Keywords: 1603
Item 66516
Aerial view of the mouth of the Kennebunk River, Kennebunkport, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Kennebunkport Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 20760
Baron St. Castin (1650-1712), ca. 1670
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1670 Media: Ink on paper, etching
Exhibit
When Europeans arrived in North America and disrupted traditional Native American patterns of life, they also offered other opportunities: trade goods for furs. The fur trade had mixed results for the Wabanaki.
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The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
