All posts tagged "Old Town Maine"
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2.5K1MaineLouis Sockalexis, The Indian Athlete With the Tragic Flaw
Louis Sockalexis broke a different color barrier in baseball 50 years before Jackie Robinson started for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was a...
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3.9K7MaineMolly Spotted Elk, From Poverty in Old Town, Maine, to Fame in Paris — and Back
In the fall of 1931, 27-year-old Molly Spotted Elk was far from home and unsure about marrying her French journalist lover. She...
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1.8K8MaineThe Bangor Fire of 1911 Makes the O.G. Morin Co.
The Great Bangor Fire of 1911 wiped out much of the business district, but rebuilding it brought prosperity to a poor French-Canadian...
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4.6K53MaineLucy Nicolar Goes Far From a Maine Indian Reservation — And Then Returns
In January 1900, 17-year-old Lucy Nicolar traveled from her home on Indian Island in Penobscot County, Maine, to New York City where...