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Maine, the Pine Tree State, covers an area of about thirty-two thousand square miles, nearly half of the soil of New England; and is equal in size to Scotland or Ireland, or to Belgium and Holland combined. It is more than double the size of Greece, and one-seventh as large as Texas. A tenth of this area is occupied by inland lakes, the reservoirs of the great rivers; and nearly two-thirds is still primeval forest, from whose timber scores of cities are yet to be built throughout the Atlantic States. It is in this noble wilderness, large enough to ingulf States and principalities, that the abounding natural attractions abide which draw myriads of visitors each returning season.

The population of Maine is not far from six hundred thousand souls, dwelling by the rivers, in the belt between the ocean and the forest, and subsisting mainly by commerce and manufactures. Swarming from this northern hive, like their Gothic ancestors, scores of thousands of enterprising pioneers have migrated to the far West, to found new realms in the silent heart of the continent; or have spread through the elder Atlantic States, where their energy and determination are everywhere conspicuous.

Publication Date

1880

Publisher

Chisholm Brothers

City

Portland, Maine

Keywords

Portland Maine, Old Orchard Beach Maine, Boothbay Maine, Augusta Maine, Bangor Maine, Mount Desert Maine, Moosehead Lake Maine, Lewiston Maine, Winthrop Pond Maine, Rangeley Lakes Maine, Maine historical photographs

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