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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"Measuring Rock The Measuring Rock Story In 1776, at the encouragement of Thomas Wilson, Stephen Titcomb and four other residents of Topsham, Maine…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"… of Louisbourg, complained that the resident committee assigned him “a lot that is nothing but a mountain of rocks and not worth a sixpence.”"

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

"… more or less – 84 dwelling houses, 12 school houses, 14 meeting houses [among them the first congregational and baptist churches in blue hill] and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… rusticators spent time in swings, hammocks, and rocking chairs. Opportunities for sailing were offered by both The Homestead and The Blue Hill Inn…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Places

"… Brick Inn Farmington's First Grist Mill Franklin County Agricultural Fair Lowell's General Store Measuring Rock Meeting House Park North Church"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"… for their characteristic of “moving” whenever the rock ran out or the operator decided on a better place."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"… though it was said of him that he 'had a rocking chair permanently attached to his butt.' Lilla Moulden owned and operated the Ocean View Hotel…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"A former student recalls: "Yep, and ‘course the stuff used to run right down the rocks and everything and in the wintertime we’d slide down it."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… in 1635 and another house was built above Ferry Rock at the mouth of the Black Point or Scarborough River."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Index

"… - Agriculture, Places Maps - Main Page Measuring Rock - Brief History, Places Meeting House Park - Places North Church - Places People - Main Page…"

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Ada Martin, Bangor, 1865

"… favoured hobby sitting by a window all alone in a rocking chair her foot on another chair reading." View additional information about this item…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"… tablets called slates with thin cylinders of rock called slate pencils. These slates were approximately book-sized, and were carried with the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"The crew was saved, but within a few days the 100-ton schooner was pounded to pieces on the rocks. Cappy The Cappy at Pine Point, Scarborough…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"Ridlonvlle Memorial Rock, Mexico, 2006Mexico Historical Society Sources Remembering Ridlonville, Beverly Melanson Rumford Falls Times Society…"

Ste. Agathe Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"… horses, poultry-best pen Americans: Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes, swine-registered boar, registered sheep-Merino ram, speed-trotters, pacers."

Wilson Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… (1883), Indian Head (1887), Kimball House (1886), Rock End Hotel (1884), Roberts House (1883), Harbourside Inn (1889), Clifton House (1885) and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"In 1846, in just three weeks, 2,000 elms and rock maple trees were planted throughout the village. A little over a century later, many of these trees…"

Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… still called Ferry Beach, located near Black Rocks off the Black Point Road. It was part of the first King’s Highway."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… the islands came in with a voice of thunder. The rocks played with the water, and it dashed back on them with great mountains of spray.” “We have…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"White Wyandottes, Plymouth rocks and Rhode Island reds were the principal breeds kept, and many eggs were shipped for hatching. Shaw Bros."