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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"Moses Mitchell Sr. and Samuel Parker were the boss teamsters. This was in June 1841. In August of that year the cables were strung, and before cold…"

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Davis Hatch trade card, Bath, ca. 1875

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… history because of the fire of 1837, known in Parker Reed's History of Bath as the “Great Fire.” One store in Merchants' Row, being built of brick…"

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Blacksmith, Islesboro, ca. 1890

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"Roxy Parker, Islesboro, 1930Islesboro Historical Society Netting was one of the earliest home industries on Islesboro."

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Harness racing at the Bass Park, Bangor, ca. 1915

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"Prominent local businessman and politician Joseph Parker Bass and Ezra L. Stearns helped incorporate Maplewood Park, and its original architecture…"

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Farmington Harvest, pre 1900

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Parker, Thomas. Early History of Farmington, Maine. L'Anse, MI. Regional History Reprints. Originally published in 1846."

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SEE NOTE Detail of USGS Topographical Map of Bath, 2000

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… 1738 Georgetown was enlarged by the addition of Parkers Island (the current Georgetown), Phippsburg, Woolwich and the area now known as Bath and…"