Keywords: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Machias, Me.)
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Summer Camp, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Machias Media: Photographic print
Item 6621
Summer camp of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Machias Media: Photographic print
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The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
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Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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"… to become the 23rd state, the road from Lubec to Machias was completed and William Chaloner established a stage coach run connecting the two towns."
