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Skowhegan History House

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"… program highlighted the ideals and standards of young graduates of that century. Village School, cr."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"… revealed a shallow grave containing the body of young Lura Libby. Suspicion fell upon a Canadian hired-hand named Lawrence Doyle, who lived and…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Young boys searched the woods and fields for all metal and rubber tires. In those days, there was no municipal landfill."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… Leonard worked on his father's farm, but as a young adult he began his industrious activities. He moved to Carthage to make bricks at $11.50 a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… great paper bag manufacturer employed hundreds of young women, and many of them came to Rumford Falls from their homes throughout New England and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"Young Edmund S. Muskie with his siblings, ca. 1922Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Over the mountains, to the south, the…"

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… and Protestant – to assist her to educate young children and girls, visit the poor and care for the sick in their homes, as well as to train low…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… Flu” was that unlike most years, when the very young and old suffered the most, the people most likely to die were aged 20-40, because this strain…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Although she died young, her heroism lives on. Christina Baker Kline Christina Baker Kline was born in 1964 in Cambridge, United Kingdom."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… Mame for casual meals too: much to the delight of young visitors, the menu consisted largely of instant flavored oatmeal, Cup o' Soup, and Tang…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… for its lobby, known as the "Fish Pond," were young ladies lingered, "fishing" for husbands. Building of Arts, Bar Harbor, ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"Lots of older folks and young ones to came from Down Town. A violin player played for dancing – a jolly time, and it smelled so good – lots of hay…"…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… story of Jessie Monohon and Linnie Stanley, two young women who worked at the laundry, deciding to dress up in some of the fancy dresses they were…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"Betsey, her young son and the baby rode in the sled. Another boy traveled with them and drove their three cows."

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

"… Normal School graduated its first class of ten young women. Following the graduation ceremonies, the Rev. Dr."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"… of funds, the Abbott School continued to educate young men from all over the globe. The school professed to provide a sound education in the fresh…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… the events of the Civil War called away so many young men that the school once again declined and did not regain the prosperity that it had once so…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… high schools in the state” be set up to “give our young people the same opportunities as those in other places.” By the following year, the high…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… are a big part of the Blue Hill Fair for everyone young and old alike. Blue Hill Fair, 1937Blue Hill Public Library In Charlotte’s Web, E.B."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Letters between John Morrison and his young wife, Ida Candage Morrison, describe hard times in South Blue Hill at the end of the nineteenth century."

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

"… the town's resident population declined as many young people left to seek their fortune elsewhere."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… owned and operated by Isobel and Harland Young. It used to be a home, but now it’s a fancy bed and breakfast, with six beautiful guest rooms."