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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"The book contains a report on geology by William Morris Davis, which includes the work done by Champlain Society members and this passage: “Seldom…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"… was founded in 1887 by the twin Johnson brothers, William C. Johnson and Richardson M. Johnson. Richardson Johnson opened his first factory in…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"The building on the left is the S. L. Williams, Millinery and Fancy Goods store. The person on the extreme right is William Appleyard."

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"He fought in Virginia and North Carolina until April 1864. After the war, William Clark was a member of the Maine House of Representatives."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"Cousins William and Thomas were both born in Westerly, Rhode Island and emigrated to Islesboro from Stonington, Connecticut."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"… in ice boxes as a source of refrigeration until William Cullen would invent the first refrigerator."

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"… Factory was started in 1887 by the Johnson twins, William C. Johnson and Richardson M. Johnson. The regular building was made of wood with a brick…"

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"In William A. Bakers book, “A Maritime History of Bath, Maine, and the Kennebec River Region” he writes that in 1851, Captain Job Pierce, who was an…"

Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"… Free Library Another noted granite worker, William Rich, was born in Cornwall, England on December 23,1833 and died in Hallowell on May 12, 1915…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… and sewn at the sail lofts of Washburn & Sons and William Campbell. Shipyard owners and builders, Robinson, McCallum and Counce, sold land on the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"… pride in their surroundings and at the urging of William R. Keith, whose father, Josiah, was a tanner and shoemaker from Bridgewater, MA, planted…"

Acadia National Park

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Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society

"… at Maine Historical Society Ellen, William Pitt Preble, and Stephen Longfellow, Portland, ca."

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… friendships with such influential designers as William R. Emerson and Robert S. Peabody. John Calvin Stevens returned to Portland in 1882 and left…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"Jon Luce sold to Thomas Williams of Quincy, Mass. He never lived in it; it was likely an investment. Williams sold to Bill and Karen Marceau in 1991."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"In the summer of 1876, William Darling bought up mineral rights adjacent to Second and Third Ponds west of town."

Colby College Special Collections

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"In Dark Harbor, Williams Brothers operated a large grocery store featuring fancy goods, (ie: caviar, goose liver, specially packed canned foods from…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… by The 7th Grade Maine Studies Students of the William S. Cohen School. Images are from Bangor Public Library."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… Number One, later known as Peru, was made to William Wedgery of New Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1789; Daniel Lunt of Falmouth in 1790; John Fox of…"

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

"… was settled six years later, when carpenter William Roberts built a log cabin close to the beach."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"(William Otis Sawtelle Collection, Acadia National Park) X Clearly, Loring had special affection for Mount Desert Island, for he spent part of…"

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"Sumner A. Webber. Web. Jando, Dominique. Ben Williams. 13 Sept. 2010. Circopedia:  The Free Encyclopedia of the International Circus. 1 Apr."

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"Silvester Gardiner and William Brattle. Charles Vaughan, John Merrick and others were hired as land agents by the Proprietors to protect and develop…"