All posts tagged "Bangor"
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22.3K6MaineThe High Comedy of the (Bloodless) Aroostook War
If only all wars could be like the Aroostook War, a boundary dispute fought mostly with fists rather than cannon. The conflict featured...
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12.8K6Crime and ScandalThe Brady Gang in Bangor – The End of the Road for America’s Most Wanted
In October 1937, the FBI’s public enemy number one – bank robber and murderer Al Brady – came to Bangor, Maine, with...
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16.6K11Arts and LeisureMolly 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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11.6K11Politics and Military12 New England Military Heroes, Sung and Unsung
New England has given countless military heroes to the United States of America over its history. Their heroism took many different forms....
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20.0K2MaineFr. John Bapst Survives Tar & Feathers, Becomes 1st Boston College President
John Bapst, a Swiss Jesuit priest, arrived in New York City in 1848 just as Know Nothing bigotry gathered force in the...
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6.5K8Business and LaborAfter the Great Fire of 1911, Bangor Builds ‘Office World’
The Great Bangor Fire of 1911 wiped out much of the business district, but the city reconstructed it with lightning speed and...
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