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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… Surry paid a town bounty of $22,948 to the Union cause. Eighteen Surry men served in the First Maine Heavy Artillery."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"This arrangement allowed Maine to join the Union as a free state, with Missouri entering a year later as a slave state, thus balancing the number of…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… grocery store outlet, plumbing shop, Western Union, and at the end of the street the widely acclaimed Peg's Gift Shop, operated by the much loved…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"The intersection is now home to a large credit union chain building, a large apartment complex (Washington House) and one of Bath's few traffic…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… in commercial Bath, including part of the Union Block, where 94 Front Street is located, according to Henry Owen’s History of Bath Maine."

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

"Maine Central Union Station, Bangor, ca. 1910Bangor Public Library M.C.R.R. Freight Yards, Bangor, ca."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… Yarmouth made a substantial contribution to the Union effort, and suffered significant losses that were felt for years to come."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"In 2009 SAD 21 joined with Regional School Union #10 with six more towns. The old West Peru School now houses a community center under the direction…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… delivered a speech to the Maine Chautauqua Union in Fryeburg, Maine on the resources and future of Aroostook County."

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"The Union church is listed as the next church to organize in West New Portland about a year later. Two churches were also built in 1838; the Free…"

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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"The Canadian “Red Ensign” flag (with the UK “Union Jack” in the corner) flew, as the later red and white maple leaf flag was not used until 1965."

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Colby College Special Collections

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"1880Farmington Historical Society Union School in Farmington Falls Farmington combined efforts with Chesterville and formed a Union School."

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… in 1861, over 200 men aged 18 to 40 entered the Union Army – one for every 12 inhabitants. On December 14, 1862, Albion K.P."

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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Perhaps Union was also. However, according to the evidence in Gilman, Lubec Sardine Co. was the major independent and competitor. (See pp. 73-74, 81)."

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… a small airfield from two farms on outer Union Street. Bangor would not be left behind in the age of the aircraft! Commercial flights began by 1931…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… the Civil War era, her father served in the Union Army. While she was treating his injuries, she found her interest in the medical field."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… in this period, including the Granite Block, the Union Block, the Bank Block and the Church Block, the latter having replaced the Universalist…"

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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