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Skowhegan History House

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"It consisted of a double wooden track running from behind the school down to and across the brook; the little cars ran by gravity."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"… to the family homestead and has become active in tracking down the many unidentified people and unknown locations in Society’s archived photos."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"The Sandy River flows into Strong from the west, tracks easterly to a point south of where the village was settled, then sweeps around a large bend…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"… was built in 1949 on the site of an old horse track. It was originally a one-third mile clay oval."

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Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"… in 1894, expanding it all the way to the railroad tracks. The factory, which made ladies shoes of many styles, was very successful and was a…"

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Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"… bottom of Greenville Street before the railroad tracks. After many experiments, the owner, Ben Tenney, decided to use quartz for sandpaper."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… began to compete in intermural basketball, track, tennis, volleyball, skiing, snowshoeing, cross country, football, and soccer."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… Danielle, grade 6 Scarborough High School Track Team, 1921Scarborough Historical Society & Museum The Scarborough School System's extra…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"There is also a lunch account to help keep track of your lunch purchases, which is around a dollar for any item."

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Railroads were tracking westward to vast new sources of wood products. Steamboats with iron hulls replaced wooden sailing vessels."

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

"… Memorial Library, Route 9 crosses the railroad tracks. There at Longwoods Road stood a depot from where businesses and farmers sent their products…"

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Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"When the rail line was abandoned and the tracks taken up, it removed the natural barrier surrounding the fair grounds."

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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"The Bangor & Aroostook Railroad tracks are on the left. The first (closest) building on the right is M. Holbrook's Pool Hall and Bowling Alley."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Bar Harbor had its own horse track and a golf course where, in 1910, President William Howard Taft would play."