Maine
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32.1K8Six Historic One-Room Schoolhouses
Thousands of one-room schoolhouses once educated New England children, some well into the 20th century. Small, utilitarian buildings, they usually lacked plumbing...
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21.9K6How the Wild Turkey Vanished, Then Returned, to New England
For many years the only place you could find something called Wild Turkey in New England was on a liquor store shelf....
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29.4K1The Malta War Pitted Maine Against Massachusetts
The Malta War was the name given to the fighting that broke out in 1809 in Maine’s Kennebec County. At that time,...
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17.9KSix Fast Facts About Returning to School 100 Years Ago
Students returning to school 100 years ago may not have had the same requirements for laptops, book bags and new clothes, but...
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9.0K2David Dunbar Tries to Steal Maine from Massachusetts in 1729
David Dunbar had an uncanny ability to agitate people. He was born in Ireland to a family of little means, but in...
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11.9KThe Siege of Scarborough and Maine’s Long War
In 1676, the colonial settlers in Scarborough, Maine, had abandoned the town after fierce fighting with a small army of Indians. That...
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