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Maine

Place Type
political
Description
Red Paint people settled here as early as 9th mill. BCE; later Algonquians arrived; Norsemen possibly visited in 11th cen.; colonies established by French in 1604 and English in 1607; fought in Revolution & with Union; Canadian border disputed in 19th cen.
Source
Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)

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