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MAINE.

THE EASTERNMOST STATE.

WHERE DAWN FIRST BREAKS \hON THE UNITED STATES,

OVER LAND RISING FROM THE SEA.

\h\h\hIT‘S HERE WHERE AMERICA REALLY BEGAN.

LONG BEFORE THE PILGRIMS,

EUROPEAN EXPLORERS CHARTED \h\h\h\h\h\hTHESE WATERS.

A LAND SHARED BY SAILORS, POETS,

PAINTERS AND PRESIDENTS...

HOME TO A GRAND MASTER \h\h\hOF THE MACABRE,

AND FIELDS OF FIRE...

\hWHERE "DOWN EAST" MEANS HEADING NORTH,

\h\hAND THE NORTH WOODS COVER 3.5 MILLION ACRES.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIS A JOURNEY ACROSS DISTANT ISLES,

\h\h\h\h\hDOWN RUGGED SHORES, AND INTO THE GREAT WILDERNESS

SEAFARERS ONCE CALLED \hTHE MAINLAND, MAINE.

\h\hONE OF MAINE‘S SOUTHERNMOST TOWNS IS ALSO ONE OF ITS OLDEST.

YORK LIES ON THE YORK RIVER,

AND INCLUDES THE VILLAGES OF YORK HARBOR AND YORK BEACH.

IN FACT, THERE ARE SO MANY VILLAGES CALLED YORK HERE,

\hLOCALS REFER TO THEM SIMPLY AS "THE YORKS."

IN THE EARLY 1600s, THE AREA \hWAS KNOWN AS AGAMENTICUS,

THE NATIVE AMERICAN WABANAKI \h\hWORD FOR THE YORK RIVER.

YORK WAS FOUNDED BY A WEALTHY ENGLISHMAN

WITH THE UNLIKELY NAME OF \h\hSIR FERDINANDO GORGES.

HE‘D BEEN AWARDED A LAND GRANT

AND PERMISSION TO START \hA NEW COLONY IN MAINE.

\h\h\hFOR 40 YEARS, GORGES FINANCED AND MASTERMINDED

EXPEDITION AFTER EXPEDITION \h\h\h\h\h\h\hFROM ENGLAND,

SPENDING HIS FORTUNE TO REALIZE HIS DREAM OF COLONIZING MAINE.

GORGES NEVER ACTUALLY SET FOOT HERE AND DIED A DESTITUTE MAN.

BUT MANY CONSIDER HIM TO BE \h\hTHE FATHER OF THE STATE.

YORK CLAIMS TO BE THE OLDEST \h\h\h\hSETTLEMENT IN MAINE,

AND DESPITE MANY EARLY ATTACKS ON THE VILLAGE

\hBY NATIVE AMERICANS, THE VILLAGE SURVIVED.

\hAMAZINGLY TODAY MANY BUILDINGS FROM COLONIAL DAYS STILL STAND.

ONE OF THE MOST CHERISHED IS SAYWARD-WHEELER HOUSE,

A PROUD CLAPBOARD BUILDING \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFROM 1718.

\h\h\h\hJONATHAN SAYWARD WAS A WEALTHY SHIPPING MERCHANT

AND MANY OF HIS DESCENDANTS \h\h\h\hLIVED AND DIED HERE,

RIGHT UP TO THE 20th CENTURY.

\h\h\hBUT MAINE REALLY BEGINS HERE, OFFSHORE.

\h\hTHE ISLES OF SHOALS LIE ON ITS SOUTHERNMOST BORDER.

MAINE IS THE ONLY STATE TO HAVE JUST ONE STATE AS A NEIGHBOR.

AND HERE, A SIMPLE CAUSEWAY IS \h\h\h\h\h\h\hALL THAT DIVIDES

\hSTAR ISLAND, NEW HAMPSHIRE, FROM SMUTTYNOSE ISLAND, MAINE.

APPLEDORE ISLAND, ON THE MAINE SIDE,

USED TO BE A HAUNT OF ARTISTS \h\h\h\h\h\hAND FREE SPIRITS,

\hTHANKS TO A WELCOMING POET AND HOTELKEEPER NAMED CELIA THAXTER.

HER HOTEL BURNED DOWN \hIN THE EARLY 1900s,

AND THE ISLAND‘S HEYDAY \h\h\hSEEMED TO BE OVER.

BUT THIS TOWER IS EVIDENCE OF \h\h\h\h\hTHE ISLAND‘S REVIVAL

\hAS A SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION.

DESPITE THE MANY ISLANDS \h\h\hAND ROCKY DANGERS

OF THE MAINE COAST,

IT WAS MORE THAN 250 YEARS

AFTER THE COLONISTS ARRIVED THAT THE FIRST LIGHTHOUSE WAS BUILT.

\h\hCLAPBOARD HOUSES WERE BUILT EASILY FROM THE ABUNDANT TREES,

BUT THE CAPE NEDDICK LIGHT

WAS CONSTRUCTED OF BRICK \hAND CLAD IN CAST IRON

TO WEATHER THE WORST WINTERS \h\h\hOF THE NORTH ATLANTIC.

\hALTHOUGH MODERNIZED NOW, ITS ORIGINAL 3,000-POUND FOG BELL

AND RED LIGHT HAVE GUIDED \h\hSEAFARERS SINCE 1879.

\hLOCALS KNOW IT AS "THE NUBBLE LIGHT,"

NAMED FOR THE LUMP OF ROCK \h\h\h\h\hIT‘S PERCHED ON.

MANY MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT THE CAPE NEDDICK LIGHT,

THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA, \hAND INDIA‘S TAJ MAHAL

HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON:

THE VOYAGER SPACECRAFT CARRIED IMAGES OF ALL THREE INTO SPACE

\h\h\h\h\hAS EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE EARTH‘S

\h\hMOST IMPRESSIVE MANMADE STRUCTURES.

\h\h\hON A BRILLIANT FALL DAY, MAINERS AND VACATIONERS ALIKE

ARE DRAWN TO ITS COAST-- \hAND WITH GOOD REASON.

A SHORT WALK ALONG THE CLIFFS \hLEADS TO AN UNUSUAL SIGHTING

IN THIS ROCKY STATE:

MILES AND MILES OF SANDY BEACH.

THE BEACH IS ACTUALLY \h\h\h\hA LONG SANDBAR

SPLIT OFF FROM THE MAINLAND \h\h\hBY THE OGUNQUIT RIVER.

THE HALLOWEEN STORM OF 1991,

\h\hBETTER KNOWN AS "THE PERFECT STORM,"

DAMAGED MUCH OF THE BEACH,

BUT EFFORTS ARE UNDER WAY

TO PROTECT ITS DUNES \h\h\hAND WILDLIFE.

BUT IT‘S STILL MAINE‘S RUGGED NATURAL BEAUTY

THAT DRAWS MOST VISITORS TODAY.

AND IT‘S TAKEN THE WORK

OF EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE \h\h\h\h\hTO PROTECT IT.

11,000 YEARS AGO,

NATIVE AMERICANS THRIVED \h\h\h\hIN THIS REGION,

USING THE COASTAL RIVERS

FOR FRESH WATER, TRANSPORT AND \hAN ABUNDANT SOURCE OF FOOD.

WHILE THEIR ORIGINAL SETTLEMENTS HAVE LONG GONE,

THEIR ANCIENT LAND REMAINS.

TODAY, PART OF IT IS CALLED THE RACHEL CARSON WILDLIFE REFUGE,

AFTER ONE OF THE 20th CENTURY‘S

GREATEST ENVIRONMENTALISTS \h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND WRITERS.

CARSON‘S GROUNDBREAKING BOOK, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSILENT SPRING,

BROUGHT ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS \hTO AN UNPRECEDENTED PORTION

OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC,

\h\h\h\h\h\hAND LED TO CHANGE IN THE COUNTRY‘S USE OF PESTICIDES.

\hTODAY, THE MARSHES AND ESTUARIES OF THE RESERVE

\h\h\h\hARE NOT ONLY A REFUGE FOR WILDLIFE BUT HUMANS, TOO.

FURTHER NORTH ALONG THE COAST,

THE GOLD CHAIN OF BEACHES END AND NORMAL RUGGEDNESS BEGINS.

JUST BEFORE WE REACH \h\h\hTHE MAINE TOWN

\hTHAT‘S BEST KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD: KENNEBUNKPORT.

HERE, STREWN ACROSS THE CITY CENTER ARE

THE 18th AND 19th CENTURY HOMES OF THE COUNTRY‘S EARLY ELITE

\h\h\hWHO MADE THEIR FORTUNES FROM THE WEALTH OF THE OCEANS.

ONE OF MOST UNIQUE HOMES IN TOWN

\h\h\h\h\h\hIS KNOWN AS THE WEDDING CAKE HOUSE.

IN 1825, A PROMINENT SHIPBUILDER NAMED GEORGE WASHINGTON BOURNE

\h\h\h\hBOUGHT A FEDERAL STYLE BRICK HOUSE FOR HIS NEW BRIDE.

BUT INSPIRED BY THE DESIGN OF \hA GOTHIC CATHEDRAL IN MILAN,

\hHE LATER RESTYLED THE HOUSE HIMSELF USING ONLY HAND TOOLS,

\hCOMPLETING THE WORK JUST BEFORE HIS DEATH IN 1856.

\h\hTODAY, IT‘S ONE OF THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED BUILDINGS IN MAINE.

KENNEBUNK BEACH IS STILL \h\hA MODEST COMMUNITY.

\h\h\h\hBUT IT WAS HERE ON CAPE ARUNDEL IN 1903

THAT THE WEALTHY WALKER FAMILY

CHOSE TO BUILD THEIR BEACHFRONT MANSION.

THAT‘S THE "W" IN THE NAMES OF THE TWO BUSH PRESIDENTS.

\h\h\h\hTHEIR SEASIDE ESTATE IS KNOWN AS WALKER‘S POINT.

WORLD LEADERS HAVE PASSED \h\h\hTHE GUARD POST HERE,

WELCOMED BY TWO BUSH PRESIDENTS.

MARGARET THATCHER, MIKHAIL GORBACHEV,

\hAND VLADIMIR PUTIN HAVE ALL SIGNED THE GUEST BOOK.

WHILE THE MAINE COASTLINE \h\h\h\h\hIS A GOOD PLACE

\h\hFOR POLITICIANS TO UNWIND, IT‘S EVEN BETTER FOR ARTISTS.

AT PROUTS NECK, AMONG THE MODERN VACATION HOMES OF THE WEALTHY,

IS THE FORMER STUDIO OF ONE OF AMERICA‘S

GREATEST LANDSCAPE PAINTERS, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hWINSLOW HOMER.

HERE, JUST A FEW FEET \h\h\hFROM THE OCEAN,

\h\h\h\hHE PAINTED HIS MONUMENTAL SEASCAPES,

IMAGES OF THE TIMELESS STRUGGLE OF MEN AND WOMEN

AGAINST THE POWER OF THE SEA.

\hTHE TURBULENT SEAS HE FAMOUSLY DEPICTED

ARE DECEPTIVELY CALM \h\h\h\hON THIS DAY.

BUT THE BOATMEN HE CAPTURED WRESTLING WITH THE ELEMENTS

WERE MAINERS.

TEN MILES OUT, AN ISLAND RISES

LIKE A WHALE‘S HUMP \h\hOUT OF THE SEA.

IT‘S THOUGHT THE STATE TOOK \hITS NAME FROM THE SETTLERS

ON THE MORE THAN 400 OFFSHORE \h\h\hISLANDS ALONG THE COAST

\h\hWHO LOOKED BACK TO THE "MAINE" LAND.

HERE, ON MONHEGAN ISLAND, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHOSE VIEWS

INSPIRED PAINTERS JAMIE WYETH \h\h\h\h\h\hAND EDWARD HOPPER,

WHO WERE ATTRACTED BY ITS RUGGED BEAUTY AND REMOTE LOCATION.

BARELY ONE SQUARE MILE IN AREA,

MONHEGAN IS ACCESSIBLE \h\h\h\hONLY BY BOAT,

AND THERE ARE NO PAVED ROADS.

THE YEAR-ROUND POPULATION \h\h\h\hIS TINY--JUST 65.

TODAY THE ISLAND‘S ECONOMY \h\h\h\h\hIS STILL RULED,

AS IT HAS BEEN FOR CENTURIES,

BY THOSE WHO MAKE THEIR \hLIVING FROM THE SEA--

\h\hTHE COURAGEOUS FISHERMEN AND LOBSTERMEN WHO WORK THESE WATERS

THROUGH THE HARSH MAINE WINTER.

WHILE THE SCENERY \hIS SPECTACULAR,

THE WATERS AROUND MONHEGAN \h\h\h\h\hARE TREACHEROUS.

\h\hCOUNTLESS SHIPS HAVE GONE DOWN HERE,

SOME OF THEM STILL VISIBLE.

\hAPPROACHING PORTLAND, A GREAT BEACON CALLS OUT

\h\h\h\hTO HOMEBOUND SAILORS, JUST AS IT HAS FOR CENTURIES.

EVEN TODAY THE ROCKY SHORES \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF PORTLAND

ARE NOT EASILY NAVIGATED.

\h\hBUT AFTER A NUMBER OF TRAGIC SHIPWRECKS,

MAINE‘S FIRST LIGHTHOUSE, \hTHE PORTLAND HEAD LIGHT,

WAS BUILT AT THE ORDER OF GEORGE WASHINGTON.

TODAY THE OLD TOWER \h\h\hSTILL STANDS.

BUT MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE \h\h\h\h16 WHALE OIL LAMPS

LIT THE LIGHTHOUSE IN 1791.

NOW AN AIRPORT-STYLE \h\hELECTRIC BEACON

RISES 100 FEET ABOVE THE WATER.

THE LIGHT IS VISIBLE FROM 16 MILES AWAY,

WELCOMING MARINERS \h\hTO SAFE HARBOR

IN MAINE‘S BIGGEST TOWN.

\h\h\hSITUATED IN CASCO BAY, PORTLAND WAS ONCE CONSIDERED

STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT \h\hBY THE U.S. MILITARY

\h\h\hBECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO EUROPE

COMPARED TO OTHER EASTERN PORTS.

\h\h\h\h\hTHE GRANITE-WALLED FORT SCAMMEL ON HOUSE ISLAND

\h\hAND FORT GORGES ON HOG ISLAND LEDGE

\hWERE ORIGINALLY BUILT IN THE BAY IN THE 1800s

TO PROTECT AGAINST ENEMY ATTACK.

MOUNDS OF SAND WERE USED \hTO INSULATE THE FORTS

AND THEIR SUPPLIES \h\hOF AMMUNITION.

BUT FORT SCAMMEL WAS THE ONLY ONE

TO FIRE A SHOT IN BATTLE

AGAINST A BRITISH PRIVATEER \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN 1813.

IN A STATE WITH ONLY 1.3 MILLION PEOPLE,

PORTLAND‘S 64,000 CITIZENS \h\hMAKE IT A METROPOLIS.

IN THE 19th CENTURY, WHEN TRADE IN PORTLAND WAS BOOMING,

SOME OF THE STATE‘S OLDEST BANKS OPENED THEIR DOORS HERE.

\h\hAND IF YOU KNOW WHO PENNED THE LINES, "LISTEN MY CHILDREN

\h\hAND YOU SHALL HEAR OF THE MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL REVERE,"

\h\hTAKE NOTE THAT THE CHILDHOOD HOME

OF HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

\h\hIS TUCKED IN BETWEEN MODERN OFFICE BUILDINGS.

\h\hMANY OF PORTLAND‘S OTHER FORMER RESIDENTS

\h\h\hENDED UP WITH SOME OF THE PRETTIEST PLOTS IN TOWN.

65,000 PEOPLE ARE BURIED \hIN EVERGREEN CEMETERY,

ONE OF THE LARGEST \h\hPUBLICLY OWNED

SPACES IN THE CITY.

AND WHILE MANY FAMOUS MAINERS \h\h\h\hHAVE BEEN BURIED HERE,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE STORY OF ONE, THE 19th CENTURY MAYOR NEAL DOW,

IS INFAMOUS.

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KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF \h\h\hTHE PROHIBITION,

HE MANAGED TO BAN ALCOHOL \h\h\h\h\hFROM THE STATE,

AND IN 1880 MADE A RUN \h\hAT THE WHITE HOUSE

ON A PROHIBITION TICKET.

HE RECEIVED JUST 10,000 VOTES.

BUT PROHIBITION WAS UNPOPULAR

WITH MUCH OF PORTLAND‘S \h\h\h\h\hWORKING CLASS.

AFTER ALL, PORTLAND WAS A RUM PRODUCER,

AND THE CITY‘S WORKERS \h\hWERE EVEN ALLOWED

"RUM BREAKS" DURING THE DAY.

THERE WERE RIOTS IN PORTLAND WHEN THE MAYOR GOT HIS WAY,

\h\hBUT CHANCES ARE A FEW OF THE PEOPLE

WHO ARE BURIED HERE BESIDE HIM SUCCUMBED TO HIS "DEMON RUM."

\h\h\h\hAT ITS HEART, THE CITY THAT THRIVED

ON FISHING AND SHIPPING \h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE 1800s

IS STILL A HARBOR TOWN.

\h\h\hSET ON A PENINSULA REACHING INTO CASCO BAY,

\h\hPORTLAND REMAINS AS LONGFELLOW DESCRIBED IT,

"THE CITY BY THE SEA."

TODAY, THE HARBOR THAT DREW \h\hENGLISH SETTLERS IN 1632

STILL BUSTLES WITH VESSELS, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hBIG AND SMALL.

BUT MAINE IS FAR MORE THAN JUST A SEACOAST.

THE STATE‘S LANDMASS TAKES UP \h\h\h\h\hHALF OF NEW ENGLAND,

MOST OF IT REMOTE AND UNSPOILED.

AMONG THE PINES OF MAINE‘S \h\h\h\h\hENDLESS FORESTS,

ONE IS STRUCK BY ITS MAJESTY.

ONE EXPLORER OF THE REGION

\h\hWAS THE GREAT 19th CENTURY THINKER, HENRY DAVID THOREAU.

OF HIS VISIT HERE HE WROTE,

\h\h\h"I LOOKED WITH AWE AT THE GROUND I TROD ON,

\h\h\hTHIS WAS THE EARTH OF WHICH WE HAVE HEARD,

MADE OUT OF CHAOS \hAND OLD NIGHT,"

WORDS THAT LEAD TO HIS \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE MAINE WOODS.

HERE AT MOOSEHEAD LAKE, \h\h\h\hMAINE‘S LARGEST,

THOREAU WRITES OF HIRING A PENOBSCOT INDIAN GUIDE

TO HELP HIM CROSS THE LAKE \h\hIN A BIRCH BARK CANOE,

\hOR WHAT THOREAU DESCRIBED AS "A LITTLE EGGSHELL OF A BOAT."

\h\h\h\hTHE LAKE STRETCHES AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE

\h\h\h\h\h\hUNTIL IT DISAPPEARS INTO A GREAT DARK, GREEN FOREST.

THESE ARE THE 3.5 MILLION ACRES OF MAINE‘S FAMOUS NORTH WOODS.

UNDER A CANOPY OF MAPLES, \h\h\hFIRS AND WHITE PINE,

BLACK BEARS AND MOOSE

CROSS THE ANCIENT LANDS \h\h\h\hOF THE WABANAKI.

TODAY, 95% OF MAINE‘S FORESTS \h\h\h\h\hARE PRIVATELY OWNED.

\h\h\hIN THE 1990s, A GROUP OF HIGH PROFILE CONSERVATIONISTS

LOBBIED TO PRESERVE \h\h3 MILLION ACRES

\hOF THE NORTH WOODS AS A NATIONAL PARK--

BUT THE EFFORT HAS STALLED.

WITH MORE THAN 90% OF THE STATE COVERED WITH TREES

AND 39 COMMERCIAL TREE SPECIES,

MAINE‘S FOREST PRODUCTS \h\hINDUSTRY CONTRIBUTES

\hOVER 4 BILLION DOLLARS TO THE STATE‘S ECONOMY.

MANY OF THE STATE‘S HILLS AND MOUNTAINS ARE TOO LOW

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO BREAK CLEAR OF THE TREE LINE--BUT NOT THIS ONE.

\hAT OVER 5,000 FEET, MOUNT KATAHDIN‘S PEAKS

ARE THE HIGHEST IN MAINE.

\hITS NAME COMES FROM THE PENOBSCOT INDIANS

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND MEANS "THE GREATEST MOUNTAIN."

THANKS TO BEING THE CENTERPIECE OF BAXTER STATE PARK,

WE CAN SEE THE MOUNTAIN \h\h\h\h\hMUCH AS IT WAS

WHEN THOREAU SCALED IT IN 1846.

MOUNT KATAHDIN IS ALSO \h\h\hTHE NORTHERN END

OF THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL, \h\hA NATIONAL SCENIC PATH

THAT FOLLOWS THE SPINE OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS

ALL THE WAY TO GEORGIA.

ALONGSIDE MAINE‘S CARPET OF FORESTS,

\hANOTHER DRAMATIC LANDSCAPE APPEARS:

THE BLUEBERRY FIELDS.

MAINE IS THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF WILD BLUEBERRIES IN THE WORLD.

\h\h\hITS FIELDS COVER 60,000 ACRES OF LAND.

BY AUTUMN THE BLUEBERRIES

HAVE ALREADY BEEN PLUCKED \h\h\h\h\hFROM THE BUSHES

\hAND THE LEAVES TURN A VIVID SHADE OF RED,

THE COLOR OF FLAME.

IN THE DISTANCE, GREAT CLOUDS \hOF SMOKE REVEAL A REAL FIRE.

IN A TECHNIQUE FIRST USED \h\h\hBY NATIVE AMERICANS,

THE BUSHES ARE CUT BACK EVERY \h\hTWO YEARS AND THEN BURNED,

IN ORDER TO STIMULATE \h\h\h\h\hNEW GROWTH.

\h\hTHE FIRE AND SMOKE INCREASE BERRY YIELDS

AND KILL INSECTS AND DISEASES

IN A TRADITIONAL, ORGANIC WAY.

\hINLAND MAINE IS A LAND TIED TO THE GREAT RIVERS

THAT MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE SEA,

AND THE KENNEBEC IS NO EXCEPTION.

FOLLOW THE KENNEBEC RIVER SOUTH

\hFROM ITS SOURCE AT MOOSEHEAD LAKE

\h\hAND YOU‘LL FIND A BUSTLING WATERWAY,

BORDERED WITH TOWNS AND CITIES,

STRETCHING ALL THE WAY \hTO MERRYMEETING BAY.

\h\hONE TOWN ON THE KENNEBEC HOLDS STATEWIDE IMPORTANCE.

ONCE HOME TO THE ABENAKI PEOPLE, IT NOW BOASTS WHAT SOME CALL

THE FINEST BUILDING \h\h\hIN THE STATE--

THE CAPITOL AT AUGUSTA.

DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT \h\h\hCHARLES BULFINCH

AND BUILT FROM GRANITE \h\h\hQUARRIED NEARBY,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAUGUSTA HAS BEEN THE STATE CAPITAL SINCE 1827.

\h\h\h\hBY THE MID 19th CENTURY, AUGUSTA WAS A THRIVING PORT TOWN

WITH RIVER TRAFFIC RUNNING \h\h\hTO AND FROM BOSTON.

BUT TODAY, MOST TRAVEL TO THIS CAPITAL CITY IS BY INTERSTATE.

AND THE KENNEBEC RIVER \h\h\h\hHAS BEEN LEFT

TO WEND ITS WAY TO THE SEA \h\h\h\h\h\h\hON ITS OWN.

BUT WHERE THIS RIVER \h\h\hMEETS THE SEA,

HUMAN INDUSTRY RETURNS \h\h\h\hIN A BIG WAY.

\hBATH IRON WORKS HAS SUPPLIED THE U.S. NAVY

WITH SOME OF THE TOUGHEST SHIPS IN ITS LONG HISTORY.

DURING WORLD WAR II,

\h\hONE OUT OF FOUR AMERICAN DESTROYERS WAS "BATH-BUILT."

AT THE HEIGHT OF THE WAR EFFORT,

WOMEN WENT TO WORK \hAT THE SHIPYARD,

AND THE IRON WORKS PRODUCED

\hA NEW DESTROYER EVERY THREE WEEKS.

\h\h\h\h\hTHESE DAYS, IT‘S A SLOWER PROCESS.

\hHERE, THE DESTROYER U.S.S. WAYNE E. MEYER

IS PREPARING FOR LAUNCH,

WHILE A SISTER SHIP \h\hIS TAKING SHAPE.

SHIPS FROM HERE HAVE SEEN ACTION OFF THE COASTS OF FRANCE,

THE PHILIPPINES AND VIETNAM.

FROM THE PEACEFUL WATERS OF MAINE TO ANY THEATER OF WAR,

CREWS CAME TO RESPECT AND RELY ON BATH-BUILT SHIPS.

WHILE BATH‘S SHIPS HAVE GONE TO WAR,

A FEW MILES WEST A FAMOUS WRITER WAS SAID TO HAVE STARTED ONE.

\h\h\h\h\hHERE IN BRUNSWICK, HARRIET BEECHER STOWE WROTE

UNCLE TOM‘S CABIN, THE LANDMARK BOOK

\h\h\h\h\hTHAT ATTACKED THE CRUELTY OF SLAVERY.

FOR THREE YEARS STOWE LIVED HERE IN THIS BRUNSWICK HOUSE.

BUT IT WAS EARLIER, \h\h\hIN CINCINNATI,

THAT SHE MET ESCAPED SLAVES FROM THE BORDERING STATE OF KENTUCKY

AND LEARNED OF THEIR APPALLING TREATMENT.

\h\hUNCLE TOM‘S CABIN WAS PUBLISHED IN 1852

AND WENT ON TO BECOME THE BEST SELLING NOVEL

OF THE 19th CENTURY,

AND THE SECOND BEST SELLING BOOK FOLLOWING THE BIBLE.

\h\hIT‘S CLAIMED THAT WHEN PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN

MET STOWE DURING THE CIVIL WAR,

HE SAID, "SO YOU‘RE THE LITTLE \h\h\hWOMAN WHO WROTE THE BOOK

THAT MADE THIS GREAT WAR."

\h\hSTOWE‘S HUSBAND TAUGHT AT NEARBY BOWDOIN COLLEGE

AND IT‘S CAMPUS LORE THAT SHE OFTEN WROTE

IN HIS STUDY IN APPLETON HALL.

THE SMALL BUT PRESTIGIOUS \hCOLLEGE DATES FROM 1794,

AND ITS LITERARY TRADITION HAD STARTED AS EARLY AS THE 1820s

WHEN WRITERS NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE AND HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

WERE CLASSMATES HERE.

LONGFELLOW, A TRUE SON OF MAINE,

\hWENT ON TO BECOME AMERICA‘S MOST LOVED 19th CENTURY POET.

THE LINES, "SHIPS THAT \hPASS IN THE NIGHT,"

\hAND "FOOTPRINTS ON THE SANDS OF TIME,"

WERE ORIGINALLY LONGFELLOW‘S, \h\hBUT ARE NOW SO WELL-KNOWN

\h\hTHEY‘RE SIMPLY PART OF THE AMERICAN LEXICON.

\h\h\hMAINE‘S WEALTH IS NOT JUST ITS WRITERS AND POETS,

BUT ALSO ITS WILDERNESS.

IN THE 17th CENTURY, IT WAS ENGLAND‘S DEMAND FOR LUMBER

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT DROVE THE SETTLEMENT OF MAINE.

THROUGH THE 18th CENTURY, \hLUMBER BARONS GREW RICH

ON THE STATE‘S FABLED FORESTS \h\h\hOF OAK, PINE AND SPRUCE.

\h\h\h\hAND THE CITY OF BANGOR, LOCATED ON THE PENOBSCOT RIVER,

PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE TIMBER TRADE.

AT THE ENTRANCE OF BANGOR \h\h\h\h\hSTANDS EVIDENCE

\h\h\h\h\hOF JUST HOW SERIOUS THIS TOWN IS ABOUT ITS LUMBER.

A 31-FOOT TALL STATUE

OF THE MYTHICAL LUMBERJACK \h\h\h\h\h\h\hPAUL BUNYAN.

\h\hUNTIL THE 1870s, BANGOR WAS THE LUMBER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

WITH A BILLION FEET OF TIMBER

\h\hSHIPPED FROM ITS DOCKS DOWN THE PENOBSCOT RIVER.

\h\h\h\h\h\hBY THE 20th CENTURY, THE LUMBER TRADE HAD MOVED WEST

AND BANGOR‘S GLORY DAYS \h\h\h\h\h\h\hWERE OVER.

TODAY BANGOR‘S ECONOMY IS BASED ON WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE.

IT‘S ONCE AGAIN A THRIVING CITY

AND THE COMMERCIAL AND CULTURAL CENTER OF EASTERN MAINE.

THE CITY IS ALSO HOME

TO ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC \h\h\hAUTHORS IN THE WORLD,

\h\hCREDITED WITH ALMOST AS MANY MOVIES AS BOOKS.

"ONCE UPON A TIME, \hNOT SO LONG AGO,

A MONSTER CAME TO THE SMALL TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK, MAINE."

CUJO,

PENNED BY THE GRAND MASTER OF \h\hTHE MACABRE, STEPHEN KING.

MAINE BORN AND RAISED,

\h\hKING NOW MAKES HIS HOME IN AN OLD LUMBER BARON‘S MANSION.

HIS BEST SELLING HORROR STORIES THE MIST

OFTEN FEATURE REAL MAINE TOWNS

\hAND FICTIONAL ONES LIKE CASTLE ROCK AS A BACKDROP.

IN KEEPING WITH KING‘S \hDARK SENSE OF HUMOR,

HIS HOME IS PROTECTED BY A GATE ADORNED WITH BATS AND SPIDERS.

\h\hJUST SOUTH OF BANGOR, IT‘S THE DIZZYING HEIGHTS

OF PENOBSCOT NARROWS BRIDGE THAT CAN FRIGHTEN VISITORS.

IT‘S THE TALLEST PUBLIC BRIDGE \h\h\hOBSERVATORY IN THE WORLD

\h\hAND REQUIRES A RIDE IN THE FASTEST ELEVATOR

IN MAINE TO GET THERE.

FROM 420 FEET IN THE AIR, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE VIEWS

OF THE PENOBSCOT NARROWS BRIDGE

AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE ARE BREATHTAKING.

SO TOO IS THE SYMMETRY OF ONE OF

THE NATION‘S BEST \hPRESERVED FORTS.

NAMED AFTER HENRY KNOX,

\h\hAMERICA‘S FIRST SECRETARY OF WAR, AND FINISHED IN 1844,

IT WAS THE FIRST FORT IN MAINE \h\h\hTO BE BUILT OF GRANITE.

WHILE THIS FORT KNOX DOESN‘T \h\h\h\hHOLD AMERICA‘S GOLD,

\h\h\h\hIT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE SAFE HERE.

MAINE‘S GREAT FORESTS PART TO REVEAL BLUEBERRY FARMS,

LAKES AND RIVERS THAT MAKE \hTHIS BREAK IN THE TREES

SEEM VERY OUT OF PLACE.

THE DESERT OF MAINE.

ITS VERY STRANGE STORY BEGINS \h\hMORE THAN 10,000 YEARS AGO

\hWHEN THE GLACIERS OF THE LAST ICE AGE

\hGROUND SOIL AND ROCKS INTO A LAYER OF DESERT-LIKE SAND

SOME 80 FEET DEEP.

OVER TIME, TOPSOIL MADE \hA CAP OVER THE DESERT

HIDING IT UNTIL COLONIAL FARMERS AND SHEEPHERDERS

ERODED THE SOIL.

AND THEN THE DESERT OF MAINE REAPPEARED.

AT THE SOUTH END OF CASCO BAY, \hTHE MAINE COASTLINE CHANGES.

\h\h\hHERE, THE SANDY SHORELINE OF THE SOUTH

BREAKS INTO A SERIES OF ISLANDS CARVED BY MELTING GLACIERS

THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO-- \hTHE CALENDAR ISLANDS.

THE ISLANDS WE SEE TODAY \h\hWERE ONCE MOUNTAINS

UNTIL THEY WERE DROWNED BY A SEA OF MELTING ICE.

\h\hWHILE ALL THE ISLANDS HAVE FELT NATURE‘S WRATH,

ONE TRAGIC STORY OF \h\hMAN‘S INHUMANITY

BEGAN HERE ON HARBOR ISLAND.

IN 1794, BENJAMIN DARLING,

\h\h\h\hA FORMER SLAVE FROM THE WEST INDIES,

\h\h\h\h\hBOUGHT THIS ISLAND WITH THE MONEY HE WAS GIVEN

FOR SAVING HIS MASTER‘S LIFE \h\h\h\h\h\hIN A SHIPWRECK.

HE CALLED IT HORSE ISLAND.

\h\h\hOVER GENERATIONS, HIS DESCENDANTS SETTLED

ON THE NEARBY ISLAND OF MALAGA,

WHERE THEY INTERMARRIED \h\h\h\h\h\hWITH WHITES

AND EKED OUT A LIVING \h\h\h\hFROM THE SEA.

AFTER THE CIVIL WAR,

SUSPICION OF THE MIXED RACE \h\h\h\h\h\hCOMMUNITY GREW.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES CALLED IT

"A BLIGHT ON AN OTHERWISE \h\h\h\hPICTURESQUE ISLE."

IN 1912, IN A SAD CHAPTER \hOF THE STATE‘S HISTORY,

\h\h\hTHE GOVERNMENT DECIDED MALAGA WAS AN EMBARRASSMENT.

THE STATE COMMITTED EIGHT PEOPLE

\hTO THE MAINE SCHOOL FOR THE FEEBLE-MINDED

AND EVICTED THE REST.

\hTHEY EVEN DESTROYED THE ISLAND‘S CEMETERY.

\h\h\h\hSOME FAMILIES MOVED THEIR HOMES TO THE MAINLAND.

OTHERS MOVED TO NEARBY ISLANDS.

A FEW MAY EVEN HAVE ENDED UP BACK HERE ON HARBOR ISLAND.

WITH TREACHEROUS TIDES, \h\h\h\h\h\hHIDDEN REEFS

\h\h\h\hAND SHOALS STRETCHING 3,500 MILES, IT‘S NO SURPRISE

THAT MAINE‘S COASTLINE \hHAS 60 LIGHTHOUSES.

LOOK IN YOUR POCKET AND YOU MAY FIND THIS ONE ON A COIN.

\hIT‘S THE PEMAQUID POINT LIGHT, CHOSEN BY THE STATE‘S RESIDENTS

\h\h\h\hTO BE FEATURED ON THE MAINE QUARTER.

IN 1635, BEFORE THE LIGHT WAS BUILT, A MAN NAMED JOHN BAILEY

SAILED FOR THE NEW WORLD LEAVING HIS WIFE BEHIND TO FOLLOW HIM

ONCE HE HAD ESTABLISHED A HOME.

THE ANGEL GABRIEL,

WAS SMASHED TO PIECES \h\h\hIN A STORM HERE.

AND ALTHOUGH BAILEY SURVIVED,

HIS WIFE WAS AFRAID \h\h\hTO FOLLOW HIM.

THEY NEVER SAW EACH OTHER AGAIN.

PEMAQUID POINT LIGHT WAS BUILT \h\h\hON THE MAINLAND IN 1827.

FROM ITS LEDGE-TOP TOWER \h\h\h\hTHE LIGHT SHINES

14 NAUTICAL MILES OUT TO SEA,

\hIN THE HOPE THAT NO MORE SHIPS WILL FOUNDER ON THE ROCKS BELOW.

ONE OF THE MOST IDYLLIC RAILWAYS IN THE COUNTRY,

\h\h\h\h\hTHE MAINE EASTERN, CROSSES THE SHEEPSCOT RIVER

TO REACH A PERFECTLY PRESERVED \h\hMAINE VILLAGE: WISCASSET.

\hAT THE START OF THE 19th CENTURY,

THIS WAS THE BUSIEST \hPORT IN THE STATE.

SOME SAY THAT THERE WERE SO MANY SHIPS ANCHORED OFF WISCASSET,

YOU COULD CROSS THE HARBOR, \h\h\hSTEPPING DECK TO DECK.

THE TOWN PROUDLY CALLS ITSELF \h"MAINE‘S PRETTIEST VILLAGE"

\h\h\hAND FROM THE AIR, WITH ITS HISTORIC HOUSES

SET OFF AGAINST A BACKDROP OF \h\h\h\hCOLORFUL FALL LEAVES,

IT‘S EASY TO SEE WHY.

ONE OF THE GREAT WALKS \h\hIN MAINE HAS TO BE

ALONG THE GRANITE BREAKWATER \h\h\h\hOF ROCKLAND HARBOR.

COMPLETED IN 1899, \h\hTHE BREAKWATER

LEADS TO A LIGHTHOUSE \h\hON PENOBSCOT BAY.

FISHING VESSELS AND FERRIES

PASS BY THE GRANITE LEDGE \h\h\h\h\h\hALL YEAR LONG.

AND IN JULY THE BREAKWATER \h\h\h\h\hBECOMES THE SITE

OF THE ANNUAL MAINE \hWINDJAMMER PARADE

\h\h\h\h\hFEATURING A DISPLAY OF TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY CARGO SHIPS.

\hON THE WEST SIDE OF PENOBSCOT BAY,

\h\h\hTHE BUSY FISHING PORT OF ROCKLAND IS KNOWN TO VISITORS

AS THE PLACE TO CATCH FERRIES

\h\hTO THE SPLENDID ISLANDS OF THE BAY.

\h\hSOUTHWEST OF ROCKLAND, IN THE VILLAGE OF CUSHING,

\hIS A SITE MADE FAMOUS BY PAINTER ANDREW WYETH.

\h\h\h\h\hHERE, A STARK, WEATHER-BEATEN FARMHOUSE

\h\hOVERLOOKS A RIVER AND IN THE DISTANCE, THE SEA.

IN THE 1940s, THE OLSON FAMILY, WHO OWNED THE HOUSE,

\h\hOFFERED A YOUNG ANDREW WYETH A ROOM

AS A PART-TIME STUDIO.

WYETH DEPICTED THE OLSON HOUSE

IN HIS HAUNTING PAINTING \h\h\hCHRISTINA‘S WORLD.

IN THE PAINTING A YOUNG GIRL, \h\h\h\h\hDISABLED WITH POLIO,

CRAWLS UP THE HILL TOWARDS HER HOUSE.

IT‘S ONE OF THE BEST-KNOWN \h\hWORKS OF AMERICAN ART,

\h\h\hNOW EXHIBITED IN NEW YORK‘S MOMA.

FROM THE TIME HE MADE HIS FIRST DRAWINGS OF MAINE‘S ISLANDS

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAT AGE TEN UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 2009,

\h\h\h\h\hWYETH CAPTURED A VISION OF RURAL MAINE

THAT IS BOTH BEAUTIFUL \h\h\h\hAND SYMBOLIC.

OF THE OLSON HOUSE, WYETH SAID,

"I JUST COULDN‘T STAY AWAY FROM THERE, IT WAS MAINE."

FURTHER UP THE COAST TO THE NORTH LIES ROCKPORT,

AN ARTISTS‘ COLONY WITH ONE OF

THE LOVELIEST HARBORS \h\h\h\hIN THE STATE.

UNSPOILED BY OVERDEVELOPMENT, \h\h\h\h\h\hITS NARROW HARBOR

SERVES BOTH THE WORKING \h\h\h\h\hLOBSTER BOATS

AND CLASSIC WOODEN \h\hSAILING SHIPS.

ROUNDING THE PENINSULA \hNORTH FROM ROCKPORT,

THE TOWN OF CAMDEN LIES NESTLED AMID GENTLY SLOPING MOUNTAINS

\h\h\hAT THE EDGE OF A SHELTERED HARBOR.

THE TOWN THAT BEGAN AS A FISHING VILLAGE

\hIS STILL A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE MAKE THEIR LIVING FROM THE SEA,

\hNOT FROM FISHING BUT FROM TOURISTS

EAGER TO EXPLORE THE OCEANSIDE.

TODAY THE HARBOR BUZZES \h\hWITH PLEASURE CRAFT

\h\h\h\h\hAND THE HOMES OF 19th CENTURY SEA CAPTAINS

HAVE BECOME LUXURY HOTELS.

IT WAS IN ONE OF THOSE HOTELS, \h\h\h\h\h\hTHE WHITEHALL INN,

\h\h\h\h\hTHAT THE YOUNG EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY

RECITED HER AWARD-WINNING POEM, RENASCENCE.

\h\h\h\h\hELEVEN YEARS LATER, MILLAY BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN

TO WIN A PULITZER PRIZE \h\h\h\h\h\hFOR POETRY.

\hTODAY 6,5000 ACRES OF THE CAMDEN HILLS,

WHICH INSPIRED MILLAY‘S POETRY, ARE PRESERVED AS A STATE PARK.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDESCRIBES BOTH THE LANDSCAPE

AND A STATE OF MIND.

\h\h"ALL I COULD SEE FROM WHERE I STOOD,

WAS THREE LONG MOUNTAINS \h\h\h\h\h\hAND A WOOD,

I TURNED AND LOOKED ANOTHER WAY, AND SAW THREE ISLANDS IN A BAY.

\hSO WITH MY EYES I TRACED THE LINE

OF THE HORIZON, THIN AND FINE,

STRAIGHT AROUND TILL I WAS COME

BACK TO WHERE I‘D STARTED FROM;

AND ALL I SAW FROM WHERE I STOOD

WAS THREE LONG MOUNTAINS \h\h\h\h\h\hAND A WOOD."

THE POEM, WHICH BECAME THE TITLE OF MILLAY‘S FIRST BOOK,

IS STILL A FAVORITE OF THOSE \hWHO CHOOSE TO WANDER HERE

\h\hAMONG THE HILLS AND WOODS OF MAINE.

FOR THOSE WHO‘D RATHER \h\hCLIMB THAN WANDER,

MOUNT BATTIE OFFERS STUNNING \h\h\h\h\h\hVIEWS OF CAMDEN

\hAND THE ISLANDS OF PENOBSCOT BAY.

NORTHEAST OF CAMDEN IS A SMALL PENINSULA THAT HOLDS CASTINE.

\h\h\hITS TRANQUIL IMAGE BELIES A COLORFUL PAST.

IN THE 17th CENTURY \hIT WAS FOUGHT OVER

\hBY THE ENGLISH, FRENCH AND DUTCH.

IT TAKES ITS NAME FROM \hBARON DE ST. CASTIN,

A YOUNG FRENCHMAN WHO MARRIED \hA NATIVE PENOBSCOT PRINCESS

AND BECAME AN ABENAKI CHIEF.

THE BRITISH TOOK CASTINE DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION,

BUILDING FORT GEORGE \h\h\h\hAS A DEFENSE

AGAINST THE COLONIAL FORCES.

\hTODAY IT‘S THE SITE OF A LOCAL BALLFIELD.

IN AN ILL-FATED MISSION CALLED \h\hTHE PENOBSCOT EXPEDITION,

AMERICANS TRIED BUT FAILED \h\h\h\hTO RETAKE CASTINE.

\hAFTER THE BRITISH NAVY SET THEIR SHIPS ABLAZE,

REVOLUTIONARY TROOPS WERE FORCED TO FLEE

OVERLAND BACK TO BOSTON.

\h\hIT WAS THE GREATEST AMERICAN NAVAL DISASTER

UNTIL PEARL HARBOR.

\h\hTHE "DOWN EAST COAST," AS MAINERS CALL EVERYTHING

\h\h\h\hEAST OF PENOBSCOT BAY, IS SIMPLY A SAILOR‘S PARADISE.

\h\hSAILING ALONG THE COAST ON A FAIR WIND FROM CASTINE,

\h\hVESSELS ARRIVE AT ONE OF THE GREATEST TREASURES

OF THE UNITED STATES: ACADIA NATIONAL PARK.

\hTHE PARK INCLUDES MOUNT DESERT ISLAND,

THE LARGEST ISLAND IN MAINE.

\hTHE NAME COMES FROM FRENCH EXPLORER SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN

WHO LANDED ON THE ISLAND \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN 1604.

HE WROTE IN HIS JOURNAL,

\h"THE MOUNTAIN SUMMITS ARE ALL BARE AND ROCKY.

\h\h\hI NAME IT ISLAND OF DESERT MOUNTAINS."

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCENTURIES LATER, ACADIA BECAME THE SUMMER HOME

OF THE ROBBER BARONS \hOF THE GILDED AGE:

\h\h\hTHE ROCKEFELLERS, MORGANS AND VANDERBILTS.

THEY WERE DRAWN BY THE PAINTINGS

\h\h\hOF THOMAS COLE AND FREDERIC CHURCH,

WHO CAPTURED THE ISLAND‘S AWE-INSPIRING WILDERNESS.

\h\h\hJ.P. MORGAN MOORED HIS YACHT IN THE HARBOR

AND OTHER WEALTHY RESIDENTS \h\h\h\h\hENTERTAINED GUESTS

IN LAVISH HOUSES BY THE SEA.

\h\h\hBUT AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE INHABITED THE AREA,

\h\h\h\hTHE WILDERNESS STARTED TO DISAPPEAR.

REALIZING THAT AMERICA‘S WILD \hLANDS WOULDN‘T LAST FOREVER,

A GROUP OF PHILANTHROPISTS \h\h\h\h\h\h\hSTEPPED IN.

IN 1901 THE ROCKEFELLERS \h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND OTHERS

BEGAN BUYING HUGE TRACTS OF \h\hFORESTS FOR PUBLIC USE.

\h\hAND IN 1919 THEY CONVINCED WASHINGTON TO DECLARE THE AREA

THE FIRST NATIONAL PARK EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.

TODAY DESERT ISLAND‘S BAR HARBOR IS FAR LESS EXCLUSIVE,

BUT IT REMAINS A BEAUTIFUL \h\h\h\h\h\hSEASIDE TOWN.

\h\hHIGH ABOVE THE HARBOR STANDS CADILLAC MOUNTAIN,

CLIMBING OVER 1,500 FEET.

\h\h\hTHIS IS THE HIGHEST POINT ALONG THE NORTH ATLANTIC COAST,

AND IS SAID TO BE THE FIRST \hPLACE IN THE UNITED STATES

TO RECEIVE THE SUN‘S \h\h\hRAYS EACH DAY.

\h\h\hBUT EXPLORING ACADIA NATIONAL PARK FROM THE SEA

CAN BE EVEN MORE EXCITING.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSAILS FROM BAR HARBOR SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.

SHE WAS BUILT IN 1998 \h\h\h\h\hIN THE STYLE

OF A TRADITIONAL CARGO SCHOONER.

BUT THESE BOATS ARE NOW KNOWN \h\h\hLOCALLY AS WINDJAMMERS.

SOME SAY THE NAME WINDJAMMERS \h\h\hWAS THE DEROGATORY TERM

USED BY EARLY STEAMSHIP SAILORS TO DESCRIBE THE CREWS

\h\h\h\h\hOF OLD FASHIONED WIND-POWERED CARGO SHIPS.

IN 1935, ARTIST FRANK SWIFT

\h\h\h\h\hBEGAN BUYING UP THESE OLD MASTED VESSELS.

HE REFIT THEM FOR PASSENGERS,

AND OPENED THE FIRST BUSINESS \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF ITS KIND.

THUS BEGAN THE FIRST FLEET OF WINDJAMMERS

FOR SAILING IN AMERICA.

\hSINCE THEN, THOUSANDS HAVE ENJOYED THE THRILL

OF SAILING A TALL SHIP \h\h\h\h\hOUT TO SEA.

\h\hBUT MAINE‘S VISITORS DON‘T JUST COME FOR ITS TALL SHIPS.

THE STATE IS FAMOUS \hFOR ITS LOBSTERS,

\h\h\hAND AT ONE TIME THEY WERE SO PLENTIFUL

THEY WERE CONSIDERED \h\h\hPAUPER‘S FOOD.

\hIT‘S SAID THAT INDENTURED SERVANTS IN THE 18th CENTURY

LOBBIED TO BE FED LOBSTER NO MORE THAN TWICE A WEEK.

\h\hMAINE‘S LOBSTERMEN STILL HAVE TO CATCH THE CREATURES

\hJUST AS THEY HAVE FOR A HUNDRED YEARS,

ONE TRAP AT A TIME.

\h\h\h\hBUT FISHERMEN HERE DON‘T JUST CATCH LOBSTERS.

ON THE FAR NORTH COAST,

STRANGE PATTERNS CAN BE SEEN \h\h\hFLOATING ON THE WATER.

THEY ARE A RECENT PHENOMENON,

AND THE FOCUS OF A BITTER DISPUTE

\h\hBETWEEN FISHERMEN AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS.

\h\h\hAT COBSCOOK BAY, YOUNG ATLANTIC SALMON

LEAP IN THEIR CIRCULAR PENS.

MILLIONS ARE RAISED \hIN THIS BAY ALONE

TO FEED AMERICA‘S GROWING \h\h\h\hAPPETITE FOR FISH.

SADLY, WILD SALMON ARE \hIN DRASTIC DECLINE,

AND SOME OF THE BLAME \h\h\h\h\h\hIS PLACED

ON THE SPREAD OF DISEASES \h\hFROM FARMS LIKE THESE.

\hBUT THESE FISHERMEN ARGUE THAT THEY ARE JUST FOLLOWING

IN THE PATH OF GENERATIONS \h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF MAINERS,

HARVESTING THE FRUITS \h\h\h\h\hOF THE SEA.

DESPITE ITS NAME, THE WEST \h\hQUODDY HEAD LIGHTHOUSE

STANDS AT THE EASTERNMOST TIP \h\h\h\hOF THE UNITED STATES.

\h\h\hIT IS ONE OF ONLY TWO LIGHTS IN THE NATION

\hTO HAVE DISTINCTIVE RED AND WHITE STRIPES,

A FEATURE THAT WAS COMMON \hTO CANADIAN LIGHTHOUSES,

HELPING THEM STAND OUT \h\hAGAINST THE SNOW.

\h\h\h\hAT NIGHT ITS LIGHT DRAWS WEARY MAINERS HOME FROM THE SEA

TO A STATE OF STUNNING \h\h\hNATURAL BEAUTY.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIS A JOURNEY ACROSS THE STATE

OF POETS, PAINTERS \hAND PRESIDENTS.

\h\hIT‘S THE "DOWN EAST" STATE OF WINDSWEPT ISLES

AND GREAT PINE FORESTS.

\h\h\hTHE PLACE WHERE DAWN FIRST BREAKS ON THE NATION

AND HARBOR LIGHTS GUIDE SAILORS AFTER THE SUN SETS.

FINALLY, AT JOURNEY‘S END, SHIPS FIND WELCOME HARBOR

ON THE "MAINE" LAND--MAINE.