All posts tagged "Bangor"
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12.9K2MaineFr. 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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4.8K8Business and LaborThe Bangor Fire of 1911 Makes the O.G. Morin Co.
The Great Bangor Fire of 1911 wiped out much of the business district, but rebuilding it brought prosperity to a poor French-Canadian...
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6.5K4Business and LaborBrownie Schrumpf, The First Foodie of Maine
Brownie Schrumpf was only 4’11” but she had a monumental impact on the way Mainers eat. Over a 70-year career she was...
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4.9K2MassachusettsPeter Edes: 107 Days in Prison for Watching the Battle of Bunker Hill
Peter Edes spent 107 days in a sweltering hellhole of a prison because the British didn’t like his attitude while he watched the...
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15.4K6MassachusettsPeter Edes, Apprentice Printer, Imprisoned by the British
Peter Edes, 18, ended up in prison on June 19, 1775, after he caught the attention of the British Regulars by watching the Battle...
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4.6K8Business and LaborFanny Hardy Eckstorm Does Justice to Thoreau’s Maine Guide
Fanny Hardy Eckstorm in 1904 published a story about the tragic death of Henry David Thoreau’s Maine guide, a Wabanaki Indian who...
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