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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"Summer Street X Text by a Reeds Brook Middle School student Walking Tour of Historic Summer Street No neighborhood is more reminiscent of…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"… Lake are the landlocked salmon and lake trout, brook trout, rainbow smelt, smallmouth bass, white perch, yellow perch, chain pickerel, minnows…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Welcome and Introduction

"… our contributing individuals and organizations: Brook Minner, Parker Brown, and Hannah Stevens (Northeast Harbor Library); Jodi Baker and Taylor…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell House

"… hosted legislators and famous visitors: Phillips Brooks, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Daniel Webster, Franklin Peirce and Ralph Waldo Emerson."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - About Us

"… been made possible by a partnership between Reeds Brook Middle School, the Edythe L. Dyer Community Library, and the Hampden Historical Society."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Brick Works

"… and 5,000 bricks, all bound for either John Brooks or Wales & Beale of Boston. Several projects that may have used those bricks were in the works…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Sources

"Microfilm available at Montpelier. Biographies Brooks, Noah Henry Knox, a Soldier of the Revolution New York: Putnam, 1900 Callahan, North Henry Knox…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"… provided by Sally Leahey, Raymond Gaudette, Brooke Faulkner, Denise Doherty, and Sue Souliere Saco River Launches about 1910 - 1915McArthur…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin Sr. home, Ellsworth, 1823

"… in the drawing, including Card's Cove, Cards Brook, Squaw Point, Cards Mill, Austin's Cove, the Union River, and his father's tailor shop."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Further Reading

"New Haven, CT: Yale University, 2016. Brooks, Lisa. Our Beloved Kin a New History of King Philip's War. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"… in 1798 from Massachusetts at nearby Harbor Brook where it flows into the ocean just north of Bear Island."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"There still exist some Savage gravestones on the West side of Harbor Brook at the Gorianksi property, 153 Peabody Drive."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"… took place in the area surrounding Pitcher’s Brook, currently known as Reeds Brook. Shortly before the battle began, Captain Charles Morris of the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… in constructing a bridge over Stuart’s Brook delayed the anticipated opening. The track from Dunstan to Old Orchard Beach opened the following year…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators on the Rise

"Rusticators on the Rise Dr. Robert on Duck Brook, Bar Harbor, ca. 1920Abbe Museum At first they came solely for scenery and climate, drawn by…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

""Seaport on the Kennebec" Vol. 1, page 120 Brooks, Van Wyck. The Flowering of New England, 1815-1865. Mattituck, N.Y.: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1936."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Braden Theater

"… of Presque Isle, and Newell Smith and Charlie Brooks of Ashland. The theater was sold to James Reginald and Richard Bernard in May 1970."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"A "Take-Out Dinner" fresh from the brook, Strong, ca. 1895Strong Historical Society There were many guys here from Strong that shot huge deer."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Source Materials

"Brook Minner from the Northeast Harbor Library for technical assistance and encouragement. Charles K. “Ken” Savage, Jr."

Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895

"Hamlet and Brooking. Plaster casts were applied to his broken limbs and he survived the ordeal. With so much destruction, many people would have…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 2 of 3

"Zircon Brook and the Androscoggin River. His granddaughter, Janette West Blouin, who still resides next to the existing West farm, recalls hearing…"

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

"The engineering firm selected the Mt. Zircon Brook in South Rumford as the best water source, due to its potential as a possible dam site."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… the surrounding woods, and playing in the brook in summer. The Flood of 1936, Ridlonville to Rumford bridgeMexico Historical Society After…"