This Mainer is the only American ever executed for slave trading
In 1860, he traded whiskey for 897 human beings. Half of them were children.
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A Broadway star lost his island cottage so thousands of Mainers could have clean water
Malcolm Williams — who was married to the equally famous Florence Reed — was caught swimming in front of his place by a patrol boat.
On this Veterans Day: 7 Maine soldiers who quietly helped win the Civil War
One received the Medal of Honor, but we’re not talking about Joshua Chamberlain.
8 photos from Maine’s history that give a glimpse of how things used to be
Maine Memory Network is a website where local historical societies around the state can upload their photos and documents into one centralized, searchable database.
Promised immortality, investors only lost their shirts on this canal scheme
It was supposed to be a project for the ages. In reality, it never turned a profit and now most of it has vanished.
Portland’s iconic monument was viewed by Italian royalty, then stuffed in a boatload of sulfur
This is the twisting, two-decade-long tale of how Portland’s Monument Square statue came to be.
That time the Prince of Wales lost his hat in Portland Harbor
His diplomatic work consisted mostly of drinking, smoking, dancing with ladies and waving from trains and carriages.
A Portland stepmother gave this history-maker the stable family he’d never known
His biological mother was black and, most likely, a slave, owned by his father.
This peaceful park saw the start of a bloody massacre
The 40-odd acre, oaken oasis wasn’t always so quiet. It’s the site of the Battle of Deering Oaks.
This is what Back Cove looks like from a canoe at dawn
It was still dark. The only other things moving about were hardcore runners on the Back Cove trail and mosquitoes buzzing around my noggin.
