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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - History Detectives

"History Detectives Native American artifact presentation Special guest Barbara Francis teaches the History Detectives club about uses of Native…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"The Tea Room Clevie and Mary Trask, Swan's Island, ca. 1940Swan's Island Historical Society 253 Harbor Road is now known best as the popular…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry Waiting for the first ferry run, Swan's Island, 1960Swan's Island Historical Society The William S."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Exhibits

"Exhibits Staples brothers waiting for the bus, Swan's Island, ca. 1955Swan's Island Historical Society In creating our exhibits, especially…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… Capitol, one church, five school houses, three mills, 163 houses, and 151 barns. The Colony Expands Into Neighboring Townships The town of…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"A new man- a rag picker- then ripped all the buttons and buckles off of the sheets and clothes. The cloth was used to make the paper at the mill, and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"He built a double sawmill on Mill River to serve as a lumber supply for crude cabins to house the arriving families."

Historic Hallowell - Industry on the Bombahook Citations

"… "saw mill." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 03 May 2011. <http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logging>."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools

"… people who worked at the local Hallowell cotton mills and shoe factories) had to attend school as well."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"… hewn timber, procured boards and planks from the mill at Cobbossee, and built a comfortable frame house of two stories in front and one at the…"

Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"… granite was worked to produce foundation stones, mill stones and door sills. Cornice stones for Boston's Quincy Market, for example, were produced…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington's Agricultural Pursuits

"Early in the 1800s, carding mills were built that combed, spun and wove wool into a variety of cloths."

Stockholm Historical Society

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Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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Gorham Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"Wearing such a garment to protect his clothes indicates that Soule worked at a trade or in a factory, perhaps in the local textile mill."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 4 of 6

"… substantiate company land claims, and the roads, mills, and meetinghouses they built helped make the rest of the proprietors’ tracts more appealing…"

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"The saw mill would make the logs in different shapes and sizes, so they could sell the logs to citizens who were in need of lumber."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"… Farmington Historic School Districts Farmington Mill Sites Farmington Tanneries Titcomb Family Sites Interactive Google Earth Maps: These are…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"After, Piscataquis Woolen Company built the mill and the store was moved by the office of Straw and Martin at the mouth of Mill Street."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"1900Islesboro Historical Society MILL CREEK The small settlement of Mill Creek was located between Dark Harbor Village and Grindle Point where…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Soon after this, a fulling and carding mill was constructed to process wool. Waterpower generated from the middle channel of the sluiceway supported…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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