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Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 2 of 2

"comp. History of the old Bangor, Old Town, and Milford Railroad 1836 – 1869. Typed Manuscript, BPL collection, 1915. Print."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… State Legislature granted a charter to the Old Town Railway Company owned by Edward and Samule Smith and Rufus Dwinel in 1832."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More Permanent Settlers Arrive

"The records show the development of the town, its government, vital records, laying out of the roads and how they dealt with the problems that arose."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War & Biddeford

"… fact more promptly responded to the calls of the government upon their treasure or their patriotism."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"This decreased the need of having a lumbering town that was simultaneously a seaport. Westward Expansion continued, and many of Bangor’s people moved…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… We little realized going through the heart of town the horrible change we would find. It was so light when we got [to] the tin bridge that we…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"… were from Bangor and its many surrounding towns. The regiment mustered from Bangor on October 10, 1862."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Army Nurse Corps, or as child in a small rural town in Maine, she accomplished numerous achievements."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"In his will, he donated to the town of Bradford for the construction of their library. In his honor, the library is named the John B."

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

"In 1978 Jimmy Carter attended a presidential town meeting at the auditorium. Bass Park has seen a number of top-notch musical arts such as Gene…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo Raynes remembrance of trip around Cape Horn

"… and was a founder and important citizen of the town of Yreka. The article was printed sometime after Raynes' death in 1914 when the unidentified…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro to pages 47-90

"… Dancing School that was held at the Hampden Town Hall, and dances at Temperance Hall and Dolan Hall in Bangor."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 5, pages 77-96

"… increasingly upset at crime in Bangor -- a boom town since the 1830 -- and in other changes in society."

New Gloucester Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Settlers were forming their own forms of governance, making do as they did in all other aspects of their lives."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 65-83

"… Charity School Bangor House Peter Edes Bangor-Old Town railroad Mount Hope Cemetery North Bangor (Veazie) Bangor bridges, churches, schools Bangor…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Quartette Club, 1849

"… fashion and they made their debut on them at the Town house Hampden which has been in fashion to this day & I have one of them on now while writing…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Harris House, Bangor, ca. 1850

"He wrote that it was located at the "Bangor Olde Town & Millford Switch and crossing on Market Street." He drew the house as it looked before Samuel…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"Washington: Government Printing Office, 1895. Moulton, Augustus. Grandfather Tales of Scarborough. Katahdin Publishing Co., 1925 Robinson, Brian."

Maine State Archives

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Westport Island History Committee

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"In many municipalities, the local town farm was established, giving the poor a place to reside, work the land and contribute to their own upkeep."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"Early Government In 1805, riders brought official papers from Boston to Paris proclaiming the founding of Oxford County, and Paris Hill as the county…"

Early Maine Photography - Art

"… who died in 1844, was active in Gilead’s local government and represented the town in the state legislature."