All posts tagged "Maine"
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3.6KArts and LeisureThe Noble Spud: 7 Fun Facts About the Potato
The potato wasn’t always a beloved staple throughout the world, a cherished tradition mashed with gravy at Thanksgiving and fried to a...
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6.5KCrime and ScandalA Lynching in Maine: What Happened to James Cullen
A lynching in Maine is an unusual thing. Throughout New England, lynching was extremely rare. Most lynching occurred in states in the...
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10.6KCrime and ScandalThe Murder of Mary Bean, Pregnant Mill Girl
One spring day in Saco, Maine, Osgood Stevens, 14, was having trouble clearing debris from Woodbury Brook. He couldn’t dislodge a whitewashed...
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11.1KArts and LeisureKetchup Made With Sugar? An Offense Against God For Some Mainers
The old saying “As Maine goes, so goes the nation,” may have applied to politics, but never to ketchup. The historic novelist...
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10.2KArts and LeisureLois Long, the Flapper Who Roared With the 20s
Lois Long chronicled the escapades of a flapper let loose in New York’s speakeasies and clubs during the infancy of the New...
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8.1K1Arts and LeisureThe Massachusetts Camouflage School that Taught How To Razzle-Dazzle
In 1917, the U.S. government set up a camouflage school for women artists in Marshfield Hills, Mass. About five dozen women artists...
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