The Maine Story

Maine Stories

Maine Stories

There's a story in history...

...often stranger than fiction and a lot more fun. 


From time to time, I stumble on a good story from Maine’s history that sends me off in pursuit of the details. Eventually they end up here as Maine Stories. Click the links at bottom left to check them out.

Got a comment or a story of your own, drop me a line.


Ann Mitton Brackett

Both In Manhattan, Kansas

Explosive Times at Vanceboro

Frozen Charlotte

James Weldon Johnson at the Wiscassett Crossing

Joseph Frye

Lovewell's Fight

Mogg Hegon & Henry Jocelyn

On the Unfortunate Pacific

Popham Colony

The 16th Maine

The First Maine Cavalry

The Hyder Ally

The Other Tea Party

Winter

Witch


Some stories previously found here on the site have been removed due to publication in The Hidden History of Midcoast Maine.






Publication Announcement

In February 2014 the History Press published eight of my Maine Stories in:

The Hidden History of

Midcoast Maine

Click here for information about the book and the stories included.