Maine Red Claws

The year is 1841. A 39-year-old woman is teaching Sunday school in a womens’ jail in East Cambridge, Massachusetts. As she teaches, she is consistently appalled by the treatment of mentally ill inmates.This experience starts a crusade that lasts the next 46 years until the day of her death. This woman is Dorothea Lynde Dix. Born to a poor family in 1802, she was possibly neglected and saw her early life as bleak and lonely. Dix moved to live with her grandparents at the young age of twelve,…

Francis Petty grove was born in Calais, Maine, in 1812. While being educated in his home town. He grew up to enter into a number of independent business activities in New England. He paid fifty dollars for the land that is which known as Portland. He owned a lot of warehouses that made money off of grain, lumber, and salted fish. Later at the age of 75 he died, he was buried at Port Townshed.…

Dorothea Lynde Dix Born on April the fourth, 1802 in Hampden, Main, Dorothea Lynde Dix was born into a household with a depressed mother, a father who was never around, and two brothers (history.com). Her lifetime obsession with books came from her father teaching her reading and writing as a kid (history.com). Dorothea’s education furthered when her grandmother took her in at the age of 12 in Boston (history.com). Dorothea began writing books that sold swiftly when her health kept her…

The Blueberry market for has grown over the past several years due to its classification as a “superfood” (Robichaud 2006). There have been many studies proclaiming the benefits of incorporating blueberries into diets. Which include the improvement of heart and brain health along with the reduction in the risk of cancer (BC Blueberry Council 2018). The production of blueberries has a long history in Canada. Indigenous peoples of Eastern Canada used blueberries as a food and medicinal source…

they did. Few of those individuals were recognized for the difference they made. Dorothea Dix, Gandhi, and Irena Sendler were in that small percent of people who made a huge difference but got recognized for it. Dorothea Dix was born in Hampden, Maine on April 4, 1802. She ran the household and raised her brothers from a young age. Her father taught her to read, write, and helped with her schooling. Dorothea ,as a child, led a very lonely life. Then, at age 12 she moved to Boston with her…

Maine and Acadia National Park Maine was a district of the state of Massachusetts until it became the 23rd state on March 15th, 1820 as part of the Missouri compromise (Hartford, 2006). Maine got its name because it was distinguished as the Mainland from islands offshore (History.com Staff, 2009). It is also known as the Pine Tree State. Maine is the only state whose name is a single syllable and is abbreviated as ME on maps. The state borders New Hampshire, the Atlantic Ocean, and some…

Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947. His parents were divorced when he was still knee high to a grasshopper. His mother’s name was Nellie King and his father’s name was Donald king. He grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and in Stratford, Connecticut. When he was eleven he moved with his mother to Durham, Maine. Stephen king began to look for a job and eventually found a job in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged. Stephen king went to two…

Nicholas Longworth is best remembered as the father of American winemaking. Longworth popularized the Catawba grape and created a widespread, if short-lived, enthusiasm for sparkling wines of the Ohio River Valley. He was also a well-regarded attorney, a massively successful real estate investor, and a tireless philanthropist who dedicated his enormous fortune to those whom he affectionately called “the devil’s poor.” When he was 19 years old, he moved west, eager to distance himself…

United States and the Spanish Kingdom. The war started when Cuba wanted independence from Spain. Spain’s attempts to layoff the rebellion were addressed in the United States newspapers. Their curiosity sparked. After the anonymous sinking of the USS Maine in Cuba in Havana Harbor, United States’ intervention became a popular and growing command. The War ended when America gained possession of territories in the Western Pacific and North America. The Spanish-American War changed the countries…

Was US intervention in the Cuban War of Independence an example of humanitarian altruism or imperialism? Introduction The United States decided to apply aggressive and imperialistic policies during the late 19th and early 20th centuries whereby it made significant efforts to expand, extend and protect its economic and political presence worldwide (Oakes & Kia,2004). It was an era that had an impact on many territories around the world. One of the nations that were affected by such policies…