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BHS Program: "A History of the Old Grover Hill Road"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "A History of the Old Grover Hill Road," presented by Polly Davis on October 7, 1993.

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BHS Program: "Oral History Night: Growing Up in Bethel"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Oral History Night: Growing Up in Bethel" featuring a panel discussion on March 5, 1998.

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BHS Program: "So you think you know Bethel?"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "So you think you know Bethel?" on January 6, 1994.

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Death of Gen. Clark S. Edwards

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DEATH OF GEN. CLARK S. EDWARDS An Honored Citizen—A Distinguished Soldier—A Noble Hero and Patriot has gone to his rest. Passed quietly away at his home last Sunday Evening, at 8.45 o’clock, after an illness of but a few days. A hero and patriot…

Col. Edwards’ Letter

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COL. EDWARDS’ LETTER. Bethel, Jan. 25th, 1896 My dear friend Stevens:— Your kind letter came to hand in due time; many thanks for the same. You say I may have forgotten you; my answer is, No, I well remember you and other sergeants of that old Co.…

Fragments of Local History. Concerning the Bethel Common. Number 2. / By a Sudbury Native.

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FRAGMENTS OF LOCAL HISTORY. Concerning the Bethel Common. Number 2.—By a Sudbury Native. In the previous number we have endeavored to outline in a crude, unpolished manner, an upward growth in our Common’s physical condition; from an uncleared…

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Fragments of Local History. Concerning the Bethel Common. Number 1. / By a Sudbury Native.

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FRAGMENTS OF LOCAL HISTORY. Concerning the Bethel Common. Number 1.—By a Sudbury Native. It is an every day saying that persons, objects or things which drift into our environment for a long, unbroken period, often sink to the level of the common…

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BHS Program: "75 Years in Bethel" by Margaret Joy Tibbetts

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Bethel Historical Society Program, "75 Years in Bethel," presented by Margaret Joy Tibbetts on November 1, 2001.

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Pearl Ashby Tibbetts - 1977

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Pearl Ashby Tibbetts discusses the history of Paradise Hill and Broad Street.

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Pauline Mason - undated interview - Part 5

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Pauline Mason discusses her memories of Bethel.

Pauline Mason - undated interview - Part 4

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Pauline Mason discusses Farwell Mountain.

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Pauline Mason - undated interview - Part 3

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Pauline Mason discusses hop raising and Bethel people.

Pauline Mason - undated interview - Part 2

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Pauline Mason discusses Bethel history from 1903-1930.

Pauline Mason - undated interview - Part 1

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Pauline Mason discusses Bethel history from 1903-1930.

Report of the centennial celebration at Bethel, August 26, 1874

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The history of Bethel, Maine / Nathaniel Tuckerman True ; edited with an introduction by Randall H. Bennett

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The Bethel Antiquarian Suppers of the 1850s

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The Bethel Antiquarian Suppers of the 1850s Dr. Nathaniel Tuckerman True (1812-1887) Founder of Maine's first Farmer's Club (1853) at Bethel Originator of the Bethel Antiquarian Suppers (1855-1857) American life in the mid-nineteenth century…

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General Oliver Otis Howard Speaks at Bethel

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General Oliver Otis Howard Speaks at Bethel by Stanley R. Howe Oliver Otis Howard (1830-1909), ca. 1865 Courtesy of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission Civil War General Oliver Otis Howard spoke at Bethel on the afternoon of 15 July…

The artistic bungalow : a history of the Hall House of Bethel, Maine / by Danna Brown Nickerson

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Bethel, Maine : an illustrated history / Randall H. Bennett

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Clark S. Edwards, Fifth Maine Volunteer Regiment, compiled letters 1861-1903

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Finding aid for Clark S. Edwards Papers (2002-310) in the Pearce Civil War Collection at Navarro College, Corsicana, Texas. Includes biographical sketch, summary of each letter, and complete transcriptions of all 119 letters.

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History of the town of Bethel, Maine / William B. Lapham

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East Bethel Road / Eva Bean

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Twenty-five Years of the Courier: A Personal Memoir

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Twenty-five Years of the Courier: A Personal Memoir by Stanley Russell Howe Masthead from an issue of Bethel's first newspaper, The Bethel Courier (1858-1861) When I became Director of the Bethel Historical Society in 1974, there was almost…

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Bethel in the War of the Rebellion

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Bethel in the War of the Rebellion by William B. Lapham The following lightly edited text is taken from the History of Bethel, Formerly Sudbury Canada, Oxford County, Maine 1768-1890, compiled by William B. Lapham and published in 1891 by the…

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