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Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"Returning to Mexico in 1865, he bought back his old store at the Corner and revived his trade. Over the years he served as Crier for the Courts…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… that unlike most years, when the very young and old suffered the most, the people most likely to die were aged 20-40, because this strain triggered…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"—(LI) Hinckley, William P. The Old Cemetery of 1794, revised 1976 edition-- (LC) McLane, Charles B. Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast: Blue Hill and…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"Lura would usually walk back home after the afternoon session. But at 4:00 pm Lura hadn’t returned home. Her parents rode to town looking for her."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… shut down and all island students attended the old Harbor school. A new school was built in 1954, at the site of the current town office."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"This new building was home to a large shop, a home economics laboratory, a science laboratory, and three additional classrooms."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… approach on a dirt road reminds us of what our old roads once looked like. Around 1853 a general store was established in the village and a…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… operated twelve miles of track between Bangor and Old Town beginning in 1836. Years later, this company would be sold."

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

"… the town's new residents, just like the old, know they have to be resourceful to make a living in a small town in downeast Maine."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"… 1:45 PM What year were you born? 1933 About how old were you when the Great Depression occurred? Very young, it didn’t seem like much had really…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"So that, after a while it was just getting old. We were not happy. We wanted to get back to our regular life."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… landing for our geological discoveries even as old Champlain may have landed for his geography, and returning to our vessel at night."

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

"… century lime kilns were operating near the old Fort Wharf, located at the base of Knox Street, near where the Knox mansion had stood."

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"The second fatality was John Scribner, a 70 year old cobbler, who was killed at the corner of Exchange and State Streets when a wall from the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"… daughter, but divorced when she was five years old. About eight years later, the couple got back together when their daughter was thirteen."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"He would not, however, celebrate his 18th birthday until later that year. Three of the letters he wrote home to his mother survive in the collection…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"Mason, Ella Jordan. History of the old high school, Biddeford, Maine 1848-1881. Biddeford, Me.: s.n., 1935."

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"… a drummer boy in the army at the age of 12 years old in the War of 1812. The drum was in the family until it was stolen."

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"Print. The Old Town Enterprise. "Solomon-Grindell Clothing Company Inc. Lincoln, Maine." Print. Murphy, Marilyn."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"Hugh J. Chisholm II was now seventy years old and had served as President of the Oxford Paper for 44 years."

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… resident, who arrived at McAuley with a two-year old daughter, successfully transitioned out of the program, earned a college degree, and started…"