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New Gloucester
Named by the proprietors from Gloucester, Massachusetts, New Gloucester began as a frontier town, as it was the most inland settlement in Maine at the time. Incorporated in 1774, the…
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Old Orchard Beach
From 1631 to the present, Old Orchard Beach has had a singularly rich history among New England’s summer communities.Old Orchard was originally a small seacoast farming community nestled on the…
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Revisiting Seal Harbor and Acadia National Park
Seal Harbor and Acadia National Park are areas rich with history and natural beauty.Several hundred photographs, taken by Seal Harbor’s original residents, inspired this pictorial history of the well-known resort…
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Revolutionary Boston, Lexington, and Concord
The only complete visitors’ guide to the Revolutionary history and sites of Boston, Bunker Hill, the Freedom Trail, and the Battle Road, including Cambridge, Arlington, Lexington, Bedford, Concord, Lincoln, Acton,…
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Rye and Rye Beach
Although small, the town of Rye played a significant role in New Hampshire’s history and in nineteenth-century lifestyle and recreation. From its beginnings in 1623, Rye was predominantly a farming…
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Scollay Square
Scollay Square in Boston was a favored entertainment district that disappeared in the 1960s. Read of the characters and landmarks that made this are a huge draw.Scollay Square is a…
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Shipwrecks North of Boston, Vol. 1
A richly illustrated history of shipwrecks in Salem Bay, north of Boston.
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Storms and Shipwrecks of New England
This Snow classic includes the pirate ship Whidah, the wreck of the City of Columbus, the Portland Gale, and the 1938 hurricane. D’Entremont updates the wrecks and details recent storms.
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The Devil of Great Island
In 1682, ten years before the infamous Salem witch trials, the town of Great Island, New Hampshire, was plagued by mysterious events: strange, demonic noises; unexplainable movement of objects; and…
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