maine history
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PublishedJune 5, 2022
A forgotten 19th-century Maine comic writer gets his day in the sun
Lots of fascinating material in 'Diggio, Haybis Korpus & E Plewrisy Unicorn!' if you can get past the fact that the imaginary Ethan Spike was a 'reprehensible bigot.'
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PublishedMay 21, 2022
Challenging the ‘old fogeys’ by starting a newspaper
The Lewiston Falls Journal, the community's first newspaper, rolled off the press 175 years ago today.
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PublishedApril 24, 2022
Border dispute between Maine’s two oldest towns heads to court
York and Kittery are at odds over the exact location of a section of the border between the towns first drawn 370 years ago.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2022
New England’s first nature guidebook turns 350
Written by an Englishman living in Maine, the rare book identifies the region's native plants and animals and offers natural remedies galore.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2022
Decades ago, Ukrainian refugees found ‘heaven’ on farms in Maine
From 1949 to 1955, refugee families from Ukraine, Poland and Estonia stayed at Freedom Farm in Kennebunkport as they built new lives in America. Some later moved to farms in Kennebec County.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2022
Our View: Maine should recognize inherent rights of Wabanaki tribes
Tribal sovereignty was bargained away unfairly more than 40 years ago, and the Indigenous people in the state continue to suffer for it.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2022
Black History Month: Both Portland and Maine complicit in economics of slavery
Via trade with the West Indies, the labor of enslaved Africans built our state and its largest city.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2022
How Mainer Edmund Muskie’s tirade a half-century ago may have cost him the White House
One of the most successful dirty tricks in American political history wiped away the presidential hopes of Rumford's favorite son in 1972.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2022
Town History Series returns remotely for 18th installment
Patten Free Library will stream five presentations on local history starting Saturday, Jan. 22.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2022
Maine Voices: USM center will build on historian’s legacy by strengthening labor education
L.D. 1816 would create the Dr. Charles A. Scontras Labor Center in honor of a man who grew up in Old Orchard and began his working life in a shoe shop.
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