Maine
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9.1KOliver Otis Howard, The Mainer Who Founded Howard University
Gen. Oliver Otis Howard thought he was fighting the Civil War to preserve the Union, not to free any slaves. Howard had...
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8.8KWilliam Whitney Swaps a Mistress With J.P. Morgan
Bar Harbor in its Gilded Age heyday was a place where the moneyed class could fool around without the prying eyes of...
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9.3K1Bar Harbor Babylon: Billionaires Behaving Badly in Maine’s Premier Resort
Bar Harbor Babylon, just released by Down East Books, takes you inside Maine’s premier summer resort during its heyday. What happened there...
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8.8KSeven Fun Facts About Taxes
There isn’t much that’s fun about taxes, but we thought we’d try to find something. So we found seven fun — well,...
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9.8K2Six Historic Buildings With a Clerestory
The clerestory window makes a lot of sense in New England because of the short, short days during the long, long winter....
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8.4K1Remembering Jonathan Cilley, the Reluctant Maine Duelist
In 1838, politicians in Washington, like Maine representative Jonathan Cilley, didn’t have Twitter to settle their political fights. But they did have...
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