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September 17, 2022 by jdorrme Leave a Comment

I have been to Cape May Lighthouse a couple of times but have never added it to my list of Lighthouses I have visited. Today is the day. The first people to settle in this area where from New England whalers in the 1600’s. The first known lighthouse was built in 1823, but the lighthouse […]

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February 20, 2022 by jdorrme Leave a Comment

            Acre Lot Sebasco, Phippsburg, Maine   Last winter I, received a phone call from my son Chris. I said that he volunteered me to see if I could find some graves that were believed to be buried there. He told me that at one time, someone put a barb wire fence around the graves […]

Filed Under: Maine History, Metal detecting

January 17, 2022 by jdorrme Leave a Comment

This is for all you riders out there that are train buffs. I came across this train station a few years ago. I rode into the town of Mc Adam, N. B. which is a village located in the southwestern area of New Brunswick.  In 1871, City Camp, a lumber camp served by the Canadian […]

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February 16, 2021 by jdorrme Leave a Comment

My Great Grand Daughter loves to go fishing. Last week it was Ice Fishing, and guess what she caught one!

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February 16, 2021 by jdorrme Leave a Comment

It was November 2020, a year that will Gil down in history because of the pandemic, Shutdowns throughout the country and Mr Trump lost his bid for Re-election, But for my Great Grand Daughter Chloe, it was a special time. SHE SHOT HER FIRST DEER!. I remember her being so excited when i called to […]

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May 6, 2020 by jdorrme Leave a Comment

As you may or may not know the history of Meadowbrook Camping area, in Phippsburg, Maine, I have traced the house back to 1794. The house is very old and this was a farm in the last century. Well on May 5th, 2020 i was metal detecting out back of property by the pond, I […]

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December 18, 2018 by Triker Tom Leave a Comment

Millinocket Donald A. “Benny” Benson, 78, of Millinocket, Maine, passed away peacefully on Dec. 13, 2018, at a Bangor hospital, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on Oct. 17, 1940, the son of Donald H. Benson and Anna (Smith) Benson. He graduated from Northbridge High School in Whitinsville, MA, in 1959. Following graduation, […]

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December 14, 2018 by Triker Tom Leave a Comment

A road trip of a lifetime and tribute to Benny Wn1OTV   I GOT MY NOVICE Ham license when I was fourteen years old, but even before getting my license I had heard about the Dayton ham event. They said things like “you can find anything you want there,” or “the biggest event in amateur […]

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December 12, 2018 by Triker Tom Leave a Comment

I found this article in a newspaper clipping dated May 09, 1897, the newspaper was the Sun from New York city. The newspaper was operated 1833 to 1916. After Buried Gold A Maine man with a dividing rod thinks he can locate it on old Mallett’s Farm.   Springfield Me.      As soon as the […]

Filed Under: Legends and ghost stories, Maine History

August 31, 2018 by Triker Tom Leave a Comment

I met Don Turner went i was assigned to VP-23, CAC 2. He was the second Mech under Tom Poplin, who was the Plane Captain. Don was a great guy and easy to get along with and we made my first deployment in Oct, 1966 to Sigonella, Sicily. I remember one patrol we had been […]

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  • Cape May Lighthouse September 17, 2022
  • Acre Lot, Sebasco February 20, 2022
  • A. Beautiful Victorian Tran Station from the 1900’s January 17, 2022
  • Olivia Goes Ice Fishing February 16, 2021
  • Chloe Shoots her First Deer February 16, 2021

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