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{\an7}MAINE.
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{\an7}THE EASTERNMOST STATE.
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{\an7}WHERE DAWN FIRST BREAKS
\hON THE UNITED STATES,
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{\an7}OVER LAND RISING FROM THE SEA.
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{\an7}\h\h\hIT‘S HERE WHERE
AMERICA REALLY BEGAN.
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{\an7}LONG BEFORE THE PILGRIMS,
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{\an7}EUROPEAN EXPLORERS CHARTED
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHESE WATERS.
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{\an7}A LAND SHARED BY SAILORS, POETS,
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{\an7}PAINTERS AND PRESIDENTS...
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{\an7}HOME TO A GRAND MASTER
\h\h\hOF THE MACABRE,
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{\an7}AND FIELDS OF FIRE...
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{\an7}\hWHERE "DOWN EAST"
MEANS HEADING NORTH,
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{\an7}\h\hAND THE NORTH WOODS
COVER 3.5 MILLION ACRES.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIS A JOURNEY
ACROSS DISTANT ISLES,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hDOWN RUGGED SHORES,
AND INTO THE GREAT WILDERNESS
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{\an7}SEAFARERS ONCE CALLED
\hTHE MAINLAND, MAINE.
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{\an7}\h\hONE OF MAINE‘S SOUTHERNMOST
TOWNS IS ALSO ONE OF ITS OLDEST.
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{\an7}YORK LIES ON THE YORK RIVER,
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{\an7}AND INCLUDES THE VILLAGES OF
YORK HARBOR AND YORK BEACH.
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{\an7}IN FACT, THERE ARE SO MANY
VILLAGES CALLED YORK HERE,
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{\an7}\hLOCALS REFER TO THEM
SIMPLY AS "THE YORKS."
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{\an7}IN THE EARLY 1600s, THE AREA
\hWAS KNOWN AS AGAMENTICUS,
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{\an7}THE NATIVE AMERICAN WABANAKI
\h\hWORD FOR THE YORK RIVER.
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{\an7}YORK WAS FOUNDED BY
A WEALTHY ENGLISHMAN
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{\an7}WITH THE UNLIKELY NAME OF
\h\hSIR FERDINANDO GORGES.
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{\an7}HE‘D BEEN AWARDED A LAND GRANT
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{\an7}AND PERMISSION TO START
\hA NEW COLONY IN MAINE.
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{\an7}\h\h\hFOR 40 YEARS, GORGES
FINANCED AND MASTERMINDED
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{\an7}EXPEDITION AFTER EXPEDITION
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFROM ENGLAND,
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{\an7}SPENDING HIS FORTUNE TO REALIZE
HIS DREAM OF COLONIZING MAINE.
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{\an7}GORGES NEVER ACTUALLY SET FOOT
HERE AND DIED A DESTITUTE MAN.
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{\an7}BUT MANY CONSIDER HIM TO BE
\h\hTHE FATHER OF THE STATE.
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{\an7}YORK CLAIMS TO BE THE OLDEST
\h\h\h\hSETTLEMENT IN MAINE,
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{\an7}AND DESPITE MANY EARLY
ATTACKS ON THE VILLAGE
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{\an7}\hBY NATIVE AMERICANS,
THE VILLAGE SURVIVED.
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{\an7}\hAMAZINGLY TODAY MANY BUILDINGS
FROM COLONIAL DAYS STILL STAND.
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{\an7}ONE OF THE MOST CHERISHED
IS SAYWARD-WHEELER HOUSE,
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{\an7}A PROUD CLAPBOARD BUILDING
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFROM 1718.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hJONATHAN SAYWARD WAS
A WEALTHY SHIPPING MERCHANT
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{\an7}AND MANY OF HIS DESCENDANTS
\h\h\h\hLIVED AND DIED HERE,
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{\an7}RIGHT UP TO THE 20th CENTURY.
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{\an7}\h\h\hBUT MAINE REALLY
BEGINS HERE, OFFSHORE.
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{\an7}\h\hTHE ISLES OF SHOALS LIE
ON ITS SOUTHERNMOST BORDER.
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{\an7}MAINE IS THE ONLY STATE TO HAVE
JUST ONE STATE AS A NEIGHBOR.
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{\an7}AND HERE, A SIMPLE CAUSEWAY IS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hALL THAT DIVIDES
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{\an7}\hSTAR ISLAND, NEW HAMPSHIRE,
FROM SMUTTYNOSE ISLAND, MAINE.
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{\an7}APPLEDORE ISLAND,
ON THE MAINE SIDE,
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{\an7}USED TO BE A HAUNT OF ARTISTS
\h\h\h\h\h\hAND FREE SPIRITS,
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{\an7}\hTHANKS TO A WELCOMING POET AND
HOTELKEEPER NAMED CELIA THAXTER.
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{\an7}HER HOTEL BURNED DOWN
\hIN THE EARLY 1900s,
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{\an7}AND THE ISLAND‘S HEYDAY
\h\h\hSEEMED TO BE OVER.
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{\an7}BUT THIS TOWER IS EVIDENCE OF
\h\h\h\h\hTHE ISLAND‘S REVIVAL
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{\an7}\hAS A SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH STATION.
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{\an7}DESPITE THE MANY ISLANDS
\h\h\hAND ROCKY DANGERS
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{\an7}OF THE MAINE COAST,
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{\an7}IT WAS MORE THAN 250 YEARS
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{\an7}AFTER THE COLONISTS ARRIVED THAT
THE FIRST LIGHTHOUSE WAS BUILT.
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{\an7}\h\hCLAPBOARD HOUSES WERE BUILT
EASILY FROM THE ABUNDANT TREES,
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{\an7}BUT THE CAPE NEDDICK LIGHT
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{\an7}WAS CONSTRUCTED OF BRICK
\hAND CLAD IN CAST IRON
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{\an7}TO WEATHER THE WORST WINTERS
\h\h\hOF THE NORTH ATLANTIC.
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{\an7}\hALTHOUGH MODERNIZED NOW, ITS
ORIGINAL 3,000-POUND FOG BELL
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{\an7}AND RED LIGHT HAVE GUIDED
\h\hSEAFARERS SINCE 1879.
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{\an7}\hLOCALS KNOW IT AS
"THE NUBBLE LIGHT,"
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{\an7}NAMED FOR THE LUMP OF ROCK
\h\h\h\h\hIT‘S PERCHED ON.
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{\an7}MANY MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO LEARN
THAT THE CAPE NEDDICK LIGHT,
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{\an7}THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA,
\hAND INDIA‘S TAJ MAHAL
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{\an7}HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON:
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{\an7}THE VOYAGER SPACECRAFT CARRIED
IMAGES OF ALL THREE INTO SPACE
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAS EXAMPLES
OF SOME OF THE EARTH‘S
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{\an7}\h\hMOST IMPRESSIVE
MANMADE STRUCTURES.
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{\an7}\h\h\hON A BRILLIANT FALL DAY,
MAINERS AND VACATIONERS ALIKE
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{\an7}ARE DRAWN TO ITS COAST--
\hAND WITH GOOD REASON.
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{\an7}A SHORT WALK ALONG THE CLIFFS
\hLEADS TO AN UNUSUAL SIGHTING
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{\an7}IN THIS ROCKY STATE:
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{\an7}MILES AND MILES OF SANDY BEACH.
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{\an7}THE BEACH IS ACTUALLY
\h\h\h\hA LONG SANDBAR
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{\an7}SPLIT OFF FROM THE MAINLAND
\h\h\hBY THE OGUNQUIT RIVER.
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{\an7}THE HALLOWEEN STORM OF 1991,
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{\an7}\h\hBETTER KNOWN AS
"THE PERFECT STORM,"
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{\an7}DAMAGED MUCH OF THE BEACH,
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{\an7}BUT EFFORTS ARE UNDER WAY
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{\an7}TO PROTECT ITS DUNES
\h\h\hAND WILDLIFE.
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{\an7}BUT IT‘S STILL MAINE‘S
RUGGED NATURAL BEAUTY
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{\an7}THAT DRAWS MOST VISITORS TODAY.
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{\an7}AND IT‘S TAKEN THE WORK
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{\an7}OF EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE
\h\h\h\h\hTO PROTECT IT.
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{\an7}11,000 YEARS AGO,
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{\an7}NATIVE AMERICANS THRIVED
\h\h\h\hIN THIS REGION,
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{\an7}USING THE COASTAL RIVERS
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{\an7}FOR FRESH WATER, TRANSPORT AND
\hAN ABUNDANT SOURCE OF FOOD.
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{\an7}WHILE THEIR ORIGINAL SETTLEMENTS
HAVE LONG GONE,
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{\an7}THEIR ANCIENT LAND REMAINS.
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{\an7}TODAY, PART OF IT IS CALLED THE
RACHEL CARSON WILDLIFE REFUGE,
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{\an7}AFTER ONE OF THE 20th CENTURY‘S
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{\an7}GREATEST ENVIRONMENTALISTS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND WRITERS.
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{\an7}CARSON‘S GROUNDBREAKING BOOK,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSILENT SPRING,
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{\an7}BROUGHT ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
\hTO AN UNPRECEDENTED PORTION
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{\an7}OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND LED TO CHANGE IN
THE COUNTRY‘S USE OF PESTICIDES.
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{\an7}\hTODAY, THE MARSHES AND
ESTUARIES OF THE RESERVE
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hARE NOT ONLY A REFUGE
FOR WILDLIFE BUT HUMANS, TOO.
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{\an7}FURTHER NORTH ALONG THE COAST,
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{\an7}THE GOLD CHAIN OF BEACHES END
AND NORMAL RUGGEDNESS BEGINS.
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{\an7}JUST BEFORE WE REACH
\h\h\hTHE MAINE TOWN
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{\an7}\hTHAT‘S BEST KNOWN AROUND
THE WORLD: KENNEBUNKPORT.
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{\an7}HERE, STREWN ACROSS
THE CITY CENTER ARE
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{\an7}THE 18th AND 19th CENTURY HOMES
OF THE COUNTRY‘S EARLY ELITE
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{\an7}\h\h\hWHO MADE THEIR FORTUNES
FROM THE WEALTH OF THE OCEANS.
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{\an7}ONE OF MOST UNIQUE HOMES IN TOWN
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hIS KNOWN AS
THE WEDDING CAKE HOUSE.
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{\an7}IN 1825, A PROMINENT SHIPBUILDER
NAMED GEORGE WASHINGTON BOURNE
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hBOUGHT A FEDERAL STYLE
BRICK HOUSE FOR HIS NEW BRIDE.
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{\an7}BUT INSPIRED BY THE DESIGN OF
\hA GOTHIC CATHEDRAL IN MILAN,
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{\an7}\hHE LATER RESTYLED THE HOUSE
HIMSELF USING ONLY HAND TOOLS,
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{\an7}\hCOMPLETING THE WORK JUST
BEFORE HIS DEATH IN 1856.
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{\an7}\h\hTODAY, IT‘S ONE OF THE MOST
PHOTOGRAPHED BUILDINGS IN MAINE.
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{\an7}KENNEBUNK BEACH IS STILL
\h\hA MODEST COMMUNITY.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT IT WAS HERE
ON CAPE ARUNDEL IN 1903
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{\an7}THAT THE WEALTHY WALKER FAMILY
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{\an7}CHOSE TO BUILD THEIR
BEACHFRONT MANSION.
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{\an7}THAT‘S THE "W" IN THE NAMES
OF THE TWO BUSH PRESIDENTS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHEIR SEASIDE ESTATE
IS KNOWN AS WALKER‘S POINT.
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{\an7}WORLD LEADERS HAVE PASSED
\h\h\hTHE GUARD POST HERE,
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{\an7}WELCOMED BY TWO BUSH PRESIDENTS.
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{\an7}MARGARET THATCHER,
MIKHAIL GORBACHEV,
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{\an7}\hAND VLADIMIR PUTIN HAVE
ALL SIGNED THE GUEST BOOK.
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{\an7}WHILE THE MAINE COASTLINE
\h\h\h\h\hIS A GOOD PLACE
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{\an7}\h\hFOR POLITICIANS TO UNWIND,
IT‘S EVEN BETTER FOR ARTISTS.
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{\an7}AT PROUTS NECK, AMONG THE MODERN
VACATION HOMES OF THE WEALTHY,
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{\an7}IS THE FORMER STUDIO
OF ONE OF AMERICA‘S
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{\an7}GREATEST LANDSCAPE PAINTERS,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWINSLOW HOMER.
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{\an7}HERE, JUST A FEW FEET
\h\h\hFROM THE OCEAN,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hHE PAINTED HIS
MONUMENTAL SEASCAPES,
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{\an7}IMAGES OF THE TIMELESS STRUGGLE
OF MEN AND WOMEN
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{\an7}AGAINST THE POWER OF THE SEA.
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{\an7}\hTHE TURBULENT SEAS
HE FAMOUSLY DEPICTED
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{\an7}ARE DECEPTIVELY CALM
\h\h\h\hON THIS DAY.
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{\an7}BUT THE BOATMEN HE CAPTURED
WRESTLING WITH THE ELEMENTS
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{\an7}WERE MAINERS.
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{\an7}TEN MILES OUT, AN ISLAND RISES
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{\an7}LIKE A WHALE‘S HUMP
\h\hOUT OF THE SEA.
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{\an7}IT‘S THOUGHT THE STATE TOOK
\hITS NAME FROM THE SETTLERS
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{\an7}ON THE MORE THAN 400 OFFSHORE
\h\h\hISLANDS ALONG THE COAST
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{\an7}\h\hWHO LOOKED BACK
TO THE "MAINE" LAND.
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{\an7}HERE, ON MONHEGAN ISLAND,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHOSE VIEWS
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{\an7}INSPIRED PAINTERS JAMIE WYETH
\h\h\h\h\h\hAND EDWARD HOPPER,
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{\an7}WHO WERE ATTRACTED BY ITS RUGGED
BEAUTY AND REMOTE LOCATION.
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{\an7}BARELY ONE SQUARE MILE IN AREA,
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{\an7}MONHEGAN IS ACCESSIBLE
\h\h\h\hONLY BY BOAT,
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{\an7}AND THERE ARE NO PAVED ROADS.
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{\an7}THE YEAR-ROUND POPULATION
\h\h\h\hIS TINY--JUST 65.
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{\an7}TODAY THE ISLAND‘S ECONOMY
\h\h\h\h\hIS STILL RULED,
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{\an7}AS IT HAS BEEN FOR CENTURIES,
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{\an7}BY THOSE WHO MAKE THEIR
\hLIVING FROM THE SEA--
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{\an7}\h\hTHE COURAGEOUS FISHERMEN AND
LOBSTERMEN WHO WORK THESE WATERS
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{\an7}THROUGH THE HARSH MAINE WINTER.
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{\an7}WHILE THE SCENERY
\hIS SPECTACULAR,
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{\an7}THE WATERS AROUND MONHEGAN
\h\h\h\h\hARE TREACHEROUS.
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{\an7}\h\hCOUNTLESS SHIPS
HAVE GONE DOWN HERE,
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{\an7}SOME OF THEM STILL VISIBLE.
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{\an7}\hAPPROACHING PORTLAND,
A GREAT BEACON CALLS OUT
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTO HOMEBOUND SAILORS,
JUST AS IT HAS FOR CENTURIES.
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{\an7}EVEN TODAY THE ROCKY SHORES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF PORTLAND
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{\an7}ARE NOT EASILY NAVIGATED.
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{\an7}\h\hBUT AFTER A NUMBER
OF TRAGIC SHIPWRECKS,
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{\an7}MAINE‘S FIRST LIGHTHOUSE,
\hTHE PORTLAND HEAD LIGHT,
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{\an7}WAS BUILT AT THE ORDER
OF GEORGE WASHINGTON.
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{\an7}TODAY THE OLD TOWER
\h\h\hSTILL STANDS.
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{\an7}BUT MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE
\h\h\h\h16 WHALE OIL LAMPS
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{\an7}LIT THE LIGHTHOUSE IN 1791.
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{\an7}NOW AN AIRPORT-STYLE
\h\hELECTRIC BEACON
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{\an7}RISES 100 FEET ABOVE THE WATER.
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{\an7}THE LIGHT IS VISIBLE
FROM 16 MILES AWAY,
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{\an7}WELCOMING MARINERS
\h\hTO SAFE HARBOR
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{\an7}IN MAINE‘S BIGGEST TOWN.
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{\an7}\h\h\hSITUATED IN CASCO BAY,
PORTLAND WAS ONCE CONSIDERED
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{\an7}STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT
\h\hBY THE U.S. MILITARY
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00:13:08,821 --> 00:13:10,523
{\an7}\h\h\hBECAUSE OF ITS
PROXIMITY TO EUROPE
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{\an7}COMPARED TO OTHER EASTERN PORTS.
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00:13:13,993 --> 00:13:17,029
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE GRANITE-WALLED
FORT SCAMMEL ON HOUSE ISLAND
182
00:13:17,063 --> 00:13:19,866
{\an7}\h\hAND FORT GORGES
ON HOG ISLAND LEDGE
183
00:13:19,966 --> 00:13:22,735
{\an7}\hWERE ORIGINALLY BUILT
IN THE BAY IN THE 1800s
184
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{\an7}TO PROTECT AGAINST ENEMY ATTACK.
185
00:13:27,373 --> 00:13:30,009
{\an7}MOUNDS OF SAND WERE USED
\hTO INSULATE THE FORTS
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00:13:30,043 --> 00:13:32,579
{\an7}AND THEIR SUPPLIES
\h\hOF AMMUNITION.
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00:13:32,612 --> 00:13:34,414
{\an7}BUT FORT SCAMMEL
WAS THE ONLY ONE
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{\an7}TO FIRE A SHOT IN BATTLE
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{\an7}AGAINST A BRITISH PRIVATEER
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN 1813.
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{\an7}IN A STATE WITH ONLY
1.3 MILLION PEOPLE,
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{\an7}PORTLAND‘S 64,000 CITIZENS
\h\hMAKE IT A METROPOLIS.
192
00:14:01,974 --> 00:14:05,611
{\an7}IN THE 19th CENTURY, WHEN TRADE
IN PORTLAND WAS BOOMING,
193
00:14:05,645 --> 00:14:10,283
{\an7}SOME OF THE STATE‘S OLDEST BANKS
OPENED THEIR DOORS HERE.
194
00:14:10,316 --> 00:14:13,352
{\an7}\h\hAND IF YOU KNOW WHO PENNED
THE LINES, "LISTEN MY CHILDREN
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00:14:13,386 --> 00:14:17,924
{\an7}\h\hAND YOU SHALL HEAR OF THE
MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL REVERE,"
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{\an7}\h\hTAKE NOTE THAT
THE CHILDHOOD HOME
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00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:22,495
{\an7}OF HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
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00:14:22,528 --> 00:14:26,832
{\an7}\h\hIS TUCKED IN BETWEEN
MODERN OFFICE BUILDINGS.
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00:14:26,866 --> 00:14:29,068
{\an7}\h\hMANY OF PORTLAND‘S
OTHER FORMER RESIDENTS
200
00:14:29,102 --> 00:14:32,806
{\an7}\h\h\hENDED UP WITH SOME OF
THE PRETTIEST PLOTS IN TOWN.
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00:14:32,839 --> 00:14:36,910
{\an7}65,000 PEOPLE ARE BURIED
\hIN EVERGREEN CEMETERY,
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00:14:36,976 --> 00:14:38,411
{\an7}ONE OF THE LARGEST
\h\hPUBLICLY OWNED
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00:14:38,444 --> 00:14:40,846
{\an7}SPACES IN THE CITY.
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00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,583
{\an7}AND WHILE MANY FAMOUS MAINERS
\h\h\h\hHAVE BEEN BURIED HERE,
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00:14:43,616 --> 00:14:48,154
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE STORY OF ONE,
THE 19th CENTURY MAYOR NEAL DOW,
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00:14:48,187 --> 00:14:50,389
{\an7}IS INFAMOUS.
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{\an7}[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]
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{\an7}KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF
\h\h\hTHE PROHIBITION,
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00:14:55,461 --> 00:14:57,964
{\an7}HE MANAGED TO BAN ALCOHOL
\h\h\h\h\hFROM THE STATE,
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00:14:57,997 --> 00:15:00,933
{\an7}AND IN 1880 MADE A RUN
\h\hAT THE WHITE HOUSE
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00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,902
{\an7}ON A PROHIBITION TICKET.
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00:15:03,002 --> 00:15:06,005
{\an7}HE RECEIVED JUST 10,000 VOTES.
213
00:15:07,940 --> 00:15:09,975
{\an7}BUT PROHIBITION WAS UNPOPULAR
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00:15:10,009 --> 00:15:13,946
{\an7}WITH MUCH OF PORTLAND‘S
\h\h\h\h\hWORKING CLASS.
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00:15:13,980 --> 00:15:17,183
{\an7}AFTER ALL, PORTLAND
WAS A RUM PRODUCER,
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00:15:17,216 --> 00:15:18,918
{\an7}AND THE CITY‘S WORKERS
\h\hWERE EVEN ALLOWED
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00:15:18,951 --> 00:15:21,821
{\an7}"RUM BREAKS" DURING THE DAY.
218
00:15:24,590 --> 00:15:28,060
{\an7}THERE WERE RIOTS IN PORTLAND
WHEN THE MAYOR GOT HIS WAY,
219
00:15:28,094 --> 00:15:29,696
{\an7}\h\hBUT CHANCES ARE
A FEW OF THE PEOPLE
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00:15:29,729 --> 00:15:35,902
{\an7}WHO ARE BURIED HERE BESIDE HIM
SUCCUMBED TO HIS "DEMON RUM."
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hAT ITS HEART,
THE CITY THAT THRIVED
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00:15:42,074 --> 00:15:44,843
{\an7}ON FISHING AND SHIPPING
\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE 1800s
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00:15:44,877 --> 00:15:47,079
{\an7}IS STILL A HARBOR TOWN.
224
00:15:47,180 --> 00:15:50,150
{\an7}\h\h\hSET ON A PENINSULA
REACHING INTO CASCO BAY,
225
00:15:50,183 --> 00:15:53,253
{\an7}\h\hPORTLAND REMAINS AS
LONGFELLOW DESCRIBED IT,
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00:15:53,286 --> 00:15:55,488
{\an7}"THE CITY BY THE SEA."
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{\an7}TODAY, THE HARBOR THAT DREW
\h\hENGLISH SETTLERS IN 1632
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00:15:59,959 --> 00:16:04,230
{\an7}STILL BUSTLES WITH VESSELS,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBIG AND SMALL.
229
00:16:11,337 --> 00:16:15,274
{\an7}BUT MAINE IS FAR MORE
THAN JUST A SEACOAST.
230
00:16:18,945 --> 00:16:22,015
{\an7}THE STATE‘S LANDMASS TAKES UP
\h\h\h\h\hHALF OF NEW ENGLAND,
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00:16:22,048 --> 00:16:25,985
{\an7}MOST OF IT REMOTE AND UNSPOILED.
232
00:16:26,018 --> 00:16:28,988
{\an7}AMONG THE PINES OF MAINE‘S
\h\h\h\h\hENDLESS FORESTS,
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00:16:29,088 --> 00:16:32,224
{\an7}ONE IS STRUCK BY ITS MAJESTY.
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00:16:44,103 --> 00:16:45,972
{\an7}ONE EXPLORER OF THE REGION
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00:16:46,005 --> 00:16:50,977
{\an7}\h\hWAS THE GREAT 19th CENTURY
THINKER, HENRY DAVID THOREAU.
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00:16:51,010 --> 00:16:53,045
{\an7}OF HIS VISIT HERE HE WROTE,
237
00:16:53,079 --> 00:16:56,149
{\an7}\h\h\h"I LOOKED WITH AWE
AT THE GROUND I TROD ON,
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00:16:56,182 --> 00:16:59,018
{\an7}\h\h\hTHIS WAS THE EARTH
OF WHICH WE HAVE HEARD,
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00:16:59,051 --> 00:17:03,956
{\an7}MADE OUT OF CHAOS
\hAND OLD NIGHT,"
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00:17:03,990 --> 00:17:08,361
{\an7}WORDS THAT LEAD TO HIS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE MAINE WOODS.
241
00:17:13,966 --> 00:17:16,836
{\an7}HERE AT MOOSEHEAD LAKE,
\h\h\h\hMAINE‘S LARGEST,
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00:17:16,936 --> 00:17:19,305
{\an7}THOREAU WRITES OF HIRING
A PENOBSCOT INDIAN GUIDE
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00:17:19,338 --> 00:17:22,608
{\an7}TO HELP HIM CROSS THE LAKE
\h\hIN A BIRCH BARK CANOE,
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00:17:22,642 --> 00:17:27,247
{\an7}\hOR WHAT THOREAU DESCRIBED AS
"A LITTLE EGGSHELL OF A BOAT."
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00:17:29,749 --> 00:17:32,986
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE LAKE STRETCHES
AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE
246
00:17:33,052 --> 00:17:38,291
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hUNTIL IT DISAPPEARS
INTO A GREAT DARK, GREEN FOREST.
247
00:17:40,927 --> 00:17:46,332
{\an7}THESE ARE THE 3.5 MILLION ACRES
OF MAINE‘S FAMOUS NORTH WOODS.
248
00:17:46,432 --> 00:17:50,703
{\an7}UNDER A CANOPY OF MAPLES,
\h\h\hFIRS AND WHITE PINE,
249
00:17:50,770 --> 00:17:51,904
{\an7}BLACK BEARS AND MOOSE
250
00:17:51,938 --> 00:17:55,308
{\an7}CROSS THE ANCIENT LANDS
\h\h\h\hOF THE WABANAKI.
251
00:18:03,182 --> 00:18:08,888
{\an7}TODAY, 95% OF MAINE‘S FORESTS
\h\h\h\h\hARE PRIVATELY OWNED.
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00:18:08,921 --> 00:18:12,591
{\an7}\h\h\hIN THE 1990s, A GROUP OF
HIGH PROFILE CONSERVATIONISTS
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00:18:12,625 --> 00:18:14,360
{\an7}LOBBIED TO PRESERVE
\h\h3 MILLION ACRES
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00:18:14,460 --> 00:18:17,096
{\an7}\hOF THE NORTH WOODS
AS A NATIONAL PARK--
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00:18:17,129 --> 00:18:20,032
{\an7}BUT THE EFFORT HAS STALLED.
256
00:18:20,066 --> 00:18:22,869
{\an7}WITH MORE THAN 90% OF THE STATE
COVERED WITH TREES
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00:18:22,902 --> 00:18:25,738
{\an7}AND 39 COMMERCIAL TREE SPECIES,
258
00:18:25,771 --> 00:18:27,840
{\an7}MAINE‘S FOREST PRODUCTS
\h\hINDUSTRY CONTRIBUTES
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00:18:27,873 --> 00:18:32,177
{\an7}\hOVER 4 BILLION DOLLARS
TO THE STATE‘S ECONOMY.
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00:18:32,211 --> 00:18:34,780
{\an7}MANY OF THE STATE‘S HILLS
AND MOUNTAINS ARE TOO LOW
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00:18:34,814 --> 00:18:38,818
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO BREAK CLEAR OF
THE TREE LINE--BUT NOT THIS ONE.
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00:18:46,158 --> 00:18:49,595
{\an7}\hAT OVER 5,000 FEET,
MOUNT KATAHDIN‘S PEAKS
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00:18:49,695 --> 00:18:52,331
{\an7}ARE THE HIGHEST IN MAINE.
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00:18:52,431 --> 00:18:55,901
{\an7}\hITS NAME COMES FROM
THE PENOBSCOT INDIANS
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00:18:55,935 --> 00:18:59,338
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND MEANS
"THE GREATEST MOUNTAIN."
266
00:18:59,372 --> 00:19:02,909
{\an7}THANKS TO BEING THE CENTERPIECE
OF BAXTER STATE PARK,
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00:19:02,942 --> 00:19:05,077
{\an7}WE CAN SEE THE MOUNTAIN
\h\h\h\h\hMUCH AS IT WAS
268
00:19:05,111 --> 00:19:09,082
{\an7}WHEN THOREAU SCALED IT IN 1846.
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00:19:23,029 --> 00:19:25,198
{\an7}MOUNT KATAHDIN IS ALSO
\h\h\hTHE NORTHERN END
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00:19:25,331 --> 00:19:28,634
{\an7}OF THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL,
\h\hA NATIONAL SCENIC PATH
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00:19:28,668 --> 00:19:31,237
{\an7}THAT FOLLOWS THE SPINE OF
THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
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00:19:31,270 --> 00:19:33,873
{\an7}ALL THE WAY TO GEORGIA.
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00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:40,112
{\an7}ALONGSIDE MAINE‘S
CARPET OF FORESTS,
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00:19:40,212 --> 00:19:42,981
{\an7}\hANOTHER DRAMATIC
LANDSCAPE APPEARS:
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00:19:43,082 --> 00:19:45,151
{\an7}THE BLUEBERRY FIELDS.
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00:19:48,154 --> 00:19:53,292
{\an7}MAINE IS THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF
WILD BLUEBERRIES IN THE WORLD.
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00:19:53,325 --> 00:19:58,430
{\an7}\h\h\hITS FIELDS COVER
60,000 ACRES OF LAND.
278
00:19:58,464 --> 00:19:59,832
{\an7}BY AUTUMN THE BLUEBERRIES
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00:19:59,865 --> 00:20:02,234
{\an7}HAVE ALREADY BEEN PLUCKED
\h\h\h\h\hFROM THE BUSHES
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00:20:02,268 --> 00:20:05,338
{\an7}\hAND THE LEAVES TURN
A VIVID SHADE OF RED,
281
00:20:05,438 --> 00:20:07,240
{\an7}THE COLOR OF FLAME.
282
00:20:12,111 --> 00:20:16,916
{\an7}IN THE DISTANCE, GREAT CLOUDS
\hOF SMOKE REVEAL A REAL FIRE.
283
00:20:16,949 --> 00:20:19,985
{\an7}IN A TECHNIQUE FIRST USED
\h\h\hBY NATIVE AMERICANS,
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00:20:20,019 --> 00:20:23,756
{\an7}THE BUSHES ARE CUT BACK EVERY
\h\hTWO YEARS AND THEN BURNED,
285
00:20:23,789 --> 00:20:26,258
{\an7}IN ORDER TO STIMULATE
\h\h\h\h\hNEW GROWTH.
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00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:32,832
{\an7}\h\hTHE FIRE AND SMOKE
INCREASE BERRY YIELDS
287
00:20:32,865 --> 00:20:34,467
{\an7}AND KILL INSECTS AND DISEASES
288
00:20:34,500 --> 00:20:37,403
{\an7}IN A TRADITIONAL, ORGANIC WAY.
289
00:20:42,341 --> 00:20:45,611
{\an7}\hINLAND MAINE IS A LAND
TIED TO THE GREAT RIVERS
290
00:20:45,644 --> 00:20:47,779
{\an7}THAT MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE SEA,
291
00:20:47,813 --> 00:20:50,683
{\an7}AND THE KENNEBEC
IS NO EXCEPTION.
292
00:20:53,152 --> 00:20:54,854
{\an7}FOLLOW THE KENNEBEC RIVER SOUTH
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00:20:54,887 --> 00:20:56,922
{\an7}\hFROM ITS SOURCE
AT MOOSEHEAD LAKE
294
00:20:56,956 --> 00:20:59,459
{\an7}\h\hAND YOU‘LL FIND
A BUSTLING WATERWAY,
295
00:20:59,492 --> 00:21:01,194
{\an7}BORDERED WITH TOWNS AND CITIES,
296
00:21:01,260 --> 00:21:06,432
{\an7}STRETCHING ALL THE WAY
\hTO MERRYMEETING BAY.
297
00:21:06,465 --> 00:21:11,036
{\an7}\h\hONE TOWN ON THE KENNEBEC
HOLDS STATEWIDE IMPORTANCE.
298
00:21:11,070 --> 00:21:14,974
{\an7}ONCE HOME TO THE ABENAKI PEOPLE,
IT NOW BOASTS WHAT SOME CALL
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00:21:15,007 --> 00:21:17,309
{\an7}THE FINEST BUILDING
\h\h\hIN THE STATE--
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00:21:17,443 --> 00:21:19,946
{\an7}THE CAPITOL AT AUGUSTA.
301
00:21:23,249 --> 00:21:25,651
{\an7}DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT
\h\h\hCHARLES BULFINCH
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00:21:25,684 --> 00:21:28,053
{\an7}AND BUILT FROM GRANITE
\h\h\hQUARRIED NEARBY,
303
00:21:28,087 --> 00:21:34,460
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAUGUSTA HAS BEEN
THE STATE CAPITAL SINCE 1827.
304
00:21:34,493 --> 00:21:38,163
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBY THE MID 19th CENTURY,
AUGUSTA WAS A THRIVING PORT TOWN
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00:21:38,197 --> 00:21:42,535
{\an7}WITH RIVER TRAFFIC RUNNING
\h\h\hTO AND FROM BOSTON.
306
00:21:42,568 --> 00:21:48,908
{\an7}BUT TODAY, MOST TRAVEL TO THIS
CAPITAL CITY IS BY INTERSTATE.
307
00:21:48,941 --> 00:21:50,342
{\an7}AND THE KENNEBEC RIVER
\h\h\h\hHAS BEEN LEFT
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00:21:50,376 --> 00:21:55,081
{\an7}TO WEND ITS WAY TO THE SEA
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hON ITS OWN.
309
00:21:55,114 --> 00:21:57,016
{\an7}BUT WHERE THIS RIVER
\h\h\hMEETS THE SEA,
310
00:21:57,049 --> 00:22:00,986
{\an7}HUMAN INDUSTRY RETURNS
\h\h\h\hIN A BIG WAY.
311
00:22:08,994 --> 00:22:11,530
{\an7}\hBATH IRON WORKS HAS
SUPPLIED THE U.S. NAVY
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00:22:11,564 --> 00:22:15,168
{\an7}WITH SOME OF THE TOUGHEST SHIPS
IN ITS LONG HISTORY.
313
00:22:15,267 --> 00:22:16,869
{\an7}DURING WORLD WAR II,
314
00:22:16,902 --> 00:22:22,007
{\an7}\h\hONE OUT OF FOUR AMERICAN
DESTROYERS WAS "BATH-BUILT."
315
00:22:22,041 --> 00:22:23,209
{\an7}AT THE HEIGHT OF THE WAR EFFORT,
316
00:22:23,242 --> 00:22:25,945
{\an7}WOMEN WENT TO WORK
\hAT THE SHIPYARD,
317
00:22:25,978 --> 00:22:27,046
{\an7}AND THE IRON WORKS PRODUCED
318
00:22:27,079 --> 00:22:31,850
{\an7}\hA NEW DESTROYER
EVERY THREE WEEKS.
319
00:22:31,884 --> 00:22:35,020
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHESE DAYS,
IT‘S A SLOWER PROCESS.
320
00:22:35,054 --> 00:22:38,057
{\an7}\hHERE, THE DESTROYER
U.S.S. WAYNE E. MEYER
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00:22:38,090 --> 00:22:40,059
{\an7}IS PREPARING FOR LAUNCH,
322
00:22:40,092 --> 00:22:44,129
{\an7}WHILE A SISTER SHIP
\h\hIS TAKING SHAPE.
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00:22:44,163 --> 00:22:47,767
{\an7}SHIPS FROM HERE HAVE SEEN ACTION
OFF THE COASTS OF FRANCE,
324
00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:51,437
{\an7}THE PHILIPPINES AND VIETNAM.
325
00:22:51,470 --> 00:22:55,307
{\an7}FROM THE PEACEFUL WATERS OF
MAINE TO ANY THEATER OF WAR,
326
00:22:55,341 --> 00:23:00,279
{\an7}CREWS CAME TO RESPECT AND
RELY ON BATH-BUILT SHIPS.
327
00:23:00,312 --> 00:23:02,614
{\an7}WHILE BATH‘S SHIPS
HAVE GONE TO WAR,
328
00:23:02,648 --> 00:23:07,686
{\an7}A FEW MILES WEST A FAMOUS WRITER
WAS SAID TO HAVE STARTED ONE.
329
00:23:09,889 --> 00:23:12,859
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hHERE IN BRUNSWICK,
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE WROTE
330
00:23:12,892 --> 00:23:15,862
{\an7}UNCLE TOM‘S CABIN,
THE LANDMARK BOOK
331
00:23:15,895 --> 00:23:19,799
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHAT ATTACKED
THE CRUELTY OF SLAVERY.
332
00:23:19,832 --> 00:23:24,136
{\an7}FOR THREE YEARS STOWE LIVED HERE
IN THIS BRUNSWICK HOUSE.
333
00:23:24,169 --> 00:23:26,004
{\an7}BUT IT WAS EARLIER,
\h\h\hIN CINCINNATI,
334
00:23:26,105 --> 00:23:29,709
{\an7}THAT SHE MET ESCAPED SLAVES FROM
THE BORDERING STATE OF KENTUCKY
335
00:23:29,742 --> 00:23:33,045
{\an7}AND LEARNED OF THEIR
APPALLING TREATMENT.
336
00:23:33,078 --> 00:23:36,915
{\an7}\h\hUNCLE TOM‘S CABIN
WAS PUBLISHED IN 1852
337
00:23:36,949 --> 00:23:38,784
{\an7}AND WENT ON TO BECOME
THE BEST SELLING NOVEL
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00:23:38,817 --> 00:23:40,352
{\an7}OF THE 19th CENTURY,
339
00:23:40,386 --> 00:23:43,990
{\an7}AND THE SECOND BEST SELLING BOOK
FOLLOWING THE BIBLE.
340
00:23:44,023 --> 00:23:46,692
{\an7}\h\hIT‘S CLAIMED THAT WHEN
PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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00:23:46,725 --> 00:23:48,493
{\an7}MET STOWE DURING THE CIVIL WAR,
342
00:23:48,527 --> 00:23:51,563
{\an7}HE SAID, "SO YOU‘RE THE LITTLE
\h\h\hWOMAN WHO WROTE THE BOOK
343
00:23:51,597 --> 00:23:53,866
{\an7}THAT MADE THIS GREAT WAR."
344
00:23:56,201 --> 00:23:59,171
{\an7}\h\hSTOWE‘S HUSBAND TAUGHT
AT NEARBY BOWDOIN COLLEGE
345
00:23:59,204 --> 00:24:01,707
{\an7}AND IT‘S CAMPUS LORE
THAT SHE OFTEN WROTE
346
00:24:01,740 --> 00:24:05,911
{\an7}IN HIS STUDY IN APPLETON HALL.
347
00:24:05,945 --> 00:24:09,649
{\an7}THE SMALL BUT PRESTIGIOUS
\hCOLLEGE DATES FROM 1794,
348
00:24:09,682 --> 00:24:13,219
{\an7}AND ITS LITERARY TRADITION HAD
STARTED AS EARLY AS THE 1820s
349
00:24:13,252 --> 00:24:16,922
{\an7}WHEN WRITERS NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
AND HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
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00:24:16,956 --> 00:24:19,659
{\an7}WERE CLASSMATES HERE.
351
00:24:19,692 --> 00:24:22,094
{\an7}LONGFELLOW, A TRUE SON OF MAINE,
352
00:24:22,127 --> 00:24:27,332
{\an7}\hWENT ON TO BECOME AMERICA‘S
MOST LOVED 19th CENTURY POET.
353
00:24:27,366 --> 00:24:30,002
{\an7}THE LINES, "SHIPS THAT
\hPASS IN THE NIGHT,"
354
00:24:30,035 --> 00:24:32,804
{\an7}\hAND "FOOTPRINTS ON
THE SANDS OF TIME,"
355
00:24:32,838 --> 00:24:36,875
{\an7}WERE ORIGINALLY LONGFELLOW‘S,
\h\hBUT ARE NOW SO WELL-KNOWN
356
00:24:36,909 --> 00:24:40,146
{\an7}\h\hTHEY‘RE SIMPLY PART
OF THE AMERICAN LEXICON.
357
00:24:50,956 --> 00:24:54,193
{\an7}\h\h\hMAINE‘S WEALTH IS NOT
JUST ITS WRITERS AND POETS,
358
00:24:54,226 --> 00:24:55,961
{\an7}BUT ALSO ITS WILDERNESS.
359
00:24:58,263 --> 00:25:01,767
{\an7}IN THE 17th CENTURY, IT WAS
ENGLAND‘S DEMAND FOR LUMBER
360
00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,970
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT DROVE
THE SETTLEMENT OF MAINE.
361
00:25:05,004 --> 00:25:07,607
{\an7}THROUGH THE 18th CENTURY,
\hLUMBER BARONS GREW RICH
362
00:25:07,639 --> 00:25:12,010
{\an7}ON THE STATE‘S FABLED FORESTS
\h\h\hOF OAK, PINE AND SPRUCE.
363
00:25:14,813 --> 00:25:18,350
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND THE CITY OF BANGOR,
LOCATED ON THE PENOBSCOT RIVER,
364
00:25:18,384 --> 00:25:21,888
{\an7}PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE
IN THE TIMBER TRADE.
365
00:25:28,227 --> 00:25:30,396
{\an7}AT THE ENTRANCE OF BANGOR
\h\h\h\h\hSTANDS EVIDENCE
366
00:25:30,429 --> 00:25:34,433
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hOF JUST HOW SERIOUS
THIS TOWN IS ABOUT ITS LUMBER.
367
00:25:34,500 --> 00:25:35,935
{\an7}A 31-FOOT TALL STATUE
368
00:25:36,035 --> 00:25:39,805
{\an7}OF THE MYTHICAL LUMBERJACK
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPAUL BUNYAN.
369
00:25:39,838 --> 00:25:44,643
{\an7}\h\hUNTIL THE 1870s, BANGOR WAS
THE LUMBER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
370
00:25:44,676 --> 00:25:46,011
{\an7}WITH A BILLION FEET OF TIMBER
371
00:25:46,111 --> 00:25:49,214
{\an7}\h\hSHIPPED FROM ITS DOCKS
DOWN THE PENOBSCOT RIVER.
372
00:25:53,118 --> 00:25:56,588
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hBY THE 20th CENTURY,
THE LUMBER TRADE HAD MOVED WEST
373
00:25:56,655 --> 00:26:00,626
{\an7}AND BANGOR‘S GLORY DAYS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWERE OVER.
374
00:26:00,659 --> 00:26:05,164
{\an7}TODAY BANGOR‘S ECONOMY IS BASED
ON WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE.
375
00:26:05,197 --> 00:26:07,232
{\an7}IT‘S ONCE AGAIN A THRIVING CITY
376
00:26:07,266 --> 00:26:11,070
{\an7}AND THE COMMERCIAL AND CULTURAL
CENTER OF EASTERN MAINE.
377
00:26:13,505 --> 00:26:14,973
{\an7}THE CITY IS ALSO HOME
378
00:26:15,007 --> 00:26:17,776
{\an7}TO ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC
\h\h\hAUTHORS IN THE WORLD,
379
00:26:17,876 --> 00:26:22,013
{\an7}\h\hCREDITED WITH ALMOST
AS MANY MOVIES AS BOOKS.
380
00:26:29,822 --> 00:26:32,925
{\an7}"ONCE UPON A TIME,
\hNOT SO LONG AGO,
381
00:26:33,025 --> 00:26:37,296
{\an7}A MONSTER CAME TO THE SMALL TOWN
OF CASTLE ROCK, MAINE."
382
00:26:40,499 --> 00:26:42,568
{\an7}CUJO,
383
00:26:42,601 --> 00:26:47,940
{\an7}PENNED BY THE GRAND MASTER OF
\h\hTHE MACABRE, STEPHEN KING.
384
00:26:47,973 --> 00:26:49,608
{\an7}MAINE BORN AND RAISED,
385
00:26:49,708 --> 00:26:53,946
{\an7}\h\hKING NOW MAKES HIS HOME IN
AN OLD LUMBER BARON‘S MANSION.
386
00:26:53,979 --> 00:26:57,382
{\an7}HIS BEST SELLING HORROR STORIES
THE MIST
387
00:26:57,416 --> 00:26:59,351
{\an7}OFTEN FEATURE REAL MAINE TOWNS
388
00:26:59,384 --> 00:27:04,289
{\an7}\hAND FICTIONAL ONES LIKE
CASTLE ROCK AS A BACKDROP.
389
00:27:04,323 --> 00:27:06,492
{\an7}IN KEEPING WITH KING‘S
\hDARK SENSE OF HUMOR,
390
00:27:06,525 --> 00:27:12,097
{\an7}HIS HOME IS PROTECTED BY A GATE
ADORNED WITH BATS AND SPIDERS.
391
00:27:23,008 --> 00:27:25,544
{\an7}\h\hJUST SOUTH OF BANGOR,
IT‘S THE DIZZYING HEIGHTS
392
00:27:25,577 --> 00:27:30,615
{\an7}OF PENOBSCOT NARROWS BRIDGE
THAT CAN FRIGHTEN VISITORS.
393
00:27:30,649 --> 00:27:33,852
{\an7}IT‘S THE TALLEST PUBLIC BRIDGE
\h\h\hOBSERVATORY IN THE WORLD
394
00:27:33,952 --> 00:27:35,954
{\an7}\h\hAND REQUIRES A RIDE
IN THE FASTEST ELEVATOR
395
00:27:35,988 --> 00:27:38,924
{\an7}IN MAINE TO GET THERE.
396
00:27:38,957 --> 00:27:41,993
{\an7}FROM 420 FEET IN THE AIR,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE VIEWS
397
00:27:42,027 --> 00:27:43,495
{\an7}OF THE PENOBSCOT NARROWS BRIDGE
398
00:27:43,529 --> 00:27:47,767
{\an7}AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE
ARE BREATHTAKING.
399
00:27:52,070 --> 00:27:53,939
{\an7}SO TOO IS THE SYMMETRY OF ONE OF
400
00:27:54,039 --> 00:27:56,608
{\an7}THE NATION‘S BEST
\hPRESERVED FORTS.
401
00:27:56,708 --> 00:27:58,276
{\an7}NAMED AFTER HENRY KNOX,
402
00:27:58,310 --> 00:28:02,915
{\an7}\h\hAMERICA‘S FIRST SECRETARY
OF WAR, AND FINISHED IN 1844,
403
00:28:02,948 --> 00:28:07,052
{\an7}IT WAS THE FIRST FORT IN MAINE
\h\h\hTO BE BUILT OF GRANITE.
404
00:28:10,589 --> 00:28:13,959
{\an7}WHILE THIS FORT KNOX DOESN‘T
\h\h\h\hHOLD AMERICA‘S GOLD,
405
00:28:14,059 --> 00:28:17,095
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIT LOOKS LIKE
IT WOULD BE SAFE HERE.
406
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:25,404
{\an7}MAINE‘S GREAT FORESTS PART
TO REVEAL BLUEBERRY FARMS,
407
00:28:25,437 --> 00:28:28,907
{\an7}LAKES AND RIVERS THAT MAKE
\hTHIS BREAK IN THE TREES
408
00:28:28,941 --> 00:28:31,510
{\an7}SEEM VERY OUT OF PLACE.
409
00:28:31,610 --> 00:28:34,179
{\an7}THE DESERT OF MAINE.
410
00:28:34,279 --> 00:28:38,316
{\an7}ITS VERY STRANGE STORY BEGINS
\h\hMORE THAN 10,000 YEARS AGO
411
00:28:38,350 --> 00:28:40,018
{\an7}\hWHEN THE GLACIERS
OF THE LAST ICE AGE
412
00:28:40,052 --> 00:28:43,722
{\an7}\hGROUND SOIL AND ROCKS INTO
A LAYER OF DESERT-LIKE SAND
413
00:28:43,755 --> 00:28:46,091
{\an7}SOME 80 FEET DEEP.
414
00:28:48,093 --> 00:28:50,996
{\an7}OVER TIME, TOPSOIL MADE
\hA CAP OVER THE DESERT
415
00:28:51,096 --> 00:28:54,099
{\an7}HIDING IT UNTIL COLONIAL FARMERS
AND SHEEPHERDERS
416
00:28:54,132 --> 00:28:56,935
{\an7}ERODED THE SOIL.
417
00:28:56,969 --> 00:29:00,639
{\an7}AND THEN THE DESERT
OF MAINE REAPPEARED.
418
00:29:07,379 --> 00:29:12,551
{\an7}AT THE SOUTH END OF CASCO BAY,
\hTHE MAINE COASTLINE CHANGES.
419
00:29:12,651 --> 00:29:15,220
{\an7}\h\h\hHERE, THE SANDY
SHORELINE OF THE SOUTH
420
00:29:15,254 --> 00:29:18,991
{\an7}BREAKS INTO A SERIES OF ISLANDS
CARVED BY MELTING GLACIERS
421
00:29:19,024 --> 00:29:23,996
{\an7}THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO--
\hTHE CALENDAR ISLANDS.
422
00:29:24,029 --> 00:29:27,332
{\an7}THE ISLANDS WE SEE TODAY
\h\hWERE ONCE MOUNTAINS
423
00:29:27,366 --> 00:29:32,171
{\an7}UNTIL THEY WERE DROWNED
BY A SEA OF MELTING ICE.
424
00:29:32,204 --> 00:29:35,574
{\an7}\h\hWHILE ALL THE ISLANDS
HAVE FELT NATURE‘S WRATH,
425
00:29:35,674 --> 00:29:39,011
{\an7}ONE TRAGIC STORY OF
\h\hMAN‘S INHUMANITY
426
00:29:39,044 --> 00:29:43,615
{\an7}BEGAN HERE ON HARBOR ISLAND.
427
00:29:43,649 --> 00:29:46,819
{\an7}IN 1794, BENJAMIN DARLING,
428
00:29:46,852 --> 00:29:49,021
{\an7}\h\h\h\hA FORMER SLAVE
FROM THE WEST INDIES,
429
00:29:49,054 --> 00:29:50,923
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBOUGHT THIS ISLAND
WITH THE MONEY HE WAS GIVEN
430
00:29:50,956 --> 00:29:53,992
{\an7}FOR SAVING HIS MASTER‘S LIFE
\h\h\h\h\h\hIN A SHIPWRECK.
431
00:29:54,026 --> 00:29:57,363
{\an7}HE CALLED IT HORSE ISLAND.
432
00:29:57,396 --> 00:29:59,865
{\an7}\h\h\hOVER GENERATIONS,
HIS DESCENDANTS SETTLED
433
00:29:59,898 --> 00:30:02,601
{\an7}ON THE NEARBY ISLAND OF MALAGA,
434
00:30:02,634 --> 00:30:04,402
{\an7}WHERE THEY INTERMARRIED
\h\h\h\h\h\hWITH WHITES
435
00:30:04,436 --> 00:30:07,940
{\an7}AND EKED OUT A LIVING
\h\h\h\hFROM THE SEA.
436
00:30:07,973 --> 00:30:09,475
{\an7}AFTER THE CIVIL WAR,
437
00:30:09,508 --> 00:30:12,945
{\an7}SUSPICION OF THE MIXED RACE
\h\h\h\h\h\hCOMMUNITY GREW.
438
00:30:12,978 --> 00:30:14,413
{\an7}NEWSPAPER ARTICLES CALLED IT
439
00:30:14,479 --> 00:30:18,984
{\an7}"A BLIGHT ON AN OTHERWISE
\h\h\h\hPICTURESQUE ISLE."
440
00:30:19,017 --> 00:30:22,888
{\an7}IN 1912, IN A SAD CHAPTER
\hOF THE STATE‘S HISTORY,
441
00:30:22,921 --> 00:30:26,758
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE GOVERNMENT DECIDED
MALAGA WAS AN EMBARRASSMENT.
442
00:30:26,858 --> 00:30:28,093
{\an7}THE STATE COMMITTED EIGHT PEOPLE
443
00:30:28,193 --> 00:30:30,696
{\an7}\hTO THE MAINE SCHOOL
FOR THE FEEBLE-MINDED
444
00:30:30,796 --> 00:30:32,898
{\an7}AND EVICTED THE REST.
445
00:30:32,931 --> 00:30:36,902
{\an7}\hTHEY EVEN DESTROYED
THE ISLAND‘S CEMETERY.
446
00:30:36,935 --> 00:30:39,571
{\an7}\h\h\h\hSOME FAMILIES MOVED
THEIR HOMES TO THE MAINLAND.
447
00:30:39,671 --> 00:30:41,740
{\an7}OTHERS MOVED TO NEARBY ISLANDS.
448
00:30:41,807 --> 00:30:46,745
{\an7}A FEW MAY EVEN HAVE ENDED UP
BACK HERE ON HARBOR ISLAND.
449
00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,122
{\an7}WITH TREACHEROUS TIDES,
\h\h\h\h\h\hHIDDEN REEFS
450
00:30:57,222 --> 00:31:00,892
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND SHOALS STRETCHING
3,500 MILES, IT‘S NO SURPRISE
451
00:31:00,926 --> 00:31:05,230
{\an7}THAT MAINE‘S COASTLINE
\hHAS 60 LIGHTHOUSES.
452
00:31:09,101 --> 00:31:12,871
{\an7}LOOK IN YOUR POCKET AND YOU MAY
FIND THIS ONE ON A COIN.
453
00:31:12,904 --> 00:31:16,174
{\an7}\hIT‘S THE PEMAQUID POINT LIGHT,
CHOSEN BY THE STATE‘S RESIDENTS
454
00:31:16,208 --> 00:31:19,044
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTO BE FEATURED
ON THE MAINE QUARTER.
455
00:31:19,077 --> 00:31:24,015
{\an7}IN 1635, BEFORE THE LIGHT WAS
BUILT, A MAN NAMED JOHN BAILEY
456
00:31:24,049 --> 00:31:27,586
{\an7}SAILED FOR THE NEW WORLD LEAVING
HIS WIFE BEHIND TO FOLLOW HIM
457
00:31:27,619 --> 00:31:30,956
{\an7}ONCE HE HAD ESTABLISHED A HOME.
458
00:31:30,989 --> 00:31:33,124
{\an7}THE ANGEL GABRIEL,
459
00:31:33,158 --> 00:31:36,128
{\an7}WAS SMASHED TO PIECES
\h\h\hIN A STORM HERE.
460
00:31:36,161 --> 00:31:38,230
{\an7}AND ALTHOUGH BAILEY SURVIVED,
461
00:31:38,263 --> 00:31:41,733
{\an7}HIS WIFE WAS AFRAID
\h\h\hTO FOLLOW HIM.
462
00:31:41,767 --> 00:31:44,903
{\an7}THEY NEVER SAW EACH OTHER AGAIN.
463
00:31:50,075 --> 00:31:54,613
{\an7}PEMAQUID POINT LIGHT WAS BUILT
\h\h\hON THE MAINLAND IN 1827.
464
00:31:57,082 --> 00:31:58,951
{\an7}FROM ITS LEDGE-TOP TOWER
\h\h\h\hTHE LIGHT SHINES
465
00:31:59,017 --> 00:32:02,153
{\an7}14 NAUTICAL MILES OUT TO SEA,
466
00:32:02,187 --> 00:32:07,092
{\an7}\hIN THE HOPE THAT NO MORE SHIPS
WILL FOUNDER ON THE ROCKS BELOW.
467
00:32:17,102 --> 00:32:20,038
{\an7}ONE OF THE MOST IDYLLIC
RAILWAYS IN THE COUNTRY,
468
00:32:20,071 --> 00:32:23,041
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE MAINE EASTERN,
CROSSES THE SHEEPSCOT RIVER
469
00:32:23,074 --> 00:32:27,779
{\an7}TO REACH A PERFECTLY PRESERVED
\h\hMAINE VILLAGE: WISCASSET.
470
00:32:27,813 --> 00:32:29,014
{\an7}\hAT THE START OF
THE 19th CENTURY,
471
00:32:29,047 --> 00:32:32,584
{\an7}THIS WAS THE BUSIEST
\hPORT IN THE STATE.
472
00:32:32,617 --> 00:32:35,954
{\an7}SOME SAY THAT THERE WERE SO MANY
SHIPS ANCHORED OFF WISCASSET,
473
00:32:35,987 --> 00:32:40,692
{\an7}YOU COULD CROSS THE HARBOR,
\h\h\hSTEPPING DECK TO DECK.
474
00:32:40,725 --> 00:32:44,862
{\an7}THE TOWN PROUDLY CALLS ITSELF
\h"MAINE‘S PRETTIEST VILLAGE"
475
00:32:44,896 --> 00:32:47,098
{\an7}\h\h\hAND FROM THE AIR,
WITH ITS HISTORIC HOUSES
476
00:32:47,199 --> 00:32:50,636
{\an7}SET OFF AGAINST A BACKDROP OF
\h\h\h\hCOLORFUL FALL LEAVES,
477
00:32:50,669 --> 00:32:53,272
{\an7}IT‘S EASY TO SEE WHY.
478
00:32:59,478 --> 00:33:01,480
{\an7}ONE OF THE GREAT WALKS
\h\hIN MAINE HAS TO BE
479
00:33:01,513 --> 00:33:06,318
{\an7}ALONG THE GRANITE BREAKWATER
\h\h\h\hOF ROCKLAND HARBOR.
480
00:33:06,351 --> 00:33:08,987
{\an7}COMPLETED IN 1899,
\h\hTHE BREAKWATER
481
00:33:09,020 --> 00:33:11,990
{\an7}LEADS TO A LIGHTHOUSE
\h\hON PENOBSCOT BAY.
482
00:33:14,159 --> 00:33:15,494
{\an7}FISHING VESSELS AND FERRIES
483
00:33:15,527 --> 00:33:20,332
{\an7}PASS BY THE GRANITE LEDGE
\h\h\h\h\h\hALL YEAR LONG.
484
00:33:20,432 --> 00:33:22,935
{\an7}AND IN JULY THE BREAKWATER
\h\h\h\h\hBECOMES THE SITE
485
00:33:22,968 --> 00:33:25,838
{\an7}OF THE ANNUAL MAINE
\hWINDJAMMER PARADE
486
00:33:25,871 --> 00:33:29,308
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hFEATURING A DISPLAY OF
TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY CARGO SHIPS.
487
00:33:31,142 --> 00:33:33,211
{\an7}\hON THE WEST SIDE
OF PENOBSCOT BAY,
488
00:33:33,245 --> 00:33:36,715
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE BUSY FISHING PORT OF
ROCKLAND IS KNOWN TO VISITORS
489
00:33:36,748 --> 00:33:38,216
{\an7}AS THE PLACE TO CATCH FERRIES
490
00:33:38,250 --> 00:33:40,719
{\an7}\h\hTO THE SPLENDID
ISLANDS OF THE BAY.
491
00:33:43,088 --> 00:33:46,191
{\an7}\h\hSOUTHWEST OF ROCKLAND,
IN THE VILLAGE OF CUSHING,
492
00:33:46,224 --> 00:33:49,928
{\an7}\hIS A SITE MADE FAMOUS
BY PAINTER ANDREW WYETH.
493
00:33:52,030 --> 00:33:54,599
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hHERE, A STARK,
WEATHER-BEATEN FARMHOUSE
494
00:33:54,633 --> 00:34:00,372
{\an7}\h\hOVERLOOKS A RIVER AND
IN THE DISTANCE, THE SEA.
495
00:34:00,405 --> 00:34:03,909
{\an7}IN THE 1940s, THE OLSON FAMILY,
WHO OWNED THE HOUSE,
496
00:34:03,942 --> 00:34:06,445
{\an7}\h\hOFFERED A YOUNG
ANDREW WYETH A ROOM
497
00:34:06,545 --> 00:34:08,747
{\an7}AS A PART-TIME STUDIO.
498
00:34:08,780 --> 00:34:10,315
{\an7}WYETH DEPICTED THE OLSON HOUSE
499
00:34:10,348 --> 00:34:14,319
{\an7}IN HIS HAUNTING PAINTING
\h\h\hCHRISTINA‘S WORLD.
500
00:34:14,386 --> 00:34:17,923
{\an7}IN THE PAINTING A YOUNG GIRL,
\h\h\h\h\hDISABLED WITH POLIO,
501
00:34:17,956 --> 00:34:20,592
{\an7}CRAWLS UP THE HILL
TOWARDS HER HOUSE.
502
00:34:20,625 --> 00:34:23,027
{\an7}IT‘S ONE OF THE BEST-KNOWN
\h\hWORKS OF AMERICAN ART,
503
00:34:23,061 --> 00:34:27,699
{\an7}\h\h\hNOW EXHIBITED
IN NEW YORK‘S MOMA.
504
00:34:27,732 --> 00:34:30,668
{\an7}FROM THE TIME HE MADE HIS FIRST
DRAWINGS OF MAINE‘S ISLANDS
505
00:34:30,702 --> 00:34:34,005
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAT AGE TEN
UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 2009,
506
00:34:34,039 --> 00:34:36,241
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWYETH CAPTURED
A VISION OF RURAL MAINE
507
00:34:36,308 --> 00:34:39,311
{\an7}THAT IS BOTH BEAUTIFUL
\h\h\h\hAND SYMBOLIC.
508
00:34:41,713 --> 00:34:43,748
{\an7}OF THE OLSON HOUSE, WYETH SAID,
509
00:34:43,782 --> 00:34:48,053
{\an7}"I JUST COULDN‘T STAY AWAY
FROM THERE, IT WAS MAINE."
510
00:34:50,789 --> 00:34:53,859
{\an7}FURTHER UP THE COAST TO
THE NORTH LIES ROCKPORT,
511
00:34:53,892 --> 00:34:55,527
{\an7}AN ARTISTS‘ COLONY WITH ONE OF
512
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:58,930
{\an7}THE LOVELIEST HARBORS
\h\h\h\hIN THE STATE.
513
00:35:03,868 --> 00:35:07,305
{\an7}UNSPOILED BY OVERDEVELOPMENT,
\h\h\h\h\h\hITS NARROW HARBOR
514
00:35:07,405 --> 00:35:09,674
{\an7}SERVES BOTH THE WORKING
\h\h\h\h\hLOBSTER BOATS
515
00:35:09,708 --> 00:35:12,644
{\an7}AND CLASSIC WOODEN
\h\hSAILING SHIPS.
516
00:35:20,919 --> 00:35:23,989
{\an7}ROUNDING THE PENINSULA
\hNORTH FROM ROCKPORT,
517
00:35:24,022 --> 00:35:27,893
{\an7}THE TOWN OF CAMDEN LIES NESTLED
AMID GENTLY SLOPING MOUNTAINS
518
00:35:27,926 --> 00:35:30,462
{\an7}\h\h\hAT THE EDGE OF
A SHELTERED HARBOR.
519
00:35:30,495 --> 00:35:32,530
{\an7}THE TOWN THAT BEGAN
AS A FISHING VILLAGE
520
00:35:32,631 --> 00:35:36,602
{\an7}\hIS STILL A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE
MAKE THEIR LIVING FROM THE SEA,
521
00:35:36,668 --> 00:35:39,037
{\an7}\hNOT FROM FISHING
BUT FROM TOURISTS
522
00:35:39,070 --> 00:35:42,106
{\an7}EAGER TO EXPLORE THE OCEANSIDE.
523
00:35:42,207 --> 00:35:45,310
{\an7}TODAY THE HARBOR BUZZES
\h\hWITH PLEASURE CRAFT
524
00:35:45,343 --> 00:35:48,279
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND THE HOMES OF
19th CENTURY SEA CAPTAINS
525
00:35:48,380 --> 00:35:52,584
{\an7}HAVE BECOME LUXURY HOTELS.
526
00:35:52,617 --> 00:35:55,854
{\an7}IT WAS IN ONE OF THOSE HOTELS,
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE WHITEHALL INN,
527
00:35:55,887 --> 00:35:58,189
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHAT THE YOUNG
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY
528
00:35:58,223 --> 00:36:03,428
{\an7}RECITED HER AWARD-WINNING POEM,
RENASCENCE.
529
00:36:03,528 --> 00:36:06,297
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hELEVEN YEARS LATER,
MILLAY BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN
530
00:36:06,331 --> 00:36:11,002
{\an7}TO WIN A PULITZER PRIZE
\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR POETRY.
531
00:36:11,036 --> 00:36:13,972
{\an7}\hTODAY 6,5000 ACRES
OF THE CAMDEN HILLS,
532
00:36:14,072 --> 00:36:19,010
{\an7}WHICH INSPIRED MILLAY‘S POETRY,
ARE PRESERVED AS A STATE PARK.
533
00:36:21,079 --> 00:36:23,848
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDESCRIBES
BOTH THE LANDSCAPE
534
00:36:23,882 --> 00:36:27,919
{\an7}AND A STATE OF MIND.
535
00:36:27,952 --> 00:36:30,188
{\an7}\h\h"ALL I COULD SEE
FROM WHERE I STOOD,
536
00:36:30,221 --> 00:36:33,558
{\an7}WAS THREE LONG MOUNTAINS
\h\h\h\h\h\hAND A WOOD,
537
00:36:33,591 --> 00:36:38,563
{\an7}I TURNED AND LOOKED ANOTHER WAY,
AND SAW THREE ISLANDS IN A BAY.
538
00:36:38,596 --> 00:36:40,932
{\an7}\hSO WITH MY EYES
I TRACED THE LINE
539
00:36:41,032 --> 00:36:44,469
{\an7}OF THE HORIZON, THIN AND FINE,
540
00:36:44,502 --> 00:36:46,871
{\an7}STRAIGHT AROUND TILL I WAS COME
541
00:36:46,971 --> 00:36:52,109
{\an7}BACK TO WHERE I‘D STARTED FROM;
542
00:36:52,210 --> 00:36:54,946
{\an7}AND ALL I SAW FROM WHERE I STOOD
543
00:36:55,046 --> 00:37:00,184
{\an7}WAS THREE LONG MOUNTAINS
\h\h\h\h\h\hAND A WOOD."
544
00:37:00,218 --> 00:37:03,354
{\an7}THE POEM, WHICH BECAME THE TITLE
OF MILLAY‘S FIRST BOOK,
545
00:37:03,388 --> 00:37:07,759
{\an7}IS STILL A FAVORITE OF THOSE
\hWHO CHOOSE TO WANDER HERE
546
00:37:07,792 --> 00:37:10,795
{\an7}\h\hAMONG THE HILLS
AND WOODS OF MAINE.
547
00:37:13,131 --> 00:37:15,867
{\an7}FOR THOSE WHO‘D RATHER
\h\hCLIMB THAN WANDER,
548
00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:18,903
{\an7}MOUNT BATTIE OFFERS STUNNING
\h\h\h\h\h\hVIEWS OF CAMDEN
549
00:37:18,937 --> 00:37:21,940
{\an7}\hAND THE ISLANDS
OF PENOBSCOT BAY.
550
00:37:36,654 --> 00:37:42,260
{\an7}NORTHEAST OF CAMDEN IS A SMALL
PENINSULA THAT HOLDS CASTINE.
551
00:37:42,293 --> 00:37:46,631
{\an7}\h\h\hITS TRANQUIL IMAGE
BELIES A COLORFUL PAST.
552
00:37:53,772 --> 00:37:55,941
{\an7}IN THE 17th CENTURY
\hIT WAS FOUGHT OVER
553
00:37:55,974 --> 00:37:58,176
{\an7}\hBY THE ENGLISH,
FRENCH AND DUTCH.
554
00:37:58,209 --> 00:38:01,212
{\an7}IT TAKES ITS NAME FROM
\hBARON DE ST. CASTIN,
555
00:38:01,246 --> 00:38:04,816
{\an7}A YOUNG FRENCHMAN WHO MARRIED
\hA NATIVE PENOBSCOT PRINCESS
556
00:38:04,849 --> 00:38:07,852
{\an7}AND BECAME AN ABENAKI CHIEF.
557
00:38:11,856 --> 00:38:14,992
{\an7}THE BRITISH TOOK CASTINE DURING
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION,
558
00:38:15,026 --> 00:38:16,861
{\an7}BUILDING FORT GEORGE
\h\h\h\hAS A DEFENSE
559
00:38:16,895 --> 00:38:19,264
{\an7}AGAINST THE COLONIAL FORCES.
560
00:38:19,297 --> 00:38:24,135
{\an7}\hTODAY IT‘S THE SITE
OF A LOCAL BALLFIELD.
561
00:38:24,169 --> 00:38:27,739
{\an7}IN AN ILL-FATED MISSION CALLED
\h\hTHE PENOBSCOT EXPEDITION,
562
00:38:27,772 --> 00:38:31,976
{\an7}AMERICANS TRIED BUT FAILED
\h\h\h\hTO RETAKE CASTINE.
563
00:38:32,010 --> 00:38:34,846
{\an7}\hAFTER THE BRITISH NAVY
SET THEIR SHIPS ABLAZE,
564
00:38:34,879 --> 00:38:36,781
{\an7}REVOLUTIONARY TROOPS
WERE FORCED TO FLEE
565
00:38:36,881 --> 00:38:39,117
{\an7}OVERLAND BACK TO BOSTON.
566
00:38:39,150 --> 00:38:41,986
{\an7}\h\hIT WAS THE GREATEST
AMERICAN NAVAL DISASTER
567
00:38:42,020 --> 00:38:44,356
{\an7}UNTIL PEARL HARBOR.
568
00:38:48,593 --> 00:38:51,129
{\an7}\h\hTHE "DOWN EAST COAST,"
AS MAINERS CALL EVERYTHING
569
00:38:51,229 --> 00:38:56,801
{\an7}\h\h\h\hEAST OF PENOBSCOT BAY,
IS SIMPLY A SAILOR‘S PARADISE.
570
00:38:56,835 --> 00:39:00,472
{\an7}\h\hSAILING ALONG THE COAST
ON A FAIR WIND FROM CASTINE,
571
00:39:00,505 --> 00:39:02,741
{\an7}\h\hVESSELS ARRIVE AT ONE
OF THE GREATEST TREASURES
572
00:39:02,774 --> 00:39:07,045
{\an7}OF THE UNITED STATES:
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK.
573
00:39:12,116 --> 00:39:14,986
{\an7}\hTHE PARK INCLUDES
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND,
574
00:39:15,019 --> 00:39:17,989
{\an7}THE LARGEST ISLAND IN MAINE.
575
00:39:18,022 --> 00:39:21,325
{\an7}\hTHE NAME COMES FROM FRENCH
EXPLORER SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN
576
00:39:21,426 --> 00:39:25,864
{\an7}WHO LANDED ON THE ISLAND
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN 1604.
577
00:39:25,897 --> 00:39:27,866
{\an7}HE WROTE IN HIS JOURNAL,
578
00:39:27,899 --> 00:39:30,702
{\an7}\h"THE MOUNTAIN SUMMITS
ARE ALL BARE AND ROCKY.
579
00:39:30,802 --> 00:39:34,739
{\an7}\h\h\hI NAME IT ISLAND
OF DESERT MOUNTAINS."
580
00:39:39,477 --> 00:39:42,280
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCENTURIES LATER,
ACADIA BECAME THE SUMMER HOME
581
00:39:42,313 --> 00:39:44,782
{\an7}OF THE ROBBER BARONS
\hOF THE GILDED AGE:
582
00:39:44,816 --> 00:39:48,086
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE ROCKEFELLERS,
MORGANS AND VANDERBILTS.
583
00:39:48,119 --> 00:39:49,287
{\an7}THEY WERE DRAWN BY THE PAINTINGS
584
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:51,989
{\an7}\h\h\hOF THOMAS COLE
AND FREDERIC CHURCH,
585
00:39:52,023 --> 00:39:55,827
{\an7}WHO CAPTURED THE ISLAND‘S
AWE-INSPIRING WILDERNESS.
586
00:40:07,538 --> 00:40:10,107
{\an7}\h\h\hJ.P. MORGAN MOORED
HIS YACHT IN THE HARBOR
587
00:40:10,141 --> 00:40:12,577
{\an7}AND OTHER WEALTHY RESIDENTS
\h\h\h\h\hENTERTAINED GUESTS
588
00:40:12,610 --> 00:40:15,947
{\an7}IN LAVISH HOUSES BY THE SEA.
589
00:40:15,980 --> 00:40:18,883
{\an7}\h\h\hBUT AS MORE AND MORE
PEOPLE INHABITED THE AREA,
590
00:40:18,917 --> 00:40:21,753
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE WILDERNESS
STARTED TO DISAPPEAR.
591
00:40:21,786 --> 00:40:25,757
{\an7}REALIZING THAT AMERICA‘S WILD
\hLANDS WOULDN‘T LAST FOREVER,
592
00:40:25,790 --> 00:40:29,127
{\an7}A GROUP OF PHILANTHROPISTS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSTEPPED IN.
593
00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:32,196
{\an7}IN 1901 THE ROCKEFELLERS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND OTHERS
594
00:40:32,230 --> 00:40:35,734
{\an7}BEGAN BUYING HUGE TRACTS OF
\h\hFORESTS FOR PUBLIC USE.
595
00:40:35,767 --> 00:40:40,071
{\an7}\h\hAND IN 1919 THEY CONVINCED
WASHINGTON TO DECLARE THE AREA
596
00:40:40,104 --> 00:40:45,376
{\an7}THE FIRST NATIONAL PARK
EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
597
00:40:45,410 --> 00:40:50,749
{\an7}TODAY DESERT ISLAND‘S BAR HARBOR
IS FAR LESS EXCLUSIVE,
598
00:40:50,782 --> 00:40:54,352
{\an7}BUT IT REMAINS A BEAUTIFUL
\h\h\h\h\h\hSEASIDE TOWN.
599
00:40:58,489 --> 00:41:01,792
{\an7}\h\hHIGH ABOVE THE HARBOR
STANDS CADILLAC MOUNTAIN,
600
00:41:01,893 --> 00:41:05,530
{\an7}CLIMBING OVER 1,500 FEET.
601
00:41:05,563 --> 00:41:09,300
{\an7}\h\h\hTHIS IS THE HIGHEST POINT
ALONG THE NORTH ATLANTIC COAST,
602
00:41:09,334 --> 00:41:11,736
{\an7}AND IS SAID TO BE THE FIRST
\hPLACE IN THE UNITED STATES
603
00:41:11,769 --> 00:41:15,106
{\an7}TO RECEIVE THE SUN‘S
\h\h\hRAYS EACH DAY.
604
00:41:25,416 --> 00:41:28,352
{\an7}\h\h\hBUT EXPLORING ACADIA
NATIONAL PARK FROM THE SEA
605
00:41:28,386 --> 00:41:30,521
{\an7}CAN BE EVEN MORE EXCITING.
606
00:41:30,655 --> 00:41:35,026
{\an7}\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.
607
00:41:35,059 --> 00:41:36,827
{\an7}SHE WAS BUILT IN 1998
\h\h\h\h\hIN THE STYLE
608
00:41:36,861 --> 00:41:39,964
{\an7}OF A TRADITIONAL CARGO SCHOONER.
609
00:41:39,998 --> 00:41:44,102
{\an7}BUT THESE BOATS ARE NOW KNOWN
\h\h\hLOCALLY AS WINDJAMMERS.
610
00:41:44,135 --> 00:41:47,105
{\an7}SOME SAY THE NAME WINDJAMMERS
\h\h\hWAS THE DEROGATORY TERM
611
00:41:47,138 --> 00:41:50,041
{\an7}USED BY EARLY STEAMSHIP SAILORS
TO DESCRIBE THE CREWS
612
00:41:50,074 --> 00:41:54,478
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hOF OLD FASHIONED
WIND-POWERED CARGO SHIPS.
613
00:41:54,612 --> 00:41:57,415
{\an7}IN 1935, ARTIST FRANK SWIFT
614
00:41:57,448 --> 00:42:01,118
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBEGAN BUYING UP
THESE OLD MASTED VESSELS.
615
00:42:01,152 --> 00:42:03,021
{\an7}HE REFIT THEM FOR PASSENGERS,
616
00:42:03,054 --> 00:42:05,924
{\an7}AND OPENED THE FIRST BUSINESS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF ITS KIND.
617
00:42:06,024 --> 00:42:08,360
{\an7}THUS BEGAN THE FIRST
FLEET OF WINDJAMMERS
618
00:42:08,393 --> 00:42:10,161
{\an7}FOR SAILING IN AMERICA.
619
00:42:10,194 --> 00:42:12,797
{\an7}\hSINCE THEN, THOUSANDS
HAVE ENJOYED THE THRILL
620
00:42:12,830 --> 00:42:17,134
{\an7}OF SAILING A TALL SHIP
\h\h\h\h\hOUT TO SEA.
621
00:42:17,235 --> 00:42:21,039
{\an7}\h\hBUT MAINE‘S VISITORS DON‘T
JUST COME FOR ITS TALL SHIPS.
622
00:42:23,741 --> 00:42:26,744
{\an7}THE STATE IS FAMOUS
\hFOR ITS LOBSTERS,
623
00:42:26,844 --> 00:42:28,813
{\an7}\h\h\hAND AT ONE TIME
THEY WERE SO PLENTIFUL
624
00:42:28,846 --> 00:42:32,049
{\an7}THEY WERE CONSIDERED
\h\h\hPAUPER‘S FOOD.
625
00:42:32,083 --> 00:42:34,919
{\an7}\hIT‘S SAID THAT INDENTURED
SERVANTS IN THE 18th CENTURY
626
00:42:34,986 --> 00:42:39,290
{\an7}LOBBIED TO BE FED LOBSTER
NO MORE THAN TWICE A WEEK.
627
00:42:43,361 --> 00:42:45,864
{\an7}\h\hMAINE‘S LOBSTERMEN STILL
HAVE TO CATCH THE CREATURES
628
00:42:45,897 --> 00:42:48,433
{\an7}\hJUST AS THEY HAVE
FOR A HUNDRED YEARS,
629
00:42:48,466 --> 00:42:50,868
{\an7}ONE TRAP AT A TIME.
630
00:42:56,140 --> 00:42:59,877
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT FISHERMEN HERE
DON‘T JUST CATCH LOBSTERS.
631
00:42:59,911 --> 00:43:01,546
{\an7}ON THE FAR NORTH COAST,
632
00:43:01,579 --> 00:43:05,817
{\an7}STRANGE PATTERNS CAN BE SEEN
\h\h\hFLOATING ON THE WATER.
633
00:43:05,950 --> 00:43:07,585
{\an7}THEY ARE A RECENT PHENOMENON,
634
00:43:07,618 --> 00:43:09,153
{\an7}AND THE FOCUS OF
A BITTER DISPUTE
635
00:43:09,187 --> 00:43:12,424
{\an7}\h\hBETWEEN FISHERMEN
AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS.
636
00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:18,863
{\an7}\h\h\hAT COBSCOOK BAY,
YOUNG ATLANTIC SALMON
637
00:43:18,896 --> 00:43:21,098
{\an7}LEAP IN THEIR CIRCULAR PENS.
638
00:43:21,165 --> 00:43:23,000
{\an7}MILLIONS ARE RAISED
\hIN THIS BAY ALONE
639
00:43:23,101 --> 00:43:27,105
{\an7}TO FEED AMERICA‘S GROWING
\h\h\h\hAPPETITE FOR FISH.
640
00:43:29,073 --> 00:43:32,910
{\an7}SADLY, WILD SALMON ARE
\hIN DRASTIC DECLINE,
641
00:43:32,944 --> 00:43:34,379
{\an7}AND SOME OF THE BLAME
\h\h\h\h\h\hIS PLACED
642
00:43:34,412 --> 00:43:38,650
{\an7}ON THE SPREAD OF DISEASES
\h\hFROM FARMS LIKE THESE.
643
00:43:38,716 --> 00:43:41,152
{\an7}\hBUT THESE FISHERMEN ARGUE
THAT THEY ARE JUST FOLLOWING
644
00:43:41,185 --> 00:43:43,988
{\an7}IN THE PATH OF GENERATIONS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF MAINERS,
645
00:43:44,021 --> 00:43:47,157
{\an7}HARVESTING THE FRUITS
\h\h\h\h\hOF THE SEA.
646
00:43:50,461 --> 00:43:53,397
{\an7}DESPITE ITS NAME, THE WEST
\h\hQUODDY HEAD LIGHTHOUSE
647
00:43:53,431 --> 00:43:57,402
{\an7}STANDS AT THE EASTERNMOST TIP
\h\h\h\hOF THE UNITED STATES.
648
00:44:02,340 --> 00:44:04,475
{\an7}\h\h\hIT IS ONE OF ONLY
TWO LIGHTS IN THE NATION
649
00:44:04,509 --> 00:44:06,845
{\an7}\hTO HAVE DISTINCTIVE
RED AND WHITE STRIPES,
650
00:44:06,944 --> 00:44:09,680
{\an7}A FEATURE THAT WAS COMMON
\hTO CANADIAN LIGHTHOUSES,
651
00:44:09,714 --> 00:44:12,750
{\an7}HELPING THEM STAND OUT
\h\hAGAINST THE SNOW.
652
00:44:17,355 --> 00:44:21,559
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAT NIGHT ITS LIGHT DRAWS
WEARY MAINERS HOME FROM THE SEA
653
00:44:21,592 --> 00:44:24,995
{\an7}TO A STATE OF STUNNING
\h\h\hNATURAL BEAUTY.
654
00:44:31,068 --> 00:44:33,203
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIS
A JOURNEY ACROSS THE STATE
655
00:44:33,304 --> 00:44:38,943
{\an7}OF POETS, PAINTERS
\hAND PRESIDENTS.
656
00:44:38,976 --> 00:44:42,580
{\an7}\h\hIT‘S THE "DOWN EAST"
STATE OF WINDSWEPT ISLES
657
00:44:42,613 --> 00:44:46,016
{\an7}AND GREAT PINE FORESTS.
658
00:44:46,050 --> 00:44:49,654
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE PLACE WHERE DAWN
FIRST BREAKS ON THE NATION
659
00:44:49,687 --> 00:44:54,125
{\an7}AND HARBOR LIGHTS GUIDE SAILORS
AFTER THE SUN SETS.
660
00:44:54,225 --> 00:44:59,030
{\an7}FINALLY, AT JOURNEY‘S END,
SHIPS FIND WELCOME HARBOR
661
00:44:59,063 --> 00:45:03,000
{\an7}ON THE "MAINE" LAND--MAINE.
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