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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"… of Charles, boarding the overnight train for New York City, to enlist the support of JDR Jr. to stop logging on land near Lower Hadlock Pond and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… shipped fish to markets in Boston and New York and to Europe. So they built their own ships."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… 1870, the winter weather in Massachusetts and New York was warm, so they bought their ice from Maine."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… 1870, the winter weather in Massachusetts and New York was warm, so they bought their ice from Maine."

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"… up and shipped to big cities like Boston and New York. Sometime ice was shipped to Cuba and the West Indies."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"… to ship goods to other cities like Boston or New York City and return with goods from those who traded with them."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Acts from Boston and New York were presented and included magicians, dancers, singers, musical vaudeville, acrobats and aerialists, slapstick comedy…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… development by wealthy families from Boston, New York and Philadelphia. Designed by well-known architects, on often vast acreages, these summer…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… homes in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, and particularly Pennsylvania and Ohio."

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"… 90 percent of their buying at the Boston and New York style shows, having not missed one for eighteen years."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… longer distances to markets in Boston and New York. In response to a demand for lobster that exceeded the range of smack boats, companies such as…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"… shipped lobsters to the Fulton Fish Market in New York City and provided lobster meat to many Old Orchard Beach, Saco and Scarborough restaurants…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… who often arrived by train from Boston, New York, Montreal and beyond. Set back on Route 1 not far from the Willowdale area was the Danish Village…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… 1881 she and her husband lived in Tuckahoe, New York. Later collections of her verse include Queen Catherine’s Rose which was published in 1885…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"Trask went with his biographer to New York where they sold the booklets for ten cents each. The sight of Mr."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Tracy, a New York lawyer, brought his family and their friends, 27 in all, for a whole month. Though other prominent visitors had visited the island…"

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"… time it hit land was on Long Island, and New York. It hit Long Island directly as a category 2 hurricane."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… as he accepted a professorship in western New York. George M. Gage, one of the Principal's assistants in the School's first year, succeeded Mr."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"An Engineers Recollections. New York : McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., c1936 Webster, Natalie; Manager, Media Relations, American Society of Civil…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"After the death of his wife, Jacob moved to New York and his brother, Samuel P Abbott took over Little Blue, and opened it as a school for boys in…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"In a letter written by Clementine to Mrs. York and donated to the Farmington Historical Society by Ellen Greer, Clementine shares her thoughts on…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… acts contracted through Boston and New York agencies that included singing and dancing comedians, musical comedies, acrobats, comic opera, trick…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"Lillian Whitmarsh of New York made the town a present of her stone summer residence to be remodeled and used as a consolidated school."