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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"… Strong Historical Society, 1992 A Distant War Comes Home: Maine in the Civil War Era, edited by Donald W. Beattie, Rodney M."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"His discussions, especially in the second scrapbook, of Bangor during and after the Civil War, provide a view not often found of that era."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research

"Polk researched the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. We brainstormed topics that would be important to the town and to us."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"… with the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, and the Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War still carry on the work…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"The hardships experienced by Maine during the war prompted King to take up the cause of separation from Massachusetts."

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"… Historical Society By the eve of the Civil War, the ambrotype had largely replaced the daguerreotype as the preferred means of photography."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"Despite financial loss and personal risk, the Sewalls chose to remain in Mobile during the war as Union loyalists."

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"Army during World War II. After the war, he resumed teaching, first in Dexter and then in Brewer, retiring in 1981."

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 2 of 2

"… hardened by the experience of life in pre-Civil War rural Maine. Appearances can be deceiving. A glance at the finely dressed Weeks family belies…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"They employ 15 people in raw material receiving and processing, pellet production, packaging and distribution."

Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society

"MHS’ embraces a broader definition to include images from throughout the Civil War period and shortly after, placing the cut-off date at about 1870."

Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"… that Kennebec River town’s flourishing pre Civil War shipbuilding industry and the many mariners who resided there."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"Granite and limestone quarries employed locals in quarrying and Maine ships in the carrying trade. Flake Yard, Portland, 1854Maine Historical…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"… the rural development of Maine before the Civil War, the Greek Revival cape style house enjoyed widespread popularity."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"… the union and abolishing slavery by waging war with Confederate States of America and issuing the Emancipation Proclamation."

Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"… Historical Society The faces of pre-Civil War rural Maine are symbolized in a daguerreotype of John R."

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"… Click on image to view slideshow In pre-Civil war Maine, death was a frequent occurrence, especially taking the lives of infants and children."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"… around a table or out in the hall and sang old war songs, talked about war experiences, and swapped accounts of their deeds."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… education, friends and amusements, and various employments, and marriage. All but the final hundred or so pages are recollections of Martin's…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… factory in the late 1890s that provided seasonal employment for many of the town’s young people. Growing carnationsPrince Memorial Library…"

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… in Surry and in Blue Hill provided seasonal employment to a number of Surry people as well. In the 1960s, increasing numbers of tourists headed to…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"… The Knights of Pythias was another post-Civil War fraternal organization and secret society founded at Washington, DC, in 1864."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 2 of 3

"… 8th graders have researched Strong's post-Civil War life and the story of Fly Rod Crosby, Maine's first registered Maine Guide."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"Not only did they provide employment for the residents, but workers came from all the surrounding towns."