Maine
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5.1K2The Strange Life and Stranger Afterlife of Maine’s Elmer McCurdy
On October 11, 1911 an Oklahoma Sherriff’s posse had Elmer McCurdy on the run. The Maine man – a plumber-turned-outlaw – had...
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8.5K4Unequal Justice: Murders at Sea on the Albion Cooper and the Theresa
Life on a ship in the 1850s was neither democratic nor easy. The captain made the rules and punishments were fierce. In...
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14.0K4The Gravesites of Six Revolutionary Heroines
The gravesites of such revolutionary heroes as Paul Revere and John Adams are well known and well marked, but where are the...
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7.7K4Epenow, the Wampanoag Who Conned His Way Home From England
William Shakespeare probably saw Epenow when he was put on display in London in 1612. Several English sea captains probably wished they’d...
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13.2K1The Six Largest Historic Districts in New England
Identifying the largest historic districts in New England was no easy task, as the region has so many collections of historic buildings,...
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6.4KMaine Peonage Law Sent Men to Jail for Quitting Their Jobs
In 1907, lumber barons persuaded politicians to pass the Maine peonage law to keep lumberjacks on the job. If they quit work,...
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55.9K9Six Mysterious Stone Structures of New England
Everyone knows that stone walls cover the New England landscape like honeycombs. But far fewer people know about the region’s hundreds of...
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27.5K4Six Revolutionary Forts
Scattered throughout New England are dozens of revolutionary forts. Some, like Fort Halifax in Maine, date to the French and Indian wars....
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8.2K1The New England Inns and Taverns Quiz
Who doesn’t love New England’s historic inns and taverns? Nowhere else in the country are there so many old watering holes and...
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29.2K13Six Oldest Libraries in New England
Identifying New England’s oldest libraries is no easy task. In the early days of European settlement, book collections took many different forms....
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