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  Country Eastern

  Documentary piece written on the country music culture of bottle clubs in Maine, with a focus on Harmony Hall in North Yarmouth. Features photos and story of a Maine country music band, as well as some profiles and interviews with other Mainers who find joy in the music and dancing at Maine bottle clubs.

  Tags Alcohol and Drugs, Alton ME, Bethel ME, Biddeford ME, Bucksport ME, Chelsea ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Cumberland Mills ME, Friendship ME, Harrison ME, Lewiston ME, Limington ME, Maine, Mechanic Falls ME, Music, Nobleboro ME, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Documentary, North Yarmouth ME, Portland ME, Québec, Saco ME, Skowhegan ME, South Waldoboro ME, Standish ME, Steep Falls ME
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  Our Maine Heritage : Industries

  Second volume in a series of books dedicated to the history of Maine. Concerned with the period from 1700 to the 1980s. Divided into four detailed units: lumbering, ships, railroads, and potatoes. Unites the diverse industries and people of Maine - from the deep woods, to the farmlands, to the coast - in the histories and products of their labors. Descriptions of logging patterns and lumbering equipment. A shipbuilding history with profiles of famous Maine ships. A review of the United States railroad systems and their beginnings in New England. Farming towns in northern Maine and the development of the potato industry. Illustrated in black and white photo. Printed by Thompson Printing, Brewer, Maine.

  Tags Allagash River Valley, Androscoggin River Valley, Belfast ME, Berwick ME, Blanchard ME, Boothbay ME, Brewer ME, Calais ME, Daigle ME, Eagle Lake ME, Eastport ME, Farming and Agriculture, Folklore, Forestry, Fort Fairfield ME, Fort Kent ME, Freeport ME, Gardiner ME, Grand Isle ME, Hallowell ME, Hampden ME, Houlton ME, Kennebunk ME, Kittery ME, Machias ME, Mars Hill ME, Mechanic Falls ME, Medway ME, Moosehead Lake Region, New Canada ME, New Sweden ME, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, North Anson ME, Oakland ME, Passamaquoddy Township ME, Penobscot River Valley, Piscataquis River Valley, Portland ME, Presque Isle ME, Richmond ME, Rockport ME, Scarborough ME, Searsport ME, Skowhegan ME, South Portland ME, St. David ME, Stroudwater ME, Swedish Americans, Wallagrass ME, Washburn ME, Washington County ME, York ME