All posts tagged "Bangor"
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6.1K2MassachusettsPeter 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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18.7K6MassachusettsPeter 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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5.6K8Business 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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12.3K6Business and LaborKing of the Log Drives: The New England Riverman
In the vanished days of log drives, the riverman was the most special of the special breed of men who logged the...
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16.4K15MassachusettsThe Great New England Sea Serpents
When a New England sea serpent was beached off the coast of Scituate, Mass., in 1970, it marked the continuation of a...
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25.0K6Business and LaborWhen New England Candy Was King: 15 Sweet Facts
New England candy ruled the American confectionery industry from colonial times right through the mid 1900s. Many candy makers made their sugary...
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