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Remembering Lewiston-Auburn on the mighty Androscoggin : river views

Title: Remembering Lewiston-Auburn on the mighty Androscoggin : river views / David A. Sargent.
Author: Sargent, David A.
Publication: Charleston, SC : History Press, 2010.

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Description

124 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Series Statement

American chronicles

Uniform Title

American chronicles (Series)

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

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.

ISBN

9781596293663
1596293667

LCCN

2010021979

OCLC

ocn637037424
SCSB-9649359

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library