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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 2 of 17

"Businesses that supported the war did well and were able to hire more employees. Biddeford and Saco were luckier than other towns and cities due to…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Cities of Smoke and Soot

"Behind the industrial background of these two cities lays a history of raging fires that have consumed landmark buildings, businesses and even entire…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"From "Romance of Pepperell" (1921) X The textile manufacture industry, however, was the largest employer and the heart of the local economy."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 2 of 2

"… were drawn to the area to work in the huge textile mills, many became entrepreneurs in their own right and opened small businesses up and down Main…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"Biddeford's textile mills however, were hit hard by the stoppage in cotton production & the cotton blockades."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 9 of 17

"Immigrants not only served to support the industries of Biddeford and Saco, but many also opened their own small businesses."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

"… Saco "divisions" or move them down South to the textile production centers of Georgia and Alabama, where the help was cheaper and the raw materials…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 1 of 17

"Biddeford and Saco were both already very successful in their agricultural endeavors, but industry was on a steady rise. Business in Biddeford began…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 8 of 17

"1894McArthur Public Library As more businesses and industries were using the local water ways advantageously, nearly 17 sawmills were erected in…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 16 of 17

"“All places of business were closed, and the mills shut down. Flags were to be seen everywhere, and the demand for red, white, and blue ribbons…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 3 of 3

"… and when war broke out in 1941 they were all very busy with production of war goods. All the manufacturers were in need of help, and recruited…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"… 1955McArthur Public Library Small, innovative businesses popped up and created opportunities although mostly away from the downtown area."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"… and urbane, and the city's residents included business owners, doctors, lawyers, judges, druggists, opticians, superintendents, artisans and…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"Sir William Pepperell, Jr. of Kittery and business associates purchased property in 1716-7 around the falls, and Scots-Irish immigrants arrived in…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"… and doctors and lawyers opened up successful, busy practices. James Sullivan was one of these lawyers, and would serve as a Judge in the Supreme…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… for use in the textile industry as noted in the textile business history above. Product lines were soon expanded to include toys, furniture parts…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"… Theatre, 1939Guilford Historical Society True Textiles, Inc. X Community Theatre Program, Guilford, July 3,1939Guilford Historical…"

Lubec, Maine - Links

"Lubec Town Office Vital statistics, area businesses, tourist information and town facilities links available here."

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"Organizers and agitators in the textile strike were busy that week, but Guilford mills operated as usual."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"This was the second textile mill in town. Piscataquis Woolen Company Mill, Guilford, 1912Guilford Historical Society The first was built on the…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"Other smokehouses went out of business years before and the buildings were taken down. Today, McCurdy’s Herring Smokehouse is an historic site…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… to Lubec where they re-established their businesses; cleared trees; built dwellings, wharves and stores; and returned to the pursuit of their…"

Historic Hallowell - Row House

"Here lived some of Hallowell's early textile workers. Built by Isaac Gage of Augusta, this Federal-style worker's residence on Second Street was…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… keep neighbors from freezing to death and that “business was at a standstill.” However, that February first Herald calmly clarified that “none of…"