What to see in America . kland 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 perhaps none is more widelyknown than the humorist, Charles Farrar Browne, orArtemus Ward, as he called himself. He was born in1834 in the little village of Waterford, some fifty miles northof Portland, and there is his grave. Another notable Mainewriter was Jacob Abbott, who was born in 1803 at Hallowellon the Kennebec. He was one of five brothers, all of whombecame preachers and teachers, and, with a s
What to see in America . kland 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 perhaps none is more widelyknown than the humorist, Charles Farrar Browne, orArtemus Ward, as he called himself. He was born in1834 in the little village of Waterford, some fifty miles northof Portland, and there is his grave. Another notable Mainewriter was Jacob Abbott, who was born in 1803 at Hallowellon the Kennebec. He was one of five brothers, all of whombecame preachers and teachers, and, with a single exception,authors. He was the most popular American writer forchildren of his time. His Rollo Books were particularlyfamous. In later life he lived at Farmington, where he hada place which he called Fewacres on high ground over-looking a river winding through one of the most fertileand tranquil valleys in New England. A third Mainewriter of exceptional merit was Sarah Orne Jewett, whosebirthplace was South Mt. Washington II New Hampshire New Hampshire got its name from a county in southernEngland, which was the home of an Enghsh merchant andshipmaster to whom the king granted a tract of land northof Massachusetts. The first settlements were made in 1623at Dover, a few miles up the Piscataqua, and Rye on thecoast. A scattered settlement established somewhat laterat the mouth of the river received the odd name of Straw-berry Bank. For a long time the leading man of the province wasRichard Waldron of Dover. He was largely engaged intrading with the Indians, and, though a thorough Puritan inhis religion, cheated them at every opportunity. But whatroused the Indians most was his capture of several hundredof them on the borders of the settlement through a pretensethat the whites would meet them and engage in a friendly 13 14 What to See in America sham fight. When he ordered a grand round of musketrythe Indians promptly discharged their guns, but the EngHshwithheld th
Size: 1914px × 1306px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorjohnsonc, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookyear1919
