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Item 14619

Fort Kent Telephone Company switchboard, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Fort Kent Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Fort Kent Media: Wood, metal

Item 66963

Fort Halifax in disrepair, Winslow, ca. 1873

Contributed by: Winslow Historical Preservation Committee Date: circa 1873 Location: Winslow Media: Photographic print

Item 40321

Painting of soldiers at fort, Portland, 1852

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1814 Location: Portland Media: oil on wood

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Popham Colony

George Popham and a group of fellow Englishmen arrived at the mouth of the Kennebec River, hoping to trade with Native Americans, find gold and other valuable minerals, and discover a Northwest passage. In 18 months, the fledgling colony was gone.

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Shepard Cary: Lumberman, Legislator, Leader and Legend

Shepard Cary (1805-1866) was one of the leading -- and wealthiest -- residents of early Aroostook County. He was a lumberman, merchant, mill operator, and legislator.

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North Atlantic Appalachian Domain map, 2007

Building the International Appalachian Trail

Wildlife biologist Richard Anderson first proposed the International Appalachian Trail (IAT) in 1993. The IAT is a long-distance hiking trail along the modern-day Appalachian, Caledonian, and Atlas Mountain ranges, geological descendants of the ancient Central Pangean Mountains. Today, the IAT stretches from the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine, through portions of Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Europe, and into northern Africa.