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Fort Casco was an English fort built in present-day Falmouth, Maine in 1698. It was the easternmost English fortification in New England and served as the boundary between English settlement and Wabanaki territory. English colonists fled Casco Bay following the Battle of Fort Loyal in 1690.
The Maine Coon is a large domesticated cat breed. One of the oldest natural breeds in North America, the breed originated in the U.S. state of Maine, [3] [4] where it is the official state cat. The Maine Coon is a large and social cat, commonly referred to as "the gentle giant."
The Battle of Falmouth (also known as the Battle of Fort Loyal) (May 16–20, 1690) involved Joseph-François Hertel de la Fresnière and Baron de St Castin leading troops as well as the Wabanaki Confederacy (Mi'kmaq and Maliseet from Fort Meductic) in New Brunswick to capture and destroy Fort Loyal and the English settlement on the Falmouth neck (site of present-day Portland, Maine), then ...
Maine Coon cats do tend to resemble ancient wizards when they reach adulthood, but that's just another trait that makes them so special. Cat owners love their distinct, pointed look, and so do ...
In fact, some Maine Coon owners even leash train their cats, as Maine Coons are very active kitties that love to go on walks! A leashed Maine Coon on a walk. DenisNata via Shutterstock. 4. They're ...
Meet Denzel, a black-and-white bunny who loves his roommate/sibling, a gray Maine Coon cat named Tink. ... Why the world seems to fall silent after a fresh snow. Sports. Sports.
The biggest myth about a Maine Coon, says Zhana, a Maine Coon cat breeder outside Sacramento, California, “is that you’re going to get a Maine Coon and it will definitely be this humongous ...
Fort Loyal was a British settler refuge and colonial outpost built in 1678 at Falmouth (present-day Portland, Maine) in Casco Bay. It was destroyed in 1690 by Abenaki and French forces at the Battle of Fort Loyal. The fort was rebuilt in 1742 and renamed Falmouth Fort before King George's War and rearmed again in 1755 for the French and Indian War.