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Item 15744

Porter covered bridge postcard, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Location: Parsonsfield; Porter Media: Postcard

Item 15747

Meetinghouse, Porter, ca. 1947

Contributed by: Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society Date: circa 1947 Location: Porter Media: Photographic print

Item 15175

1915 Finley Robertson Porter, photographed at Seal Cove Auto Museum, ca. 2005

Contributed by: Seal Cove Auto Museum Date: 1915 Location: Seal Cove Media: Metal and Rubber

Tax Records

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Item 54096

15-21 Porter Lane, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Estate of John F. Proctor Use: Stable - Public

Item 85167

Porter property, Rear Island Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Charles F. Porter Use: Summer Dwelling

Item 92603

Porter property, Sargent Road, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Samuel B. Porter Use: Summer Dwelling

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151028

Alterations for Mr. A.F. Porter, Boothbay, 1922

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1922 Location: Boothbay Client: Arthur Felix Porter Architect: John P. Thomas

Online Exhibits

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We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.

Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.

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Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town

Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.

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William King

Maine's first governor, William King, was arguably the most influential figure in Maine's achieving statehood in 1820. Although he served just one year as the Governor of Maine, he was instrumental in establishing the new state's constitution and setting up its governmental infrastructure.

Site Pages

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"Visiting the island in Porter Lake is also fun. There is rope swing there. Porter Lake is one of the most popular public places in Strong."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"Lt. James Porter X Jeremy and Rachel Hunter Porter's son, James Ezekiel, was born in 1846. He went to Strong schools and to Bates College (called…"

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Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society

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