Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-09-24
The Old Town of Castine, Maine.

Looking back across the graves Of near
ly three centuries In those primitive Years
of our country's history, we find few local
tiles offering greater attractions to the
PROSECUTING French and colonizng Eng
lishmen than the extended coast of Maine,
with its broad bays and fine harbors. Be-
fore the white flag Of France fioated above
the ramparts of Fort Dnguesne. and Louis
burg, before Penn made his romantic treaty
with the Indians, the little peninsula of
Castlne, on the eastern coast Of Maine,
began its varied historic record
In 1918, the French discovered It's ad-
vantages for fort; from his time until
the treaty of BredI it was a continually
contested port between the French and ,
English. The rcdnutahc Miles Standish, }
attempting lis capture in lG35, was defeat
ed by eighteen Frrnchmen. In 1854 the
English. acting under orders from Crom- ,,
well, be>icged aud tnak the town. France .
held possession of ii for almost the entire
seventeenth century
In 1867, the Baron Castn a man of dar- ,
ing enterprise and fascinating manners,
came from France to Quebec, thence to
the peninsula which bears his name. For
nearly quarter Of a century he lived with
the indians, establishing very friendly re-
iatiuns with them. He erected a safe and
comm"dious dwelling, built chapel, and
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