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Site Pages
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"Then when he came back to built houses and saw mills that is when he stayed in Patten and built the nicest house there and lived on Fish Lane."
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Lincoln, Maine - View of Lincoln from Ballard Hill, ca. 1913
"… came to Lincoln and the Library and Worsted Mill was built. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Old Buildings
"Old Buildings Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house Minturn Schoolhouse The Tea Room Redmen's Hall Seaside Hall Andrew Smith Store…"
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3
"… assisted either on or off the farm, and a second house had to be procured to house all the destitute people in the city."
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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit
"… bleached Kraft mill on the site of the current mill; and, in 1958, the mill switched from manufacturing sulphite pulp to Kraft pulp (a more…"
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"Once, when a house caught fire in Lincoln, the train was used to transport a fire truck. The building burned, but the people were amazed at the speed…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 1 of 2
"The Corro House is one of the oldest houses in town, located on West Broadway, next to Region III. The newest president is Jeannette King."
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"… families) to cultivate the land and work his mills. Coasting vessels transported the island’s lumber, and the fishing business began to expand."
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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4
"Research at a burial ground on Mill Island where Roundy and Wood first landed indicate that the native American presence here dated back to almost…"
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"Pepperell Mills boarding houses, Biddeford, ca. 1875McArthur Public Library The "China Trade", started in 1852, was integral to the success."
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Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield
"We know this house today as the Corro House, located on West Broadway where the Lincoln Historical Society is."
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Farming
"Swan also made provisions for a mill to be built so that the grain grown by the homesteaders could be ground into flour."
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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4
"… more or less – 84 dwelling houses, 12 school houses, 14 meeting houses [among them the first congregational and baptist churches in blue hill] and…"
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Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family
"Their house burned to the ground in 1926, so the family proceeded to move to the mainland. They had their Golden Anniversary celebration on September…"
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"… that 873 people were assisted either on or off the farm, and a second house had to be procured to house all the destitute people in the city."
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Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast
"… first pioneers came to Blue Hill and settled on Mill Island at what is now near the reversing falls. John Roundy was 36 and Capt."
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room
"Long-time residents remember playing ball in the 'field' behind the house, which is not officially part of the property but had space for two teams."
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Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones
"L.H. White, the Pulp Mill, the Lincoln House Hotel, Maine Central Railroad, and W.F Lovejoy. In 1904, Mr."
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Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals
"This was in her home. This two-story hospital housed the sick, young and old. Thelma decided to open a hospital in 1932 while working as a nurse in a…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4
"… from dangling a summer kid by his feet off the Mill Stream bridge because he would not give way to others on a sidewalk in the center of town."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville
"Ridlon built a hotel on this land, which soon housed a post office, store, and many houses to accomodate the influx of Italian, Lithuanian, Polish…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5
"… by a large gift from the Torrey family and also houses the town’s Post Office. Voting has been moved from the fire station to the Dixfield Legion…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill
"He owned various mills, including a cotton mill, and was a shipbuilder. In the early nineteenth century he was a very successful man, yet he only…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3
"Ayers stopped and helped me unload. Set up stove etc. I built a fire and then with Ayers went down to his house where with my wife and child and I…"