The village of Padanaram in Dartmouth is one of those Native American-sounding names, but Padanaram is not Native at all. So what was its original name?
MANTON â Dee George remembers a number of years ago when she and her aunt took trips together to other parts of the country.
When they came upon totem poles during their travels, George said her aunt would always say they needed to get one because she liked them so much.
While her aunt died before she finished her first totem pole, George imagines sheâs looking down on her today with a smile on her face.
âItâs really a labor of love,â George said, standing next to the first 10-foot totem pole that she carved, which now faces the Manistee River behind her house near Manton in Wexford County.