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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Site Resources

"Print. Haley, John West. The Rebel yell & the Yankee hurrah: the Civil War journal of a Maine volunteer. Camden, Me.: Down East Books, 1985."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"… certainly seemed to live up to legends of Yankee thrift with the recycling of buildings within the neighborhood."

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 2 of 2

"… different cultures and religions than the old Yankee stock. The largest portions were from Canada (25%) and Ireland (12%), two heavily Catholic…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Thieves in Bangor, ca. 1865

"5 is a companion of John Thomas (also an Irish Yankee), No. 6 is Cornelius Driskill, "a dirty ragged full blooded Irish scoundral;" No."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Gorham L. Boynton, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… up in the principles of reducing our enterprising yankees to a serfdom is more than any man can solve."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"Yankee ships were in constant danger of being detained in southern ports or running blockades to be destroyed at sea by Confederate gunboats."

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Jonathan Fisher Memorial

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Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 1 of 3

"Today, he is still living in Guilford. He is a Yankees fan because of a 25¢ bet. At the end of his twenty three years of coaching, he had coached 428…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"Versatile Yankee : the Art of Jonathan Fisher, 1768-1847, Pyne Press, 1973. (JF) Hinckley, William P. Bits of Local History, 1989."

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Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… with which the land was covered ; in that their Yankee shrewdness discovered a profit, and having a realizing sense of the beautiful, they saw what…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"(A Yankee Diva by Ira Glacken). Eventually, Lillian was able to break into the operatic world, and became the delight of the European music community."

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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

"… rates skyrocketed from Confederate predation on Yankee trading vessels. The residents of Blue Hill were forced to rely on the creativity, hard work…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… east of the Mississippi, the famed Flying Yankee. The novelty wore off and revenues continued to drop."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… to his vitriol about houses of ill repute, "Irish Yankees," and rowdy, ill-behaved soldiers. He closed his own store, probably in 1866, and worked…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… Curtis & Son made were called "American Flag," "Yankee Spruce," "White Mountain," "200 Lump Spruce," "Licorice Lulu," "Trunk Spruce", "Sugar…"

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St. Croix Historical Society

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Acadian Archives

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