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Brick Store Museum

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 12 of 17

"… 5th Maine Infantry, 6th Maine Infantry, 7th Maine Infantry 8th Main Infantry, 9th Maine Infantry, 10th Maine Infantry, 12th Maine Infantry, 13th…"

Cornish Historical Society

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William Fogg Public Library

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Biddeford Historical Society

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Berwick Historical Society

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Friends of Wood Island Light

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Acton-Shapleigh Historical Society

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Alfred Historical Committee

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Sanford-Springvale Historical Society

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Old Orchard Beach Historical Society

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Kennebunkport Historical Society

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - A word of thanks

"… England And of course, the amazing staff at the Maine Community Heritage Project and the Maine Memory Network--Larissa, Kathy, Fran, Rachel…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - CONTACT

"… HERITAGE PROJECT c/o McArthur Public Library 270 Main Street Biddeford, Maine 04005 U.S.A. BY EMAIL: reference@mcarthur.lib.me.us *Please include…"

Eliot Baha'i Archives

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 3 of 3

"In the urban areas of Maine, ethnic tensions and nativist hatreds rose through the 1920's, and in 1924 the Ku Klux Klan claimed 50,000 members in…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - EXHIBITS

"By Paige S. Pandora, University of Southern Maine CITIES OF SMOKE AND SOOT An introduction to Biddeford and Saco's tumultuous fire history."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 11 of 17

"… called nationally for volunteers, requiring Maine to raise one regiment of infantry for three months of Federal service."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 2 of 17

"… Historical Society During the Civil War, Maine laborers worked in logging, milling, papermaking, built ships, fished, and processed fish; mined…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"… By 1910 Biddeford was the 4th largest city in Maine. Biddeford's ethnic make-up was diverse and urbane, and the city's residents included business…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 14 of 17

"… & Saco During the Civil War, the State of Maine provided aid to the families of soldiers. In 1862, 257 families were supported."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - ABOUT US

"… exists as a distinct corporation in the State of Maine "to establish, maintain, and conduct an historical and archives society": with the purpose…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Cities of Smoke and Soot

"… of fire departments from the various southern Maine communities. Through working together, these communities have been able to quell incredibly…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 7 of 17

"… and early 1900’s as the textile industry in Maine thrived. Like ice, this industry was international and products shipped all the way to India and…"