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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DJ8_dedicated-to-you-a-free-citizen-in-a-free-land_Augusta-ME.html
Dedicated to You, A Free Citizen in a Free Land. Maine's Liberty Bell Replica. This reproduction of the Liberty Bell was presented to the people of Maine by direction of The Honorable John W. Snyder Secretary of the Treasury As the inspiration…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BNA_revolutionary-war-patriots_Manchester-ME.html
Near this spot stood the 1771 homestead of the Elias and Mary Taylor family, pioneer settlers of Kennebec, Cushnoc, Hallowell, Winthrop and Manchester and Patriots of the American Revolution. In 1775 their eldest son John Taylor joined the Contine…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26RT_immigration_Waterville-ME.html
The Franco-Americans who settled in the Central Maine area in the 19th and early 20th centuries came for the most part from Quebec counties bordering Maine, such as Beauce and Frontenac. Eventually, other immigrants from Prince Edward Island, Nov…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26RH_fort-halifax_Winslow-ME.html
This blockhouse is the only building that remains of a larger fort complex, built by British-Americans in 1754-1755, to defend the upper Kennebec River Valley from possible attack by the French and their Native American allies. The Massachuset…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26RG_fort-halifax-park_Winslow-ME.html
Native Americans inhabited this site at the confluence of the Kennebec and Sebasticook Rivers from at least 5000 years ago, until 1692. A pilgrim trading post was also located on this site in the 1650s. Located within Fort Halifax Park is the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26QF_melville-weston-fuller_Augusta-ME.html
Melville Weston Fuller February 11, 1833 — July 4, 1910 Eighth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court Melville Weston Fuller, an Augusta native, returned to the city following his graduation from Harvard Law School. Here …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26QB_blaine-mansion_Augusta-ME.html
Blaine Mansion Home of Maine Governors Given to the State of Maine by the heirs of James G. Blaine
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23MJ_comfort-magazine-le-magazine-comfort_Augusta-ME.html
In July 1895, the first color issue of Comfort rolled off the presses to be sent nationwide to over a million subscribers. W. H. Gannett established his phenomenally successful magazine (1888-1942) to promote Giant Oxien, his patented nerve tonic …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23LO_d-w-adams-department-store-le-grand-magasin-de-d-w-adams_Augusta-ME.html
In 1910, Delbert W. Adams opened a store on Water Street offering "strictly first-class goods at a fair margin of profit." In 1920, Adams moved across the street to 190 Water Street, where the store operated until it closed in 1982. The Bussell & …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23LK_they-were-superior-buildings-des-batiments-pittoresques_Augusta-ME.html
By 1858 Water Street had been transformed from a wilderness into a bustling business district featuring many fine commercial brick and wooden buildings. That year a pioneer photographer, Simon Wing of Waterville, took two stereo views of this tran…
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