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10 surprising facts about Katahdin

The mountain peak that towers over Maine is hundreds of thousands of years old, and still holds many mysteries.

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Maine s Great Fire raged in 1825 and destroyed almost a million acres

The 1825 blaze, the biggest ever recorded east of the Mississippi River, terrified pioneers, but is not known to have killed anyone in the state.

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No hunting ground left — the moose, the deer and beaver are all gone

A newly discovered 1839 letter spotlights the poverty and powerlessness of a Penobscot Nation trying to survive.

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Readfield organization restoring nearly century-old tower clock

Readfield organization restoring nearly century-old tower clock
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Readfield organization restoring nearly century-old tower clock

Readfield organization restoring nearly century-old tower clock
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