Making Maine

It is March 13, and 346 years ago today the Massachusetts Bay Colony made a novel purchase. Boston Magazine wrote in 2014: “On March 13, 1677, the imperial dreams of Massachusetts came to fruition. For on that day, our colony bought Maine for £1,250 sterling.”
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[@MakerInMotion]

During World War 2 there was a POW camp for Germans in Houlton, Maine. They put them to work in the potato fields. They were grateful to be riding out the war picking spuds in Maine instead of being sent to freeze in Russia. They never misbehaved. A 15 year old farm hand came to pick up his day laborers from the camp and the Army guard didn't show up. An unarmed teenager marched 40 German soldiers to his farm and nobody made a run for it. Another time their guard lost his rifle magazine and the Germans helped look for it knowing he had no bullets. The Houlton POW camp is History...that deserves to be remembered.

[@clausewitz41_plus_1]

I would say that all the US POW camps that housed 329,000+ enemy prisoners should be discussed. Just 2 generations later they are largely forgotten.

[@timetravel6]

In Peabody Kansas, there are stories of German POWs babysitting the local farmer's kids during summer harvest!!

[@MakerInMotion]

@@timetravel6 They screened them to see who the real fascist zealots were and those were kept in more secure facilities. Not like an escapee would get far anyway.

[@MakerInMotion]

@@clausewitz41_plus_1 There's nothing left of the Houlton camp. It's now on the property of Houlton's little regional airport.

[@RogCBrand]

@@MakerInMotion Exactly! Allied POWs might make it to Switzerland, Spain or even try to steal a small boat and just maybe get across the English Channel, but where do you go if you're an escaped German prisoner in North America?

[@RobertBailey-y3h]

Being from Maine, I can tell you that legend says that the Vikings left because they wanted to escaoe our winter!--Bob Bailey in Maine

[@calebbarkley3097]

Live in West Virginia. Married a girl from Maine. Get to go up and visit the in-laws every year.Love Maine. Love The History Guy .

[@petepal55]

We lived in NE Maine for 3 years on Loring AFB in the early 60s. It was heaven on Earth for a little boy with all kinds of berries growing in the woods and every fall the sugar-offs from the sugar maples with instant maple candy str8 from the cauldron. During winter we had to walk through the woods to school because the buses couldn't make it anymore. There was even a wooden walkway over a beaver dam at the start of the trip. The airmen who got punishment duty that week had to shovel the path for us, and by January the drifts could easily top 10', it was like walking through a tunnel. Man, I loved that place!

[@gyrene_asea4133]

Very nicely described. I can see/feel it from that kid's view. Thanks!

[@bepbep7418]

I can just imagine what Bangor was like in the 60s. My mom was there though!

[@MissRazna]

I haven't even watched this yet. I've lived in Maine my whole life and I am beyond excited to get some attention from this guy

[@achillebelanger9546]

I’m hoping he’ll do something on Bath built Ships, or Ingalls Shipyard and Liberties and Victories. Or America’s First Ship the Pinanace Virginia. Maybe Lombard Log Haulers and the Linn Dog and Pony Show…. Or the Magnetic 🧲 Loop in Casco Bay….

[@MissRazna]

or that fort william henry in pemaquid was the first paved road in america

[@stevek8829]

You haven't lived there your whole life, yet.

[@inconnu4961]

@@stevek8829 LOL! You got him on a technicality there!

[@hagamapama]

Maine gets such little love by our nation. We are a forgotten backwater, somewhere to vacation in the summer, nothing more.

[@RetiredSailor60]

Good morning from Ft Worth TX to everyone watching.

[@stuartriefe1740]

@William Sanders Glad to see you in class today. Good morning from Connecticut everyone!

[@Ronaldl2350]

Good morning, from South Florida.

[@banhatlessducks]

Goodnight from Victoria Australia hahaha

[@RetiredSailor60]

@@stuartriefe1740 I always look forward to Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for Lance's enlightening parts of forgotten history.

[@spudgunn8695]

On lunch break in the UK. Lol!

[@lemmdus2119]

Thank you for recognizing John Cabot as Italian. My father had to prove to his HS history teacher that Cabot’s name was actually Giovanni Cabo!

[@philmanson2991]

Why didn't he just Google him?

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

​@@philmanson2991 Read the comment and process that the OP's father was in high school when this happened, potentially putting it back to a time before googling was a common practice.

[@lemmdus2119]

@@philmanson2991 1953 they didn’t have Google yet.🤭

[@rapanotti]

Giovanni Caboto

[@johnopalko5223]

@@philmanson2991 😄

[@kathyastrom1315]

I’ve been to Maine twice and loved the scenery there. In doing my family genealogy, I’ve discovered that my grandmother’s tree has a big branch going back to southern Maine in the 17th century. My 11th great grandfather Morgan Howell was a co-founder of Kennebunkport in the 1630s, and a 10th great grandfather Nicholas Frost arrived with his family in 1640 and settled in what is now Kittery. I was researching some distant Frost cousins who joined the Shakers in the town of Alfred, Maine, and called the library at the Shaker Village museum for assistance. The librarian there demonstrated exactly why I love small towns-as soon as I mentioned the name Frost, his response was “The York Frosts or the Kittery Frosts?” Gotta love local knowledge!

[@bepbep7418]

Most of our larger cities have plaques that are called "history on the streets." It's usually just a small blurb about the building your standing in front of and the history behind it.

[@MsBee-tr9ti]

I understand!!!

[@AdamB12]

The Shakers still have their home in New Gloucester. Only 2 remain.

[@fensoxx]

I’m a resident of Maine and thanks for shining a light in some unknown facts I hadn’t heard. Thank goodness our state ended up the way it did. We are protecting some of the most pristine wild lands on the east coast of America.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

I think you meant to say, "Upper Massachusetts". (kidding)

[@stephencannon3140]

Grew up in Maine and even the history classes of the time, (early-mid 80’s)went into this detail.

[@vincestar4840]

I appreciate that THG doesn't get bogged down in fancy pronunciations, but rather lets the stories reveal themselves unencumbered by such niceties.

[@stuartblanchard7527]

Love this video on the history of my native states origins. As was popularly said by author E.B White. “I would rather feel bad in Maine, than feel good anywhere else.”

[@achillebelanger9546]

Then there was Richard Hooker’s Qoute from M*A*S*H “ I’d rather live in a one room Clam Shack on a Beach in Maine than the Finest Penthouse in Boston or New York City.”

[@chrisb5086]

I’m from New Brunswick, Canada. We were told that the dispute on the border rested on which river Champlain had tried to first settle in 1604, and that only after an early archaeological excavation on the now named Douchet Island to discover that settlement was the matter of the border with British North America settled. Thank you for yet another fascinating video. I’m looking forward to visiting Maine this year!

[@bepbep7418]

If you've ever been to P.E.I. you've probably heard of my wife's family. The Yeos.

[@HweolRidda]

I am unsure of this but I thought that the archeology was later and proved that the earlier debate and speculation had come to the right answer.

[@chrisb5086]

@@HweolRidda you may be right. I’ll try to look into this a bit more. Thanks.

[@LesHaskell]

My 3rd great-grandmother Fanny was from New Brunswick. Her parents Dr. Azor Betts and Glorianna Purdy Betts fled there from New York when it was still part of Nova Scotia. I haven't been able to figure out how Fanny hooked up with and married Caleb Haskell (III) from Newburyport, Massachusetts in March 1815. Was the Royal Navy holding captured American privateers in Saint John or something?

[@Zulu653]

Thank you for calling this out today… I can only ask that you consider covering the Penobscot Bay Expedition in a follow-on session. It was the greatest loss of shipping by the Navy until Pearl Harbor occurred, and Paul Revere was court-martialed because of it. Emerson left that out of his poem. Sure, his name was cleared later, but The Penobscot Bay Expedition remains an amazing bit of history most Americans have never heard of.

[@indowneastmaine]

Yes, excellent topic!

[@wealdea]

That would be a great topic! Catastrophic event that could have had a different outcome. Stragglers of the remaining American Fleet were chased inland all the way to Bangor. A cannon used by American forces during the Penobscot Expedition was recovered during bridge construction and is now on display in Brewer, Maine, which is located across from Bangor on the Penobscot River.

[@donhathaway3234]

As a lifelong resident of neighboring New Hampshire, I have long wondered about the vagueness and contradictions I found regarding the early settlements of Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Thanks for clearly explaining it for me. Another interesting topic you might consider tackling regarding early New England boundary disputes is in northern New Hampshire in what is now the town of Pittsburg which at one time declared itself The Republic of Indian Stream.

[@Doubledeckerdog]

Another vote for the Penobscot Bay Expedition. Great video on Maine

[@davidwdorr6636]

My family has been here since 1700, but I learned some new things today! (I love learning new things!) I have a very old map, presumably from an atlas, of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine and there is no northern border of Maine. It must have been printed in that 1820 - 1842 period of the border being in limbo. Thank you History Guy!

[@achillebelanger9546]

Back when people up there hid Swords & Guns in the Attics and Walls just in case of Invasion ( from either side!)

[@vincentconti-jb3hd]

David dorr. Any relation to George Dorr!? Long time summer resident of Mt. Desert Island. One of the principals in the creation of Acadia National Park.

[@nikkivenable73]

Maine is going to become my home in about 5 months. It is a lifelong dream of mine and it’s been about 5 years in the works. I feel so honored and blessed(lucky, as well) to get to spend the rest of my life among all those trees, clean air, and ocean. It hasn’t been easy and the move will be hard, but well worth it.

[@bepbep7418]

When you get the chance. Emerald pond on Blueberry Mountain, Stow ME. You won't regret it.

[@Sawyersmaple]

My family’s roots in Maine go back to the year 1630 when one of our ancestors settled here. My great grandfather farmed here and made maple syrup and now we make maple syrup in north western Maine. Thanks for sharing a small portion of the history of Maine.

[@goodun2974]

Has it been cold enough in Maine for maple syrup production this winter? There likeky won't be much of it made here in Southern New England, as the winter has been far too mild. I'll be expecting to see a maple syrup price hike soon enough .....😖

[@bepbep7418]

@good 'un record breaking cold. We've dipped as cold as -40 this year. Mt. Washington recorded its 2nd coldest day this year as well.

[@Sawyersmaple]

Yes we think it will be a good season in our area. 4 foot of snow on the ground, but the trees are not froze. Just started to get sap and could be boiling our first batch of syrup by the weekend. In my neck of the woods we at least get an average season, occasionally have a great season and very rarely get a bad season.

[@achillebelanger9546]

@@goodun2974 It’s been some Jeezily WICKED COLD 🥶 most days Bub! ‘Bout enough to freeze the Balls off’n a Brass Monkey! The Winds been jus’ awhippen’ too! My Sugah Maple’s 🍁 got her Sap right up and it’s time to put the bucket to her, Oh Ayuh Mistah!

[@elainebmack]

Hello Sawyer's Maple Farm! I bought syrup from you at the United Farmers Market of Maine when you used to sell there. I'm glad you're still in business and doing well.

[@QuantumFiberServiceofficial]

I was born in mass and spent much of my childhood living in Maine. I was so fortunate to live in such a beautiful state with in our nation. I would love to see you cover a full Aroostook War if you have time. In 6th grade every single student was required to pick a topic about the state a do a extensive report and presentation on a topic about the state. It was required by legislation in Augusta to try and get students to build pride in the state as it was having a terrible time retaining students after graduation as many would love to other states, although today with the evacuation of cities to more rural states from Covid has it increasing in population again

[@Dickie72002]

Great video THG!!! I moved to Maine after I finished 20 years in the military. I lived in 3 other countries outside the US and 5 other states with my family. I’ve traveled to 42 other countries. So, I feel slightly qualified to compare and talk about the climate, costs and culture. The people here are the kindest, most polite and friendly I’ve met in my travels (yes, even in the cities like Portland and Bangor). The cost of living is a bit higher than the average pay which can make things difficult to find housing. Depending on how close you live “to town” will determine if you get decent internet or not. The crime situation is astoundingly low from what I’m used to in my travels. The climate can be a bit of a smack down for the unprepared, including driving in winter. Just be thoughtful and prepared, things will work out just fine. Overall, I love it here and I’m proud to be a Mainer.

[@robmclaughjr]

Thanks! I would love the addition of Benedict Arnold's trip UP the Kennebec to attack Quebec. My family travelled to Maine from New Brunswick via river craft down the Aroostook river to Caribou in the 1840's. My great-grandfather logged lumber in the deep Maine woods with the lumber camps. My great-granduncle lost his legs fighting in Chattanooga for Grant. It's truly wonderful to see a good documentary of Maine on KZbin.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Thank you!

[@thunderbird1921]

So THAT'S how Maine developed! I know they had a strange journey from being owned by Massachusetts to gaining statehood, but I've never heard the actual story.

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

Yea

[@inconnu4961]

Maine is STILL a colony of Boston Massachusetts, as is southern New Hampshire & Rhode island! Dont let this little history blurb fool you!

[@ugiswrong]

As it should be.

[@upcycle.outdoorsman9629]

My roots in Maine date back to before the Civil War. I am lucky that my homeland was a dangerous frontier for much of its Colonial history, because what I love about it is the land itself and its wild places.

[@MrLoobu]

I feel the same just over the border in New Brunswick, basically the same land.

[@3LLT33]

There’s a lovely spot in Washington County called Tide Mill that has been owned by the Bell family since the 1760s. Older than America!

[@slstone76]

Pfft .... Newby. 😂 We've been here since 1620. (Muttering in Mainah) Dang people from away, muckin up the place...(this is an actual sentiment expressed by people up here) Good God, I love our crazy little State!!!

[@upcycle.outdoorsman9629]

@@slstone76 Well, it may have been earlier, I just cant prove it. We are from the Penobscot Bay area. A lot of things were lost to time, and fire.

[@upcycle.outdoorsman9629]

@@MrLoobu Dirty loyalist. LOL.

[@jovanweismiller7114]

HG, you neglected to consider inflation when you said that the cost of Maine was around $1500. According to the Bank of England's inflation calculator, £1250 in 1677 works out to £219,270.60 today, which at the current exchange rate is $265,883.00

[@defunctuserchannel]

I agree. In terms of 1,250lbs actual silver, I arrived at $448,000.

[@elainebmack]

I moved to Maine from Chicago back in 2018 and have not looked back. Best decision I ever made! Maine is a remarkable state, and as I'm happy to see this posting about its beginnings.

[@natw6857]

I almost emailed THG requesting this exact idea for a video but it was just two weeks ago and thought it would be a big ask to get it finished for Maine’s birthday. What a fun surprise to see this today. The Aroostook War is one not many know about, but with Aroostook county being about equal in size as Rhode Island and Connecticut combined, it is certainly history worth remembering.

[@achillebelanger9546]

Say, is that old P-51 still sitting in a Tater Field way up there? I used to have the Pilot’s ladder from it. Spud 🥔 Farmer flew it Back Home after the War, and he parked it at the edge of the Spud Field. Milo had a B-25 too, along with a lot of Military Trucks a guy was repurposing for Logging Trucks and Spud Haulers to sell up in The County. He sold well over 350 Military Surplus Trucks Upstate.

[@joshuabessire9169]

Winfield Scott, great at keeping peace in the north and fighting wars in the south. His career is a good story.

[@halcyonOH]

have always wanted to see Maine during the autumn season, heard its beautiful

[@bepbep7418]

It is. You can drive for hours through red, yellow & orange forest here.

[@achillebelanger9546]

It truly is

[@davidtomasetti8520]

Totally worth the trip

[@austinknowlton1783]

To be honest it varies from year to year. If it is a drought season the colors aren't as brilliant.

[@nikkivenable73]

Oh, if you get the chance, you must go and see for yourself! I promise, you’ll never want to leave.

[@Gotee93]

Love seeing my state come up in my feed

[@JoycenatorGaming]

Much of my family is from New England, but I wasn’t able to visit Maine until 2019. Only got to spend about a day there but it was very pretty and charming. Definitely see why people like it so much

[@inconnu4961]

Not in the winter, though!

[@JoycenatorGaming]

@@inconnu4961 I’m from the upper Midwest. I’ll take your winters any day 😂

[@johnshields6852]

I'm old Boston guy, I've been going to Maine for decades as my parents did before me, the coast in just beautiful, rugged, picturesque, and snow skiing in winter, it really is vacation land.

[@eliscanfield3913]

My dad lived in Bangor, Maine for many many years, with a gap of about 14ys. Mom did for a few years, too. (I was born 7mo after they moved). MIL's family have been in Aroostock County for generations. eta: Hooray, you pronounced Bangor right!

[@LymanPhillips]

Yeah, but he blew Falmouth.

[@eliscanfield3913]

@@LymanPhillips True. Baby steps, lol

[@Jared1291]

Some would argue that Massachusetts has never truly “let go”. You see MA license plates (especially in the summer) outnumbering ME plates 4 to 1 any given day on the turnpike 😂 Great and informative video!

[@mostdopecaptain3350]

Lol

[@jetsons101]

Lived in Maine years back, still miss it. Thanks to THG for posting.....

[@CaolanSuibhne]

Great timing with this upload! I always slap on an episode from THG before bed as something relaxing to listen too as I drift off to sleep. Keep up the amazing work bringing us all history that deserves to be remembered 👍

[@morrismonet3554]

If History Guy puts you to sleep you must already be brain dead.

[@CaolanSuibhne]

@@morrismonet3554 If THG gets you amped up and heart racing you must be smoking meth.

[@morrismonet3554]

@@CaolanSuibhne No, I just enjoy learning. Stupid people do not.

[@CaolanSuibhne]

@@morrismonet3554 I dunno if you're aware of this but sleep after learning something can help you retain information. The fact you assume that because I enjoy listening to these videos before bed makes me stupid actually says more about you than it does myself. You know what they say about assumptions? They make an ASS out of U and ME... More specifically you in this scenario.

[@scotttaggart71]

Enjoying your videos in Byron, Maine, Coos canyon.

[@doncarlton4858]

A very interesting present as always. One note of trivia: Because it was formerly part of Massachusetts, Maine is the only other state to celebrate Patriots Day, April 29th as a State holiday.

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

My Gran Turismo account for the Americas is based in Maine 😁. I absolutely fell in love with the area after watching natives of the state 'dickering', which is such a joy to behold 😊 Like deployed 👍

[@Sakai070]

Good morning from Maine!

[@bepbep7418]

Me too! 🤣

[@achillebelanger9546]

Oh Ayuh! Same to you Bub!

[@debbieellett9093]

I love Maine!

[@dwightjohnson4240]

Wish you could have touched on early settler, and my 9th grandfather Francis Small "the great landholder" really ties the the early Mass cape settlement together with Maine settlements, and some great stories there as well. But excellent job, just recently found your channel and really do enjoy it!

[@colvinator1611]

Another amazing and complex piece of American history. Thanks a lot, Colin UK 🇬🇧

[@jroar123]

History has always made the best of movies.

[@philmanson2991]

Good! I'm looking forward to "When tRump Went to Prison."😉😉

[@loucatozzi7656]

I grew up in Vermont but never knew much about the history and intrigue of the wider area outside my state.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

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[@keithtorgersen9664]

@Lou Catozzi, I don’t much go for artificial syrup, wish I had some authentic stuff from your area

[@bepbep7418]

@@keithtorgersen9664 Maine Maple Sunday was last week. It kicks off the maple season.

[@tygrkhat4087]

@@keithtorgersen9664 My youngest sister doesn't like real maple syrup, she only likes the fake stuff. I, on the other hand, love the real syrup. My mother once mixed my sister's faux syrup with my real syrup. I was not happy about that.

[@navret1707]

Was stationed in NAS Brunswick, ME for 3 years. I was never so cold for the entire time.

[@achillebelanger9546]

Bumswick is a mite cold 🥶 ain’t it!? Oh Ayuh!

[@bepbep7418]

You were probably one of the last stationed at NASB.

[@joehaverlock5385]

Brunswick is not that bad at all, located in what is often referred to as “the hart of Maine's banana belt “. Now, if what you’re looking for is some real brisk weather, visit Aroostook county. Known widely for its nine months of winter and three months of tough sledding. THG might want to do a segment on “the year without a summer”. Snowed in every month of the year, and that’s a fact.

[@achillebelanger9546]

@@joehaverlock5385 Father spent time up there trying to locate a British Digby Aircrew. He also investigated that Dynamite Bomb with Barometric Fuses and the Acid on Control Cables and Tools Purposely jamming Control Surfaces on B-25s Sabotaged by Nazi Sympathizers. Several were lost with their Aircrews. Father offered Testimony at the Trial. The Sabotage occurred on Neighboring RCAF Airbases near the Maine Border too( same German Sponsored Sabotage Ring.) Some of the Court Records are still SEALED to this day! Let’s see if the History Guy is paying attention!

[@indowneastmaine]

Lol you were happy to relocate to Jacksonville I take it.

[@sandrablanchette2239]

I'm from Maine. Good Work on pronouncing Bangor correctly. Most people don't. Sorry about Falmouth

[@sr3268]

THank you! (From Maine!)

[@stellamcwick8455]

As a lifelong Mainer, I can thoroughly attest to the fact that almost no Mainer is as happy with our marriage to Massachusetts as we are with our divorce from it.

[@billmcdonough8616]

Tell it Stella! As a lifelong Maniac, we're getting pounded in the Brunswick area! 😁

[@billmcdonough8616]

Mass has it worse. Ha

[@inconnu4961]

@@billmcdonough8616 Yes we did! We certainly dodged a bullet when we lost Maine! LOL Maine is to New England what West Virginia is to those south of us . . . .the Butt of ALL the jokes! in fact, EVEN Vermonters make fun of Maine! LOL (for those of the blue & pink haired people, this is just good-natured ribbing, joking! Nothing to be offended about!)

[@erichanson3961]

ayuh!

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

8:45 This was a perfect time for some beans. Lima sounds inviting!

[@achillebelanger9546]

Rather have Red Shell. Hold them things from BOSTON though. I miss B& M being in Maine.

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

@@achillebelanger9546 Mmmm1😝

[@nicholas_scott]

Great video! The southern border is still disputed with nh. Plus, in the bay, disputes over uninhabited islands

[@josephstevens9888]

I'm from Casco Township, Saint Clair County, Michigan. It was named by one of the first landowners of the area, who was from a town on the shore of Casco Bay, Maine.

[@carlgomm9699]

What a pleasant surprise,I'm originally from Maine, you always have such a nice show !!

[@richardmcavoy6413]

Hi Carl, Any relation to the Belfast area Gomms?

[@carlgomm9699]

@@richardmcavoy6413 Hi there, Belfast is my home town, not sure who's there now, went to BAHS in the early 70's,thanks for your reply

[@3928damian]

Thank you thank you thank you! As a proud "Maine-iac" I have been hoping you'd cover our great State's story. There's a LOT of important history in this "un-important" land...

[@lukehorning3404]

I’m a big fan and was excited to see this video seeing I live in Maine Thank you for another great video

[@jeffpayne4697]

This would be such a fun series, the history of the states and territories of the US is interesting, terrible and sometimes incredible.

[@yuginoty65]

Thank you from Maine! Peace…Aria

[@bepbep7418]

As a Maineiac I approve of this video 👏 oooh story for a video! The newly rediscovered 1937 Pine Tree Trail!

[@nikkivenable73]

You live in the most beautiful place in the world, imo.

[@Michelle-Eden]

What is the Pine Tree Trail?

[@cliftonchapma1]

❤ lifelong mainer here...I'm never leaving. 😊

[@mellissadalby1402]

You are clearly a masterful researcher,I never ahd any idea of all those details about the history of the state of Maine.

[@chelseawhite7117]

11:51 omg thank you for pronouncing “Bangor” correctly 🙏

[@rickhobson3211]

The History Guy is the Maine Man, obviously!

[@LesHaskell]

My family would visit Maine every summer and I have never lived in Maine, but one of my ancestors was an early settler to Maine. Thomas Crockett (8th great-grandfather) came to Maine on the ship Pied Cow, as a servant of Captain John Mason in 1633. He lived on Crockett's Neck in Kittery and was town constable in 1657. My research found he was ferryman at Brabote Harbor (?) in 1647 and in 1659 on the Piscataqua River. Meanwhile, the Haskells settled on the Cape Ann side of the Bass River (part of Salem, Mass Bay Colony at the time, now Beverly) in 1635. My 8th great-grandfather William Haskell moved out to Gloucester around 1645 (William Haskell House, now a BnB) and 3 generations later Caleb Haskell (5th ggf) moved to Newbury/Newburyport. His son, also named Caleb, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War (Siege of Boston, Bunker Hill, Arnold's Expedition to Quebec) and kept a diary which has been quoted in other books (usually when the author is writing about smallpox in the army at Quebec). Another line of William's descendants settled on Deer Isle in the late 1700s. Ignatius Haskell's home became the inn known as The Ark and is now Pilgrim's Inn. My great-grandfather George Whitefield Haskell Jr. from Newburyport moved to South Paris, Maine sometime around the late 1800s/early 1900s and married Alice Arminta Crockett, descendant of Thomas Crockett. I have a photographs of George and me when I was 2 when my family visited him and his 3rd wife Louise T. Haskell (author of Story of Cuttyhunk) on Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts. Speaking of Maine history I have 2 6th great-grandfathers who were at the Capture of Louisbourg in 1745 - Jethro Starbird from Scarborough and Captain Daniel Hale (mortally wounded) from Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Also, through researching family history I have learned that Maine does not have a Lieutenant Governor. When the office of Governor is vacant, the President of the Senate becomes Governor for a day or two, but how often does that happen, right? Governor Chamberain is also a distant cousin.

[@lesleyb5591]

I've done some studying of both the early European colonisation of North America and of the early history of the independent United States but this video was all new information to me. Very interesting. Thank you.

[@adriaanboogaard8571]

Very interesting Video. The old maps remind me of some I saw in Mr Rockwells U.S History class in Jr.High. He was a Direct Decendand of Orin Porter Rockwell. He got me hooked on History especially by telling stories that at time were not and probably still ate not in text books

[@johnvoorhees7881]

I'm living here in Maine for the second go round. Right along the Kennebec River in Waterville. Beautiful state ❤

[@indowneastmaine]

❤❤❤ As a lifelong Mainer, thank you for this! South Freeport here (yes, the L.L. Bean Freeport). With split ancestry (P.E.I. Acadian/Mayflower settlers/Abenaki), one note is a lot of the French Acadian history (in Maine as far as the Penobscot River [Castine] and points east) were French possession, variably, through much of the 18th century. That time period of settlement around King Philip’s War/The French and Indian Wars was much overlooked here, beyond an English history, and deserved an additional minute or two of content and context. And, as the 8th great nephew of Rev. Nicholas Noyes II, of Salem, MA: Witches be forgiven.

[@bepbep7418]

My wife's family is the YEOS from P.E.I.

[@KatInTheNorth]

Thank you for sharing this interesting history!

[@tjcassidy2694]

@ 5:17 ... In "U. S. State Names," author Kathryn Gutton points out that Fernando Gorges named the area "Maine" in 1622, three years before Henriette Marie became Queen-Consort of England in 1625. This doesn't necessarily cast doubt that Maine was named for her, since she was nonetheless Princess of Wales.

[@janlindtner305]

Another fine lecture. Well done.

[@jamesorth6460]

Also over in Edmundston New Brunswick just across the St. John river there is a plaque that's dedicated to the former Maine U.S. border with Canada

[@keithtorgersen9664]

I couldn’t find a way to link the photo but I had just recently seen a funny Bizarro comic where one guy has “I ❤️NY” shirt and another guy has “I ❤️ ME” and the latter realizes the awkwardness of it.

[@bepbep7418]

Nah we know we're a shellfish state 🤣 I ❤ ME too

[@indowneastmaine]

@@bepbep7418 Are you here all week? 😂

[@inconnu4961]

@@indowneastmaine LMAO! I heard he has a cott in the back storage area. He is here all the time!

[@granvillewooster7673]

Great video thanks for sharing 👍

[@terrylibbey611]

As a resident I was pleasantly surprised to hear Bangor pronounced correctly!

[@nikkivenable73]

I’m moving to Bangor in August. I don’t know a whole lot about your city but it certainly looks like it’ll have everything I need and more. Any tips for a newcomer? Favorite restaurant? I’ll take anything.

[@achillebelanger9546]

@@nikkivenable73 Bone 🦴 up on Stephen 👑 King. Remember Log 🪵 Trucks have the right of way( if you’re smart you don’t argue with them… it’s an argument you won’t win!) Same applies to Moose and 🐻 Bear. Dysart’s Truck Stop is an EXCELLENT Maine Restaurant. Lots of Historic Photos and Relics. Bangor is Chock-a-Block full of little( and big) Museums and Libraries. Dining Experiences and Cuisine from All Over The World. I hear 👂 tell they even have what’s called “ Vegan Food” for City People… whatever the heck a Vegan is… I haven’t quite got THEM Birds quite puzzled out yet… but they seem to feed on the stuff that feeds what PROPER Mainah’s Eat! ( Oh by the way… look out for Deer 🦌 on the Turnpike… Bumpah Steak 🥩 gets Wicked EXPENSIVE some fast! Venison is some good Eatin’ though… especially fried up in Buttah!)

[@BasicDrumming]

I appreciate you, thank you for making content.

[@pitsnipe5559]

Being from the Bay State, your video brought to mind a semi serious movement in the late 196’s, early 1970’s for Cape Cod to secede from Massachusetts.

[@christopherderaps]

Great history of our beautiful State that I share a birthday with. Thank you. On a side note, Saco is pronounced "sock oh" not "sack oh".

[@CathyS_Bx]

There's a charming hotel in Ogunquit, Maine with a name that harks back to the beginnings: "Gorges Grant"

[@kbriley8349]

if you havent already i'd like to hear your take on the Toledo War .... always enjoy your mini-docs

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

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[@bruceolie8644]

Thanks from Nova Scotia for telling the story of our American cousins. Lots I did not know!

[@inconnu4961]

My grandmothers family is a Blue-Noser from Nova Scotia! Moved to New Hampshire before she was born. Ah, the ties that bind us, eh!

[@MrMdenning]

I live in the original Maine. That is the hamlet of Littlemayne (also once called Parva Maine) that connects historically to Mr Gorges.

[@ajnormandgroome]

Thank you for mentioning sources!

[@slstone76]

WOOOOOOHOOOOO!!!! Maine Represent!!!!

[@frankthomas2231]

Being from Vermont, I am most interested in early American history, and early New England history, up to, and including the American Revolution. I even have ancestors that fought in the American Revolution. One thing I would like to see is a story on the history of Lake Champlain. I searched your channel and didn`t find anything you have already done on it. Thank You

[@Maine307]

3 GENERATIONS Waldo County Maine ! dont forget- Maine also started the Prohibition too.. we aint that proud of it.. hahaha

[@bepbep7418]

I was born in Belfast at Waldo County General.

[@Maine307]

@@bepbep7418.. i know that Hospital well..

[@achillebelanger9546]

At least we Smuggled enough Hooch ( and Weed) to make up for it!

[@honeysucklecat]

My mom once wrote a short book about the Portland Headlight. It’s the oldest operating lighthouse in USA and one of the most famous in the world.

[@bobbeckman3735]

My favorite state! USM ‘97!

[@DirigoDuke]

Aww, you missed the story of the first recorded mooning in the new world, leading to early maps referring to the area of Maine as Terra Ondi de Mala Gente - “Land of Bad People.”

[@mommyjsj]

thanks for doing Statehood stories.

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

All I have to say is that The Rain 🌧 in Maine falls Mainly on the plain. Where? 🤔

[@TERoss-jk9ny]

😀

[@spudgunn8695]

Spain, you muppet!🤣🤣🤣

[@bepbep7418]

Not gonna find any plain here 🤣 We're pretty much Mountains, Forest and Sea

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

@@TERoss-jk9ny Norway! There's worse songs 🎵 to have stuck in your head! At least you can sing it all week long and smile 😃

[@TERoss-jk9ny]

@@constipatedinsincity4424: And I thank you for that! Really.

[@drlong08]

@thehistoryguy The map shown @7:41 shows in New York the town of Geneva east of Buffalo. That's where the trail from Albany to Buffalo was before the Erie Canal. Maybe you can do a video of the way folks got out west before the Erie Canal. We have the Hotel Geneva that was built in 1796 where folks stopped for the night on their way to Buffalo. Rochester was not even around at that time. Geneva also had a POW camp during WW2.

[@Mtlmshr]

I have always admired your back drop for your videos. Maybe one day you could do a history of the artifacts that are in your room that your shooting in, like that ship model over your right shoulder. Did you make it and what is the significance of that particular ship? And what about all the different hats in your collection behind you? I think that would be a fascinating look into the forgotten history of “The History Guy”!

[@erichanson3961]

Life-long "Mainah" heah. I have taught Maine history in the past, using a book written hereabouts. This was very interesting. It looks like the Viking thing that is often almost celebrated here, is pretty shaky. (and our local School District Mascot is the Oxford Hills Vikings...) The Battle of Aroostook is an interesting study indeed.

[@johnloman2098]

Thank you for covering my home state

[@wayneyadams]

I would like to see a story about the history of what is now Tennesse and the early attempt to form the state of Franklin.

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

3:10Gorgeous Georges uncle

[@JMDinOKC]

Suggestions: William Jennings Bryan, Harold Ickes, Eugene Debs, Samuel Gomperz, Charles Mackay, Charles Waddell Chestnutt, William Dampier, the Afghan Wars, the Great Game, Francis James Child, the Rugeley poisonings, Isabella Bird, the Chicago River.

[@joelspaulding5964]

2 years at U-Maine (Then, UMaine Orono), 2 years elsewhere in the Pine Tree State. I could live there again, maybe...

[@willoughby1888]

I've lived here in Portland Maine since 1998 and also lived in Kennebunk/Arundel in '94. I could swear I read where this is one of the rare cities that can pull its water from a lake and have it delivered unfiltered right to the tap. I'll at least wager a nickel I don't even got at least. We don't grown money on trees no matter how much we want to. We just get the 'decent water' thingy. I'll take it. But I've wanted a money tree since I was a child and first heard about them though. Each day, I could give my adopted money tree clean water in exchange for fresh bills(no coins please). Yeah, I'd name him "Billy".

[@inconnu4961]

LOL

[@TranscendianIntendor]

I need to watch this again for it is complex.

[@ricksaint2000]

Thank you History Guy

[@stephene.barbin8036]

My ancestor, Captain Thomas Bradbury (1610-1695), was the great grand nephew of Sir Ferdinando Gorges and was his agent at York, Maine. Bradbury was also the great grand nephew of John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury. Captain Bradbury's wife, Mary (Perkins) Bradbury, was tried and convicted of witchcraft in Salem, MA. So between Capt.Bradbury being the Registrar of Deeds for Essex County and his connections to the Church of England, it's not surprising his wife fell victim to the infamous 1690 Salem witch trials. Cheers from Massachusetts!