map of southern maine Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/map-of-southern-maine Wed, 11 Apr 2018 20:11:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Maine USA Map Google Earth http://toursmaps.com/maine-usa-map-google-earth.html http://toursmaps.com/maine-usa-map-google-earth.html#respond Mon, 04 Jun 2018 03:40:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=246975 FIRST IN THE NATION The first gemstone mine in the United States was started in Paris, Maine, in 1821, completely by accident. Friends Elijah Hamlin and Ezekiel Holmes went for a hike and Hamlin spotted a shiny green crystal under the roots of a fallen tree. A Yale professor identified the crystal as tourmaline-the most valuable mineral or semi-precious gem found in the state, and Maine’s official mineral. The Hamlin necklace, made of fine tourmalines from the mine, is in the collection of the Harvard University Mineralogical Museum. Remember those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer when everyone piled into

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