All posts tagged "Old Town Maine"
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3.7KBusiness and LaborOld Town Canoe, Inspired by the Penobscot People
The Old Town Canoe Company couldn’t have started in a better place when it built its first canoe more than a hundred...
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10.7K1MaineCharles Shay, An Indian War Hero on Omaha Beach
Charles Shay, a 19-year-old Penobscot, landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day. Under heavy German fire, he bandaged the wounded and pulled drowning...
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14.8K2Arts and LeisureLouis Sockalexis, The Indian Athlete With the Tragic Flaw
Louis Sockalexis broke a different color barrier in baseball 50 years before Jackie Robinson started for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was a...
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17.5K11Arts 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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7.0K8Business 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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17.4K55Arts and LeisureLucy Nicolar Goes Far From a Maine Indian Reservation — And Then Returns
In January 1900, 17-year-old Lucy Nicolar traveled from her home on Indian Island in Penobscot County, Maine, to New York City where...
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