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Sargent, David A., author

Title Remembering Lewiston-Auburn on the mighty Androscoggin : river views / David A. Sargent

Publisher

Charleston, SC : History Press, 2010

Copies

LOCATION	CALL NO.	STATUS
Maine State Lib. Stacks	OFFSITE 974.1 tL67sa 2010	AVAILABLE	MSCC
Maine State Lib. Stacks	974.1 tL67sa 2010 c.2	LIBR USE ONLY
UM Orono Special Collections	Maine F29.L63 S27 2010	LIBR USE ONLY

Phys Descr	124 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Series	American chronicles (Series)
Contents	pt. 1. River views -- The power of water -- Mills that built L-A -- "History becomes the future" -- The view from Mount David -- The remarkable W.S. Libbey -- Ara Cushman's shoe factory -- The corn factory -- North Auburn Canning Factory -- Early papermakers -- pt. 2. Nice sleighing -- Winters, and Polly the horse -- Depression and the flood of 1936 -- Bridge out! -- Bridges of all kinds -- Building Gulf Island Dam -- Lisbon's paint mine -- Sensational Shiloh at Durham -- Up in flames -- Lyceum Hall -- pt. 3. Vinegar inspector and culler of staves -- The very first settlers -- Legends of West Pitch -- Stagecoach, but not the Western kind -- Motoring with the early GPS -- Lake Grove : a magical place -- Springwater dreams -- The great department store -- Christmas crowds at the head of the street -- The Old Grange meeting -- The poor farm was no joke -- The old radio stations -- pt. 4. The Great War ends -- The "Y" girls -- Spectacular balloons over L-A -- Always Labor Day week -- St. Dom's Arena and the great fight -- Golf at Poland Spring -- "Rough" Carrigan and the Red Sox -- Wallingford's powder maker and tower guns -- Basketball in a cage
Note	ORO: Bequest of Paul E. Taylor, M.D., Class of 1938
Subject	Lewiston (Me.) -- History
	Auburn (Me.) -- History
	Androscoggin River Region (N.H. and Me.) -- History
	Lewiston (Me.) -- Social life and customs
	Auburn (Me.) -- Social life and customs
	Auburn (Me.) -- Economic conditions
	Lewiston (Me.) -- Economic conditions
	Authors, American -- Maine
Alt Author	Taylor, Paul E., 1914-1978, donor. MeU
OCLC #	637037424
ISBN #	9781596293663
	1596293667