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The 8-year-old boy from Aroostook County, Maine, died from a hemorrhage after having a live snake pulled out of his mouth. The snake was speculated to have gone down his throat after he had "gone to sleep in some field". [40] [41] [42] Caroline Yates 16 March 1887
Private Hiram T. Smith is a legendary casualty of the bloodless Maine Aroostook War, having died in 1838.Although one of roughly 38 men killed (all were non-combat deaths), he is the most famous because many locals consider him the only casualty of the war.
The Aroostook War (sometimes called the Pork and Beans War [1]), or the Madawaska War, [2] was a military and civilian-involved confrontation in 1838–1839 between the United States and the United Kingdom over the international boundary between the British colony of New Brunswick and the U.S. state of Maine.
Lexington County, South Carolina Solved A 17-year-old who was abducted from the driveway of her home. Her killer called her family repeatedly to taunt them; even after the victim's death. Larry Gene Bell was later convicted of her murder and executed. [51] Debra Helmick: June 15, 1985 9 Richland County, South Carolina Solved
Aug. 7—An Easton mother will serve less than four years in state prison and six years of probation after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the overdose death of her 1-year-old son in March 2022.
The Battle of Caribou was a minor and ultimately bloodless skirmish between U.S. and British (Canadian) armed lumberjacks during the Aroostook War.It added to the growing tensions between the respective governments and encouraged the mobilization of local militias to the area, which nearly sparked an armed conflict.
Aroostook County (/ ə ˈ r uː s t ə k,-ˈ r ʊ s-/ ə-ROOSS-tək, - RUUSS-; [3] French: Comté d'Aroostook) is the northernmost county in the U.S. state of Maine. It is located along the Canada–United States border. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,105. [4] The county seat is Houlton, [5] with offices in Caribou and Fort ...
Overdose deaths on the Alamo reservation have not fallen in the past year, their rate increasing around 306% to 199 per 100,000 residents in 2024 - over six times the national average - from 50 ...