What to see in America . yof brick, and to this the poet was brought as an infant. Itwas his home until his marriage. Until the end of his lifehe stayed there whenever he visited the scenes of his youth, Maine 11 and many of his best poems were written in it. He grad-uated at Bowdoin College in the manufacturing city ofBrunswick, and was for some years a Bowdoin was another famous Bowdoin collegian. HarrietBeecher Stowe was living at Brunswick when she wToteUncle Toms Cabin. Her husband was at that time aninstructor in the college. Bath is the shipbuilding city of iNlaine.
What to see in America . yof brick, and to this the poet was brought as an infant. Itwas his home until his marriage. Until the end of his lifehe stayed there whenever he visited the scenes of his youth, Maine 11 and many of his best poems were written in it. He grad-uated at Bowdoin College in the manufacturing city ofBrunswick, and was for some years a Bowdoin was another famous Bowdoin collegian. HarrietBeecher Stowe was living at Brunswick when she wToteUncle Toms Cabin. Her husband was at that time aninstructor in the college. Bath is the shipbuilding city of iNlaine. Bangor on thePenobscot is the most notable lumber center in New , the capital of the state, is the largest city on theKennebec. Farming is the leading industry in most of the countrytowns south of the forest region. Immense quantities ofapples, squashes, blueberries, and sweet corn are cannedand shipped to the cities. Blueberries grow wild in allparts of the state, but are particularly plentiful in several. Bar Harbor rocky townships of Washington County which have beenlargely swept by fire. The harvest continues for about sixweeks, and most of the hundreds of pickers camp where 12 What to See in America the herries grow. The picking is done chiefly by womenand children. In the northeastern part of the state is a very rich newagricultural country. Potatoes are the principal farmproduct there, particularly in the great county of Aroostook,which is nearly as large as the entire state of are planted, cultivated, and dug by machines. One of the valuable products of Maine is stone. Thereare important quarries at various places along the coastwhere granite is blasted out, cut into such shapes and sizesas are desired, and shipped to different sections of the coun-try. In and around Rockland are inexhaustible limestonebeds that have been worked for two centuries. The limeproduced in Maine exceeds the output of any other state. Among Maines famous men p
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