maine history
-
PublishedJanuary 2, 2022
Chances are nobody will ever again see Maine’s first big movie, viewed worldwide a century ago
'The Rider of the King Log,' by well-known Auburn writer Holman Day, featured log drives, dam explosions, romance and more, but it has utterly vanished since its debut in 1921
-
PublishedNovember 21, 2021
The View From Here: Native history is American history
The new film ‘Bounty’ places a genocidal policy against the Penobscot Nation in the context of Revolutionary New England.
-
PublishedNovember 21, 2021
The Maine Millennial: Tribes still fighting for their rights in Maine
A proposed state law would undo some of the damage that has been done to Native people by colonization.
-
PublishedNovember 14, 2021
‘Up for Grabs’ chronicles the complicated history of Maine’s Public Reserved Lands
The book, written by former Maine Audubon director Thomas Urquhart, is comprehensive and lively.
-
PublishedNovember 6, 2021
The humble Farmer: This ought to set the dentist’s teeth on edge
To cap off the day, I wound up feeding a visiting dog our supper. At least he’s a good boy.
-
PublishedOctober 31, 2021
The life and legend of Worumbo, a Native American in colonial Maine
His name and image have long been associated with Lisbon, but except for some tall tales and a few hints, much of the man's actual life is a mystery and will likely remain that way.
-
PublishedOctober 20, 2021
Abyssinian Meeting House could receive $1.7 million in federal funding
The money would be used to complete the restoration of the historic former church built by some of Portland's earliest Black residents.
-
PublishedSeptember 30, 2021
Celebrated Chinese American mom to be honored posthumously in Portland
A plaque will mark the site on Forest Avenue where Toy Len Goon, ‘an extraordinary woman,’ ran a laundry and raised eight children as a single widow in the mid-20th century.
-
PublishedSeptember 26, 2021
Maine Voices: Picturing Macon Bolling Allen – the mysterious disappearance of a trailblazer’s portrait
The nation’s first Black lawyer was admitted to the bar in Maine. The fate of a ‘fine oil painting’ of him, once housed at the Cumberland County Courthouse, is unknown.
-
PublishedSeptember 19, 2021
Monuments to notorious people are coming down and being renamed. What about Cumberland?
In Britain they’ve removed statues of 'the Butcher,' the reviled 18th century English prince for whom Cumberland County and the town of Cumberland are named.
- ← Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- …
- 23
- Next Page →