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

"Here are the stories of some of the shipwrecks that have occurred off Scarborough’s coast. Washington B. Thomas The Washington B."

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

"Sources 1. School: The Story of American Public Education, http://www.pbs.org/kcet/publicschool/ 2. Susan Dudley Gold, ed., Scarborough at 350…"

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… as farmers, hunters, fisherman.Theirs is partly a story of discrimination; they were often referred to as Otter's Tail Squatters living on No Man's…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"… by Peter McKenna (Master’s Thesis); The Oxford Story, A History of the Oxford Paper Company, 1847-1958 by John J. Leane and Elliott E."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"The Bar Harbor Times, in 1968, reported a story about a sports dinner at which Jay Whitmore and Byron Robinson, members of Pemetic’s first basketball…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"Elusive Championship Listen to the story read by the author  The Elusive Championship by a Reeds Brook Middle School student based on an article by…"

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Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… Bangs, Carrie, “Klondike: The Gold from Sea Water Story Promoted by the Electrolytic Marine Salts Company at North Lubec, Maine”, Lubec Herald…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… Historical Society In 1921, Gould built a two-story building on the northwest corner of Second and State Streets to house his electric company and…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… these unique and important buildings have their stories told here. Central Congregational Church, Bath, 1967Patten Free Library Churches have…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… brick building at 94 Front Street is a three-story building designed originally in Greek Revival style reflecting current architectural fashions."

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"2013, web.colby.edu/activism/stories/frederick-douglass-speaks-at-colby/. Accessed 8 Mar. 2017. "Temperance movement." Britannica School…"

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Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"The three story hotel portion that remained was moved approximately 150 feet up the road. In 1916, Guilford citizens joyously celebrated the town’s…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… of a garden, and used others to build a two-story cabin with two rooms on the first floor to be used as a dwelling and a storage room upstairs."

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… and, during his childhood, he lived in a three-story white house. Many fellow students at school looked up to him as a leader due to his natural…"

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The story of the Norridgewocks is a long and sad one in light of the fact that these people fought and lost a battle for their very existence on land…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… work which included newspaper articles, short stories, and books. Mary was so significant in the fight for women’s rights that she was given the…"

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… complex has risen from the site where the three-story mall once stood. From the smoke and destruction came a determination to rebuild something…"

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Otisfield Historical Society

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… and family history revealed in part by the stories connected to the sites on this website. The downtown of Bath evolved as a function of many…"

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Acadian Archives

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Bangs, Carrie, “Klondike: The Gold from Sea Water Story Promoted by the Electrolytic Marine Salts Company at North Lubec, Maine”, Lubec Herald…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"In 1921, Gould built a two-story office building on the northwest corner of Second and State Streets to house his electric company and the Aroostook…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The Story of Bangor. Bangor: Furbush-Roberts Printing, 1991. Print Britton, Tori. "Bangor's Heyday" Bangor Metro, Summer 2009: 48-72: Print."