Maine
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4.6K2Dutch Elm Disease, the Nightmare on Elm Street
When Dutch elm disease first appeared in southwestern Connecticut, horrified New Englanders responded immediately to save their beloved elms, state agriculture experts...
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10.9K3How the Jewish Immigrants Came to New England
It’s an oft-told story about the Jewish immigrant who rose from poverty on New York’s Lower East Side to prominence through hard...
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6.2K2Samuel Maverick Writes A Guide to the Wonders of New England – in 1660
Samuel Maverick, as his name suggests, didn’t like to go along with the crowd. The Puritan crowd, that is. He came to...
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12.8KThe Greatest New England High School Football Rivalries
New England high school football rivalries go back to the days when teams traveled by stagecoach to visit their opponents. When there...
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7.8K2How To Talk Like a Mainer
If you want to talk like a Mainer, there’s a lot more to it than ‘ayuh’ and ‘Bah Hahbah.’ And if you’re...
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5.1K5Eight Great Zingers by Bette Davis, Yankee Gal
The legendary movie actress Bette Davis called herself the “Yankee-est gal who ever came down the pike.” She was born and educated...
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8.2KThe Boon Island Cannibals of Maine
On a frosty New Year’s Day in 1711, the York County coroner was summoned to examine a frozen body discovered in a...
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2.1KCharles Shay, An Indian War Hero on Omaha Beach
Charles Shay, a 19-year-old Penobscot Indian, landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day. Under heavy German fire, he bandaged the wounded and pulled...
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8.7KThe Ku Klux Klan Fights the Battle of Greenville, Maine
In 1924, dozens of Ku Klux Klan members paraded through the tiny logging town of Greenville, Maine, to bully some outsiders into...
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