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John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description In the evening…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 00-29

"Items mentioned include: Horse racing Dr. Charles Snell Cone cedar tree Gate designs 1866 Philadelphia National Union convention Bangor Democratic…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"Part 1, to page 29 Horse racing, plans of gates, 1866 Democratic Convention, politicians   Part 2, pages 30-47 Profiles of political figures…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"A fifty-year old community of black and multi-race families was destroyed. Six months later, the State sold Malaga to the highest bidder for sixteen…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"The races, even in the north that was supposedly so enlightened, even blacks and whites weren’t supposed to be living together. It just wasn’t done."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 22-71

"… events mentioned include: Ernst Sjostedt Horse racing Dramatic Club of Brownville John French George Knowles John Pomlow Electric street railroad…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 6, pages 97-113

"… including illustrations, one of which is a canoe race on Kenduskeag Stream. Ten members of the Penobscot tribe paddled the canoes."

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

"Harness racing has been held since Bass Park was created. Even today horses race on the original track as they did well over a hundred years ago."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"… and America’s Campaign to Create a Master Race, 2003, Four Walls Eight Windows, New York. Bruinius, Harry, Better for All the World: The Secret…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"

"… of several decades of debate over the place of race and ethnicity in American citizenship. On a local level, changes in Portland city government…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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