Keywords: world war one
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Site Pages
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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle
"World War II and the army air base brought many new people into the area including Clark Gable, movie star and member of the Army Air Force, and Bob…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad
"During World War II, an extension was built to the Presque Isle Air Force Base. This substation on Munson Hill, pictured in1909, was 5 miles north of…"
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford
"… Society From the 1680's to the 1760's, war after war broke over the natives and settlers like the waves crashing along the rocky shoreline."
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Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive
"Bangor became the lumber capital of the world. boat pulling logs across Moosehead Lake X Logging started with the contractor- he selected the…"
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"… efforts to bring the region into the European world each collapsed so quickly and immediately that the Wabanaki inhabitants of the region could be…"
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Background
"… engage transcription volunteers from around the world. At present, the project is on track to transcribe upwards of 75% of content by the project's…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould
"The World Wars put a damper on this grand expansion plan. Gould sold his controlling interest to the Canadian Pacific in the late 1940s for $225 per…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row
"… stores as Bath's downtown began to shift from one largely of wooden buildings to one of brick. The fire not only affected many businesses, but also…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block
"One of the buildings that needed considerable reconstruction following the fire, was the YMCA. Due to the fact that the fire started in the Columbian…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block
"… to an article in the Bath Daily Tribune in 1856, one-third of Centre and Water Streets, in front of the building, had to be shut down in order to…"
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography
"Further, technological advancements during World War I improved the ability to photograph from airplanes, and the modern aerial photograph was born."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block
"One of those customs collectors was William King, also the first governor of Maine. A customs collector has an office at a frontier where the customs…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall
"A barber shop shared one building with the Farr and Frost Drugstore. The neighboring building housed the Kennebec Fruit Company, and F. and E."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House
"One of the most important people was Ammi B. Young, the architect of the Customs House, who also designed several other Customs Houses."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block
"It has never been successfully robbed. That is one of the reasons why people go there. David C. Magoun, one of Bath's mayors, was the first president…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House
"… for May 14, 1934Patten Free Library One of the most popular events was showing motion pictures."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Partners
"… in this project are in the Black House, which is one of the two 7th grade teams at BMS. The Black House consists of approximately 60 students and 6…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street
"… Building Front Street, in Bath, Maine has been one of the most densely packed business areas throughout the city’s history."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library
"They were also the ones who bought Governor King's library when he died. They started the library as a reading room in the downtown area before the…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Edward O'Brien moves to Thomaston - 1850s
"His ships were known around the world, distinguished by a broad unpainted “bright line, some six planks just below the deck beading kept unpainted…"
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Historic Hallowell - Initiative and Self-Improvement
"In 1822, a group of young men in Hallowell, anxious to improve their minds, organized the Franklin Debating Society. Mostly apprentices, they met one…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4
"… airport, the Port-of-Maine Airport, opened after World War II at a site off Pleasant Hill Road. Service operations and flying schools operated at…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Winter Fun
"Soon after, Russell left to fight in World War II. Two children riding a snow horse, Swan's Island, ca."