A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . IDESERT ROCK LIGHT HOUSE MAINE. Although Maine was settled V>yEuroponns severnl years before anyother par! of New Enfjlaiirl, it wasnot ndmitted into the T ^lion as a stateuntil l^?0. Previously to thnt peri-od it w;is a mere territory of Massa-chusetts, and lonoj- bore the title ofthe district of Maine. In pointof extent, however, and rapidity ofgrowth, it ranks at the head of theeastern states ; embracinof, betweenits distant limits of Lower Canadaon the north, New Brunswick on theeast, the Atlantic on tlie south, andNew Hampshire
A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . IDESERT ROCK LIGHT HOUSE MAINE. Although Maine was settled V>yEuroponns severnl years before anyother par! of New Enfjlaiirl, it wasnot ndmitted into the T ^lion as a stateuntil l^?0. Previously to thnt peri-od it w;is a mere territory of Massa-chusetts, and lonoj- bore the title ofthe district of Maine. In pointof extent, however, and rapidity ofgrowth, it ranks at the head of theeastern states ; embracinof, betweenits distant limits of Lower Canadaon the north, New Brunswick on theeast, the Atlantic on tlie south, andNew Hampshire on the west, an areaof .33,223 square considerable part of the northwestern division of the state is mountainous,and there are rou2;h tracts and peaks of consideralile elevation in some otherparts; but in the north the surface is generally even, although the height is con-siderable, dividing the waters of the St. Lawrence from those emptying into theocean. The Allegany range, which first appears in Alabama, and traverses nilthe intermediate Atla
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