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By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff
There’s a long history in Maine of larger than life outdoorsmen and women, like Cornelia “Fly Rod” Crosby, a sportswriter who in 1897 became the first registered Maine guide; Albert “Jigger” Johnson, a colorful western Maine lumberjack; Wilmot “Wiggie” Robinson, a master Maine guide from the Katahdin region; and Bud Leavitt, longtime outdoors writer for the Bangor Daily News.
Add to that list a lesser-known but still one-of-a-kind character who helped bring the Maine outdoors to the national masses: Charley Miller, a Bangor native, Maine guide, boxing trainer, occasional writer and lecturer, and the self-proclaimed best outdoor cook in America.
(THE FEDERALIST) – In a school library, a historic courthouse, and a county museum, the people’s orator is coming back. It seems fitting, really, that Patrick Henry – the man who turned down the national spotlight for his community – would have the spotlight of history shine on him in his own hometown. In Hanover…