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Gray, Cumberland, ME
Gray claims to be the site of the first woolen mill in the United States.
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- On June 19, 1778, New Boston Plantation would be incorporated as Gray after Thomas Gray, a proprietor.
wikipedia.org - 1791 - (Gray, Maine) - Along Collyer Brook, Samuel Mayall established in 1791 the first successful water-powered woolen mill in North America.
British woolen guilds had prohibited the production of goods in the colonies and tried to prevent British technology from being put to use in...Read MORE... - 1839 - Gray
Gray, Maine
Cumberland county. This is a fine farming town, watered by branches of North Yarmouth and Presumpscot rivers, and containing a large...Read MORE... - 1854 - Gray
Gray, a post-township of Cumberland co., Maine, 50 miles 8. 8. W. from Augusta. Population, 1788.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - 1859
GRAY, a township in Cumberland co., in the state of Maine, U.S., 47 m. SW of Augusta. Pop. 1,740.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859 - During the Civil War, a Confederate soldier's body was accidentally sent to Gray.
Instead of sending it away, the people of Gray gave it a proper burial and funded a gravestone marked "The Stranger". A statue dedicated to the...Read MORE... - 1876 - Pennell Institute was built in Gray
www.graymaine.org/ history - 1886 - Gray
Gray is situated near the middle of Cumberland County and 16 miles north of Portland. The Maine Central Railway passes through the eastern part of...Read MORE... 
Gray Depot, Me.
Postcard- 1895 - Gray
Gray, a post-village of Cumberland co, Me., i township, about 18 miles N. of Portland, and 3 m of the Maine Central Railroad. It has an academy,...Read MORE... 
Elm House (1907)
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Ruin caused by Tornado, July 8, 1909, No. Gray, Maine.
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Gray, a post-village of Cumberland oo., Me., in Gray township (town), about 18 miles N. of Portland. It has manufactures of lumber, etc, and is the...Read MORE...
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Elm House (1907)
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Ruin caused by Tornado, July 8, 1909, No. Gray, Maine.
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On June 19, 1778, New Boston Plantation would be incorporated as Gray after Thomas Gray, a proprietor.
wikipedia.org
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1791 - (Gray, Maine) - Along Collyer Brook, Samuel Mayall established in 1791 the first successful water-powered woolen mill in North America.
British woolen guilds had prohibited the production of goods in the colonies and tried to prevent British technology from being put to use in... Read MORE...
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1839 - Gray
Gray, Maine
Cumberland county. This is a fine farming town, watered by branches of North Yarmouth and Presumpscot rivers, and containing a large... Read MORE...
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1854 - Gray
Gray, a post-township of Cumberland co., Maine, 50 miles 8. 8. W. from Augusta. Population, 1788.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1859
GRAY, a township in Cumberland co., in the state of Maine, U.S., 47 m. SW of Augusta. Pop. 1,740.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
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During the Civil War, a Confederate soldier's body was accidentally sent to Gray.
Instead of sending it away, the people of Gray gave it a proper burial and funded a gravestone marked "The Stranger". A statue dedicated to the... Read MORE...
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1876 - Pennell Institute was built in Gray
www.graymaine.org/ history
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1886 - Gray
Gray is situated near the middle of Cumberland County and 16 miles north of Portland. The Maine Central Railway passes through the eastern part of... Read MORE...
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1895 - Gray
Gray, a post-village of Cumberland co, Me., i township, about 18 miles N. of Portland, and 3 m of the Maine Central Railroad. It has an academy,... Read MORE...
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1916
Gray, a post-village of Cumberland oo., Me., in Gray township (town), about 18 miles N. of Portland. It has manufactures of lumber, etc, and is the... Read MORE...
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