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Mark Leslie "Underground Railroad in Midcoast Maine"
Midcoast Maine’s connection to the Underground Railroad that helped scores of runaway slaves on their way to freedom ran deep-much further than even the extraordinary contributions of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
“A number of Brunswick and Topsham families and others up through the coast all the way to the Passamaquaddy Indians around Eastport ran an extraordinary network of ‘safe houses,’” Leslie said. “If caught breaking the law - the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 - these Underground Railroad ‘conductors’ and ‘station managers’ faced heavy fines and jail time.”
Leslie points out that Bowdoin College President and war hero Joshua Chamberlain and his then-fiancé, Fanny, were close to Harriet and Professor Calvin Stowe, and Harriet would read from her novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, when they got together.
Leslie’s novel, True North: Tice’s Story, which is a Publishers Weekly Featured Book, weaves the tale of the brave families who housed, fed and hid slaves in secret rooms, attics and elsewhere. A number of real people involved in the Underground Railroad appear in the novel, and half of the book takes place in Maine.
“The state’s Underground Railroad itself was a marvel of secret connections from churches to hack stands, second-hand clothing stores and people’s homes,” Leslie said. “But perhaps nowhere was it as elaborate as in Brunswick and Topsham, where elaborate tunnels were built to keep slaves hidden and on the move.”
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Gerry Gewalt Speaks about is book "The Ordeal and Triumph of Pemaquid's John Gyles"
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The life of John Gyles reads like a Hollywood screenplay. Captured in 1689 while working on his family’s farm just west of the falls of the Pemaquid River, he will then spend almost nine years as an enslaved captive of Indians and a French couple. But he will survive torture and slavery to become commander of English forts in Maine.
Down Memory Lane: The Pemaquid Messenger
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Belinda Osier talks about the Pemaquid Messenger, Bristol’s only newspaper, that was published between the years 1886 and 1897. As one of Bristol’s most important primary sources for this period, the Messenger not only provides a glimpse into the lives of ordinary Bristol folk, but also reveals Bristol’s ongoing struggle to create a successful economic base. During those years, Bristol’s econom...
Chuck Rand - An Oral History
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Chuck Rand talks about his background, his long path from Maine to Washington, Oklahoma and back again with discussion of his archaeological experiences at the Pemaquid State Historic Site and elsewhere in the area.
The Pirate Dixie Bull In Pemaquid
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Of all the pirates who plied the seas off the Pemaquid Peninsula, perhaps the most dreaded was Captain Dixie Bull. Maine native and award-winning writer, Jim Nelson brings to life this brazen marauder who attacked the Pemaquid settlement in 1632.
Down Memory Lane: Images From the Estate of Norman R. Brackett, Photographer Marion Brackett
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Each year, the OBHS’ Down Memory Lane talk features images and archival materials found in our collection. In 2023, Belinda Osier showed images photographed by the late Marion Brackett (recently shared by Sandee Brackett) that focus on the fishermen and fisheries of New Harbor in the 1960s and 1970s. Although Marion identified many of the fishermen shown, we would love to have viewers share sto...
Kendrick Wilson - An Oral History
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Interview with Kendrick Wilson, June 2022 by Rev. Robert (Bobby) Ives
Loss, Healing and the Legacy of the Salem Witch Trials
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Following up on his presentation in 2022, Emerson “Tad” Baker will focus on the conclusion of the witch hunt, the aftermath, and its legacy. A professor at Salem State University and award-winning author, Baker will elaborate on how it took the community generations to recover from the trauma and loss.
How Names Suggest Wabanaki History and Presence
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Joseph M. Hall Jr., Associate Professor of History at Bates College, shows how place names are clues for understanding the values and activities that connect people to a place. Wabanaki peoples inhabit northern New England, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and their place names evoke a particular set of relationships to Maine.
The History and Reconstruction of the Mill at Pemaquid Falls
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The History and Reconstruction of the Mill at Pemaquid Falls Neill De Paoli and Phil Averill will team up to detail the history of the 19th century Mill at Pemaquid Falls and its ongoing restoration by the Old Bristol Historical Society. A historian and historical archeologist, De Paoli has been the Historic Site Manager at Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site since 2016. As a young man, Averi...
Life in Midcoast Maine in 1820
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Carl R. “Chip” Griffin III Esq. presents a thoughtful and well prepared lecture about Maine life around 1820, the year Maine became a state. Russell Parish House, Congregational Church of Bristol, Maine, August 28, 2022
Witchcraft in Midcoast Maine: The Salem Witch Trials and their Connections to the Maine Frontier
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Dr. Emerson (Tad) Baker is an historical archaeologist and professor of history at Salem State University. He is well known in academic circles for his extensive work on witchcraft in Colonial America, as well as for his work on numerous archaeological sites along the East Coast of the United States, including Colonial Pemaquid. Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Learning Center, August 14. 2022
Pemaquid Point Shipwrecks of 1903
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After retiring from a 28-year career with the Bangor Daily News, Wayne Reilly began writing a weekly history column and has written freelance stories for Down East, Maine Times, and other publications. Reilly presents the stories and people associated with the wrecks, George F. Edmunds and the Sadie & Lillie, off Pemaquid Point in Bristol, Maine. Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Learning Center, July ...
Down Memory Lane: Old Bristol in Color, 1901-1915
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Belinda Osier shares early colored lithographic postcards from the OBHS collections and explains the lithographic process. Russell Parish House, Congregational Church of Bristol, Maine, July 3, 2022
MAINE'S FIRST SHIP
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Dr. James Parmentier shares information about the first English-built ship in Maine, the Virginia. Parmentier began volunteering as part of the Virginia construction crew at Maine’s First Ship (a non-profit group) in 2013. He is a member of the Maine First Ships Board of Directors and serves on the Education Committee. He speaks about the history of the Popham Colony and the Virginia, and the e...
13 Canoes came down from Corbin sound to Pemaquid: English and Wabanaki Watercraft..., 1605-1700
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13 Canoes came down from Corbin sound to Pemaquid: English and Wabanaki Watercraft..., 1605-1700
Excerpts from the Diary of Joseph E. Crooker, 1896-1910 : a presentation by Jay Crooker
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Excerpts from the Diary of Joseph E. Crooker, 1896-1910 : a presentation by Jay Crooker
How Maine Became a State: a presentation by Zac McDorr
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How Maine Became a State: a presentation by Zac McDorr
Samoset
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Samoset
Down Memory Lane : a presentation by Belinda Osier
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Down Memory Lane : a presentation by Belinda Osier
Georgia Belle Leeman - An Oral History
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Georgia Belle Leeman - An Oral History
More Than A Cottage - A short film by Nancy Tongue
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More Than A Cottage - A short film by Nancy Tongue
Reggie and Betty Anne Reilly - An Oral History
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Reggie and Betty Anne Reilly - An Oral History
On-line database searching, Tutorial #1 Random Images
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On-line database searching, Tutorial #1 Random Images
Bristol History Center Update - Sept2020
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Bristol History Center Update - Sept2020
Robert Ives - an Oral History
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Robert Ives - an Oral History
Lorraine Morong on Louds Island - an oral history
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Lorraine Morong on Louds Island - an oral history
Heather Cox Richardson 2020 Lecture on the State of Maine
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Heather Cox Richardson 2020 Lecture on the State of Maine
CRAIG LEEMAN - POOLE BROTHERS
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CRAIG LEEMAN - POOLE BROTHERS
OBHS - Pemaquid Falls Mill Neighborhood - NEILL DE PAOLI - 2019
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OBHS - Pemaquid Falls Mill Neighborhood - NEILL DE PAOLI - 2019

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  • @gregedwards1921
    @gregedwards1921 6 днів тому

    Missed this talk originally, reading the book now, amazing

  • @LesHaskell
    @LesHaskell 4 місяці тому

    There is a family story that my 1st cousin 9x removed, Mark Haskell, son of Roger Haskell of Beverly, was called for jury duty in the trials and, being a free-thinker, skipped town and moved down to Rochester in Plymouth Colony on advice from his brother John who had earlier married Patience Soule (daughter of George Soule) and moved to Middleboro. Mark was the first town clerk of Rochester and ancestor of Colonel Elnathan Haskell who moved to South Carolina after the Revolution. He also earned the cool nickname of "Witchcraft" Mark. Mark's wife's (Mary Smith) uncle was Jacob Goodale, the simple-minded indentured servant who Giles Corey had beaten to death in 1675.

  • @LesHaskell
    @LesHaskell 4 місяці тому

    The "afflicted" girls were the social media influencers of their day. Their drama troupe played in the courthouse and the ordinaries.

  • @LesHaskell
    @LesHaskell 4 місяці тому

    John and Elizabeth Proctor are my 8th great-grandparents through their son Samuel who was 7 years old in 1692. He later moved to Falmouth, Maine and a descendant of his married a Crockett, an old Kittery family. My great-grandmother Alice Arminta Crockett married my ggf George Whitefield Haskell Jr. from Newburyport, Massachusetts. Interestingly, the Haskell's had originally settled in Salem Basse River Side (today's Beverly) in 1635. Fourteen of the people hanged are in my family tree (the Towne sisters are 9th great-grandaunts, Rev Burroughs is a 1st cousin, etc.) I also have Hale and Noyes ancestors (Sarah Noyes is a 2nd cousin, Elizabeth Somerby is a 1st cousin), and I am a direct descendant of Anne Hutchinson (through Captain Edward Huchinson) and Mary Dyer (speaking of heresy and uppity women).

  • @Skinny-DippingSteve
    @Skinny-DippingSteve 6 місяців тому

    Did Dixie Bull burry his treasure on Pemaquid beach?

  • @MatthewFountain-xo6if
    @MatthewFountain-xo6if 7 місяців тому

    Great interview

  • @ocean1233
    @ocean1233 9 місяців тому

    I Have believed in the Importance of Maine 🌟 always ❤️ Now....even more.

  • @curtrice6060
    @curtrice6060 11 місяців тому

    I’m sorry 😐 it took me 3 years to stubble onto this sight. As an old duff from Richmond on The Abbie, I am a new follower of Heather Cox Richardson. This is another great history lesson. And I also was raised 35 miles SW of Boston, in the town of Norwell. And have only been in Maine for 50 years. 😍🤓🤔☺️😊

  • @susanrawson1899
    @susanrawson1899 2 роки тому

    Bless you for the history. As a Fountain...how much you are appreciated!!

  • @susanrawson1899
    @susanrawson1899 2 роки тому

    As someone who's family has resided in Bristol since 1795, this is the most incredible video I've ever watched!!! THANK YOU! Sue Fountain

  • @georgejcking
    @georgejcking 2 роки тому

    Hey chubby, it's pretty easy for a tub like yourself to pass judgement on what took place over 200 years ago, as if you were there and understood all of the factors? Well, you weren't there and if you were, I'm pretty sure that you'd be a lot leaner because those were rough times! Don't be so biased!

  • @dwcooke3118
    @dwcooke3118 2 роки тому

    I've know Jim 97‰ of my life... Very smart, funny and a good lecturer...

  • @teresaskinner5401
    @teresaskinner5401 3 роки тому

    We r in making history.. this is nothing that preceded our times of now. No time to listen to Heather she's been indoctrinated, sounds like she has political aspirations, who cares though... History is a wonderful source if only it were true 😜

  • @teresaskinner5401
    @teresaskinner5401 3 роки тому

    She will end up on CNN

  • @judyribeiro7101
    @judyribeiro7101 3 роки тому

    What a wonderful interview! Georgia thanks for sharing all your great memories................You are such a part of the wonderful community of Round Pond, where I was fortunate to live for over 20 years! You look wonderful!!!

  • @annstevenson5818
    @annstevenson5818 3 роки тому

    Best next door neighbor ever! When my daughter was young and sent letters to Santa, Georgia would put them in our P.O. Box so we could get the Santa gifts! Loved Carroll and love knowing Georgia is there.

  • @stever4360
    @stever4360 3 роки тому

    Terrific interview. My dad is Reggie’s cousin, and he worked for Reggie in the early 60s. I worked in the store the summers before and after the expansion, about 1986-87 I think... I enjoyed my job there and appreciated everything I learned from Reggie & Betty... they ran a tight ship! My grandfather Everett once said Carl and Reggie succeeded in maintaining a successful grocery store on new harbor hill where 4-5 other stores were not so successful before them. Congrats to them all for their perseverance.

  • @1Glouise
    @1Glouise 3 роки тому

    Thank you. I enjoyed watching.

  • @lisawerner3896
    @lisawerner3896 3 роки тому

    Nancy, this is so beautiful, made especially so by knowing how deeply meaningful and important the cottage and people were to you and your parents. You did a wonderful job making this film, from start to finish. Thank you for sharing it!

  • @RoxanneRollins
    @RoxanneRollins 3 роки тому

    This is fabulous Nancy! I spent many days in that cottage with my summer friends from away...I loved those days. You enriched my life tenfold!

    • @nancytongue6008
      @nancytongue6008 3 роки тому

      Thanks Roxanne! I'm sorry I didn't have time to include the beach.

  • @nancytongue6008
    @nancytongue6008 3 роки тому

    Nice piece, Craig!

  • @OlgaAlyce
    @OlgaAlyce 3 роки тому

    She’s great.

  • @Maymet
    @Maymet 3 роки тому

    I watched a memoir of Loudes Island with Lorraine Morong and saw this talk by Heather whose blog I get every day and love.

  • @koreyoneal2623
    @koreyoneal2623 4 роки тому

    Do you have any information on the McLain/McLean family of Bristol and Bremen , Maine ?

    • @damarpemaq
      @damarpemaq 4 роки тому

      Dodge, Christine Huston. Vital records of old Bristol and Nobleboro in the county of Lincoln, Maine : including the present towns of Bremen, Damariscotta, South Bristol, and the plantation of Monhegan; vol. 1 - births and deaths (Portland: Maine Historical Society, 1951) www.gengophers.com/book.html#/book/26022?page=1

  • @DanielCPurdy
    @DanielCPurdy 4 роки тому

    Excellent, thank you.

  • @DanielCPurdy
    @DanielCPurdy 4 роки тому

    Excellent. It did some explanation of family history for me. Fifth Great Grandparents, James and Jn. Yeates settled Round Pond in 1754 by building a stockaded house on the hill on the north side of the Harbor. Once, the Indians were marauding with James was hunting. She grabbed the two kids that they had then, ran down to the harbor, rowed to the New Harbor, and walked to the fort. They were not Scots-Irish. They had come up from Rhode Island, and were originally from England, though Yeates is an Irish name.

  • @DanielCPurdy
    @DanielCPurdy 4 роки тому

    An excellent interview of Craig about all of the decades he worked there and stories told to him by Carl Poole Senior.

  • @DanielCPurdy
    @DanielCPurdy 4 роки тому

    For those who are interested in the history, this a good hour spent. Good history and a good lecturer.

  • @DanielCPurdy
    @DanielCPurdy 4 роки тому

    I much enjoyed Heather’s lecture and learned quite a bit past what I already knew. Heather is a distant cousin through the Yates.

  • @DanielCPurdy
    @DanielCPurdy 4 роки тому

    Well done. Who shot this, Russie?

  • @lexussinger1918
    @lexussinger1918 4 роки тому

    0:22solo traffic codz2019.blogspot.com/2019/11/blog-post.html