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Site Pages
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families
"Desert Island's summer residents have always played an important role in the character of the small coastal community."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings
"… comfortable life, with time to make jewelry and play music, as evidenced by the shell beads and bone flutes found by archaeologists on Frenchman…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House
"… 1898, and was reported to have excellent playing skills. Two players from the Roller Polo Team actually continued on to join the National Roller…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell
"Playing a instrument is a very big deal and very respectful. The drum that he used in the war was passed down throughout his family until stolen."
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Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay
"… and '30s, the Surry Theater offered a different play every week during their summer seasons of nine or ten weeks."
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"Sally describes her childhood summers playing with native island kids: "When I was a child… we did have cars but if you went across the island to go…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3
"… the first social events, consisting of fiddle playing, dancing, and plenty of good food. The years progressed, and, as the population grew, other…"
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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2
"Mercy continues to play a major role in meeting greater Portland’s medical needs, especially among underprivileged communities."
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club
"The skis were used for playing, running errands, skiing to school and to church. Henry Anderson, New Sweden, ca."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?
"The time value of money comes into play in today’s world in a way it probably did not in the 19th and early 20th centuries."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes
"… weaving baskets and, of course, socializing and playing games. Trying out blubber, 1880Abbe Museum In cast-iron pots blackened by years of…"
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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes
"“We would tell stories around the fire or play board games in the candle light with family and friends staying with us ” said Bruce and Marcia Bell."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott
"… and The Farmington Public Library Jacob Abbott played a major role in the development of education for both men and woman in the town of…"
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons
"… in the soil? It must have been some children playing here years ago. As she kept digging, she uncovered more and more."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative
"Up until the early 20th century, the river played an important role in Maine’s history, both as a means for settlement of the area and later, one…"
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South Portland Historical Society
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3
"Rathbone, who had been inspired by a play by the Irish poet John Banim about the legend of Damon and Pythias."
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Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School
"… London Bridges, marbles and ball games filled the play area adjacent to the school at recess time. One memorable event occurred when Phillip…"
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Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812
"… Maine separation politics and would continue to play a major role in early statehood as Mane's first governor."
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Background
"… and European settlers; the role each collection plays in documenting Maine’s path to statehood; and their relationship to one another in respect to…"
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"… Tribal-State-Federal relations in 2022 have played out in the last 60 years, and how all-encompassing and continuous the colonial framework remains…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication
"The Boston Symphony was playing regularly by the Bar Harbor Club pool, and traveling theater companies were visiting the village."