln's downtown business district." The first fire "destroyed two buildings and displaced four businesses." The second fire…"

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods Citations

"Hunton, F. D., Kennebec River Flood, Business district, Hallowell, 1870, Hallowell ME, 1870, http://www.mainememory.net/bin/Detail?ln=29193…"

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

"… became a state in its own right, no longer a district of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. There was still a good deal of agricultural activity…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… of the 12 towns in the Western Foothills School District (RSU 10) has its own history and identity, but they all have much in common besides…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… Historic Places record of Farmington's Historic District, October 1993 History of Farmington, Maine by Thomas Parker, 1846 A History of Farmington…"