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  • Collection: Full Issues of The Courier

The Courier, Vol. 27, No. 2

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Features: Selectmen and Women of Bethel 1796-2003 -- 4 Diary of William S. Hastings [Part 27] -- 8 "An Oxford County Witch Story" by P. S. Bean of Caddott, Wisconsin from the Oxford Advertiser, 10 January 1890 -- 9 Notes Regarding Bethel, Maine…

The Courier, Vol. 27, No. 3

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Features: Dr. Mason Letter Received by Society -- 1 Notes Regarding Bethel, Maine by William Alton Valentine [Part 10] -- 4 Diary of William S. Hastings [Part 28] -- 8 Society news: Capital Campaign Update -- 2 President's Column --…

The Courier, Vol. 27, No. 4

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Features: William Berry Lapham: Local Historian and Genealogist by Stanley Russell Howe -- 1 Diary of William S. Hastings [Part 29] -- 9 Notes Regarding Bethel, Maine by William Alton Valentine [Part 11] -- 10 Society news: Capital…

The Courier, Vol. 28, No. 1

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Features: Lafayette Grover: Would-Be President Maker -- 1 Diary of William S. Hastings [Part 30] -- 8 Notes Regarding Bethel, Maine by William Alton Valentine [Part 12] -- 9 Major Works of Dr. William B. Lapham -- 9 Society news: Capital…

The Courier, Vol. 28, No. 2

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Features: Diary of William S. Hastings [Part 31] -- 7 Society news: Bethel Historical Society Opens "Molly Ockett and Her World" Exhibit -- 1 Capital Campaign Update -- 2 Society Celebrates Thirty Years at the Dr. Moses Mason House --…

The Courier, Vol. 28, No. 3

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Features: Metallak [written by Peter Smith Bean for the Oxford Democrat, January 17, 1890] -- 1 Diary of William S. Hastings [Part 32] -- 8 Society news: 1861 Pocket Diary of William McLaughlin Donated to Society -- 1 In Memoriam -- 2 New…

The Courier, Vol. 28, No. 4

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Features: Bethel Doctors, 1900-1950 by Margaret Joy Tibbetts -- 1 Bethel Doctor's Rate Schedule for 1904 -- 4 Diary of William S. Hastings [Part 33] -- 7 Society news: President's Column -- 4 Calendar of Events for 2005 -- 4 Capital…

The Courier, Vol. 29, No. 1

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Features: Harriet Beecher Stowe Finds "Intellectual Activity" in Western Maine -- 1 Western Maine Saints: Mormon Missionaries in the 1830s by Mary E. Valentine [Part 1] -- 7 Diary of William S. Hastings [Part 34] -- 8 Society…

The Courier, Vol. 29, No. 2

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Features: General Oliver Otis Howard Speaks at Bethel -- 1 Barn Redux: Bethel's Most Modern Barn in 1850 by Donald G. Bennett [Part 1] -- 2 Western Maine Saints: A Newry Family Who Joined the Latter-Day Saints in Seeking a Home in the West by…

The Courier, Vol. 29, No. 3

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Features: "Like Heaven to Me": Henry Morton Dunham and Maine's Rangeley Lakes Region -- 1 Barn Redux: Bethel's Most Modern Barn in 1850 by Donald G. Bennett [Part 2] -- 7 Diary of William S. Hastings [Part 36] -- 8 Western Maine Saints: A Newry…

The Courier, Vol. 29, No. 4

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Features: Western Maine Saints: A Newry Family (Sessions) by Mary E. Valentine [Part 4] -- 8 Barn Redux: Bethel's Most Modern Barn in 1850 by Donald G. Bennett [Part 3] -- 9 Diary of William S. Hastings [Part 37] -- 10 Society news: Judith…

The Courier, Vol. 30, No. 1

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Features: Western Maine Saints: A Newry Family (Sessions) by Mary E. Valentine [Part 5] -- 3 Barn Redux: Bethel's Most Modern Barn in 1850 by Donald G. Bennett [Part 4] -- 7 Diary of William S. Hastings [Part 38] -- 9 Society news: Society…

The Courier, Vol. 30, No. 2

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Features: Lucy Larcom's Bethel -- 1 Bowler versus Chisholm, and the Ill-Fated Bethel-Rumford Electric Railway by Randall H. Bennett -- 3 Bethel's Hall House: The "Artistic Bungalow" by Danna Brown Nickerson -- 7 Diary of William S. Hastings…

The Courier, Vol. 30, No. 3

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Features: Bethel's Robert A. Chapman and Frances C. Chapman -- 1 Western Maine Saints: A Bethel Family (Frost) by Jayne W. Fife, with Roselyn Kirk [Part 1] -- 4 Diary of William S. Hastings [Part 40] -- 9 Bethel Courier, July 27, 1860 [short…

The Courier, Vol. 30, No. 4

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Features: Enoch Foster, Jr.: Third Owner of the O'Neil Robinson House -- 1 Western Maine Saints: A Bethel Family (Frost) by Jayne W. Fife, with Roselyn Kirk [Part 2] -- 6 Diary of William S. Hastings [Part 41] -- 9 Society news: 2007…

The Courier, Vol. 31, No. 1

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Features: Western Maine Saints: A Bethel Family (Frost) by Jayne W. Fife, with Roselyn Kirk [Part 3] -- 3 Diary of William S. Hastings [Part 42] -- 6 Society news: Veteran Volunteer Persis Post Dies -- 1 President's Column -- 2 New Life…

The Courier, Vol. 31, No. 2

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Features: Diary of Edgar Harvey Powers [Part 1] -- 1 Western Maine Saints: A Bethel Family (Frost) by Jayne W. Fife, with Roselyn Kirk [Part 4] -- 4 Society news: President's Column -- 3 Bethel Historical Society Membership List as of…

The Courier, Vol. 31, No. 3

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Features: William O. and Agnes Hastings Straw: Fourth Owners of the O'Neil Robinson House -- 1 Western Maine Saints: A Bethel Family (Frost) by Jayne W. Fife, with Roselyn Kirk [Part 5] -- 3 Diary of Edgar Harvey Powers [Part 2] -- 8 Society…

The Courier, Vol. 31, No. 4

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Features: O'Neil Watson Robinson: First Owner of the Robinson House -- 1 Western Maine Saints: The York and Carter Families Conversion to Mormonism and Western Migration by Carole York [Part 1] -- 1 Diary of Edgar Harvey Powers [Part 3] --…

The Courier, Vol. 32, No. 1

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Features: Addison Emery Verrill: Eminent Zoologist -- 1 Western Maine Saints: The York and Carter Families Conversion to Mormonism and Western Migration by Carole York [Part 2] -- 3 Diary of Edgar Harvey Powers [Part 4] -- 8 Society…

The Courier, Vol. 32, No. 2

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Features: Harold Sanborn Stanley (1878-1970): A Memoir by Stanley Russell Howe -- 1 Western Maine Saints: The York and Carter Families in Utah by Carole York [Part 3] -- 5 Diary of Edgar Harvey Powers [Part 5] -- 9 Society news: New Life…

The Courier, Vol. 32, No. 3

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Features: Bethel's First Newspaper, The Bethel Courier, 150 Years Old in 2008 -- 1 Bethel Citizen Turns 100 in 2008 -- 2 Western Maine Saints: The York and Carter Families in Utah by Carole York [Part 4] -- 5 Diary of Edgar Harvey Powers [Part…

The Courier, Vol. 32, No. 4

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Features: Bethel's Civil War Soldier's Monument Dedicated 100 Years Ago -- 1 Diary of Edgar Harvey Powers [Part 10] -- 10 Society news: Bethel Historical Society Membership List -- 3 Bethel Historical Society Financial Statements for the…

The Courier, Vol. 33, Nos. 1 & 2

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Contents: Eva M. Bean and East Bethel Road: A Fifty Year Perspective by Stanley Russell Howe -- 1 From the Editor -- 4 The Robertsons of "Robinson Hill" by Randall H. Bennett -- 4 Diary of Edgar Harvey Powers [Part 11] -- 5 Book Note: Historic…

The Courier, Vol. 33, Nos. 3 & 4

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Contents: Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of Hannibal Hamlin's Birth -- 1 Diary of Edgar Harvey Powers [Part 12] -- 2 John Howell Crosby (1867-1936) by Donald G. Bennett [Part 2] -- 6