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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… on a 1,000-acre tract of land owned by the Alger brothers. Andrew and Arthur Alger, part of Stratton's group, had moved ashore and purchased the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"… the Grey Ghost, the Parmachenee Bell, and the Big Brother. Fishermen and women would use bamboo for the material to make fishing poles back then."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"When she was 13, her brother also died of consumption at age 23. "Fly Rod" CrosbyMaine State Museum If one family member died of consumption…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… auction, where it was purchased by Jarvis and his brother, Phillip, who became among the largest landholders in Maine."

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… housing, secured a $20,000 grant from brothers John, Richard and Charles Gendron to finance a study."

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"Never learning to drive, he relied on his older brother Eric, his longtime teaching colleague Ruth Slater, and in later years James Mundy and Earle G."

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

"… a Campobello resident and the contractor Callahan Brothers' flat bottomed, square bow skiff, operated by one of the contractor’s crew."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"For that thank two brothers. Henry and Seth Clark were in the shipping business and operated a shipyard on Clark Point in Southwest Harbor."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"Betsey’s brother went with them and he drove a horse-sled filled with beds and other furniture. Betsey, her young son and the baby rode in the sled."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"He went into business with his brother selling merchandise as A.W.F. Belcher. He later became involved in Banking, and since 1858 held the position…"

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"Some of my brothers went into the service. They went away to work because there was nothing here. Then, the can plant closed."

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Tucker & Co.; Trecartin Brothers, operating Lubec’s first hardware store; J.W. Allen and Lorenzo Allen, South Lubec; E.U. Brown, sardine packer; N.W."

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

"His brother, Frederick, had noticed a peculiar color of the earth and rock at that location. By September, the town was buzzing with discoveries of…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"Southgate and brothers William and Cyrus King, built the Cumberland Turnpike. The turnpike, the first in New England, ran straight across the marsh…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Wheaton brothers, Swan's Island, ca. 1945Swan's Island Historical Society The nation’s wars and troubles did not spare even this remote island."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"… Danny Theriault, Bob McConnell, and the Dupill brothers (Bob and Gary). In the 1960’s, High School basketball was played at the old Rumford Armory…"

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

"Shaw Brothers Tannery. His dates of working there are unknown, but at some point he created a stunning annotated painting of the operations and the…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… • New Lubec Memorial Library building completed • Connors Brothers plant (former Booth Fisheries Factory B) closes – last sardine plant in Lubec"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… businesses that were in the block were Thompson Brothers and Hallet's Drugstore. They supplied great values for tourists and offices for other…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Oliver Moses and his brother William built and owned many blocks and buildings in commercial Bath, including part of the Union Block, where 94 Front…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"When his only remaining brother Jacob was lost at sea in 1876, Charles sold the farm to Abbie A. Curtis Dolloff, the wife of Oscar Fitzland Dolloff."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"He set out in 1780 with his, wife Betsey, her brother, a small son and a newborn baby, whose birth had delayed their departure."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"One time he had to stop studying because his brother had become sick, and he was forced to run the family farm while his father and mother took care…"