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"… century, historians and tribal scholars have turned to these documents for different kinds of evidence, including evidence of Wabanaki agency…"
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home
"… shortly after European settlement (1607) to the turn of the twentieth century. The project documents European settlement of northern New England…"
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"… society: generally men hunted game which women in turn cleaned and preserved, and men cleared the fields where women planted and harvested corn."
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"In reality, the northeast border turned out to be quite ambiguous. The confusion grew problematic in the years that followed, as loyalists, loggers…"
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"… shot during the Battle of the Rim in Machias, turning the tide of the war in this area. The Treaty of Paris was written in 1783 ending the War with…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake
"The salmon and brook trout are occasionally stocked to make fishing even more popular. See Maine Fish Species Return to Student Research"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4
"The investors formed a joint stock association, with shares selling for $50 dollars each. That first year, workers produced about 15,000 pounds of…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4
"Strong's History Stock CertificateStrong Historical Society Getting Connected All shareholders of the privately-owned Franklin Farmers…"
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Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream
"… Mill, Machinery & Oil Mill, and Flint Paper Stock Isinglass & Stock for Same. Stickney & Pages Slate and Plaster MillHubbard Free Library The…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13
"… to lumbermen to a supplier of starch and potato stock to the eastern part of the United States. Acreage increased and more labor was needed to…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store
"In 1924, Sam Solomon also bought stock in the store. Together, Solomon and Grindell leased the building and they turned it into a store that sold…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work
"When that stock was depleted, fisherman would adjust to catch another variety. Men who worked making, Swan's Island, ca."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture
"… on, Joseph Fairbanks lived by buying and selling stock, frequently driving cattle to Quebec City. He later moved to the “Fairbanks” area, north of…"
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village
"… novelty part which turned out candy sticks, heel stock and other things, the mill soon burned again, destroying the mill and other buildings in the…"
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village
"… Carrabassett Creamery, was organized as a stock company in Nov.1899. The factory was built near the bridge crossing Gilman Stream."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block
"… the builders had the angel's red boots turned to stockings. Oliver and William V. Moses bought the church's lot and arranged the demolition of the…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould
"The idea was a hit and pledges of aid and stock subscriptions began coming in. Gould thought about the railroad idea."
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine
"… jobs and opportunities went downhill when the stock market crashed in 1929. Potatoes were down from 45¢ to 15¢ a barrel."
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"… Tracey’s dry goods store sold clothing, fabric, stockings, and more. There was a barber shop operated by Lyman Haskell and a fish market operated…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair
"… Greater Shows has managed the Fair's entire stock of rides, as it does for other Maine fairs. The photo on the left is of a hot air balloon that…"
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth
"The ponds were stocked with over 5000 trout. Sources: Mitchell, H. E. Cumberland and No. Yarmouth register, 1904. Reprint."
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village
"On June 17, 1912 this mill district burned and a stock company was formed and Mr. C.H. Bartlett soon rebuilt a modern wood turning plant."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle
"… Aroostook County focused on the potato with table stock, seed and starch potatoes as the three most important market outlets."
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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative
"Much of the lumber stock along the east coast was already gone. Builders looked to the vast and nearly untouched lumber resources of Maine…"