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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…"
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Historic Hallowell - Post Office and Fire Station
"Q Were many roads open? A No, many roads were blocked by fallen trees. Q Was it hard to get to mail boxes? A Yes it was there were ice and branches…"
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Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society
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North Yarmouth Historical Society
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Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property
"They had three children at the old Morgan Bay Road farm property: Lemuel (eventually a stonecutter in Brooksville who had 11 children) in 1871, Mina…"
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth
"In 1893 they dissolved and Arno Chase established his operation at the intersection of Main Street and Tuttle Road, and had 10,000 feet of glass in…"
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village Schools
"… it was also known as, was located on the Middle Road. This school was built around 1875 and had a woodshed, boys and girls outhouse and an entryway."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5
"Selectmen, Town Clerk, and Tax Collector, Bondsmen, Road Surveyors, Hog Reaves and other positions were elected to see that the town would be on…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5
"Bowery Corner, an old intersection connecting various roads in the Severy Hill area, put up horses overnight en route to Dixfield Village, and a…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - State Street Baptist Church
"… building three miles south of town on the Houlton Road. The pastor at that time was Joseph Roberts. In 1880, land was purchased on the corner of…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Student genealogy
"… Lora Martin in 1922 and they lived on the Quarry Road. Fritz was reported to be the fastest paving stone cutter of his time."
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall
"… after 1909, and still stands tall on Harbor Road. Odd Fellows Hall workers, Swan's Island, ca."
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication
"… tower was erected on Swan’s Island across the road from what is now the transfer station. Frank Bridges was president of the Swan’s Island…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings
"Postscript: More Moving Buildings The Old House, Harbor Cottage, The Big Barn and the Old Ell were not the only structures in Asticou to move…"
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of East New Portland
"… The Parsons Bridge is located on the Katie Crotch Road near the place built by Ebenezer Richardson, one of the original settlers."
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Bob's Bears
"… of a happening from my early days on Short Wharf Road. It was not an event that shaped town history and probably not more than a half dozen people…"
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street
"… the Penobscot River and on the west by the Main Road (Rout 1A). Hampden’s development between 1800 and 1920 is dramatically represented by the…"
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Surry by the Bay - About The Project
"… (and later moved to its present site on the Surry Road) houses its collections, including a detailed, handwritten twentieth century census…"