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Twenty-first century folks often find it hard to connect with the past because so much of what made this region great no longer resonates. The fur industry is as dead as a beaver hat. We no longer export masts for tall ships or staves for wooden barrels. But at least, for now, we still have fishing. (Continued below)
Dried “stockfish” or “dunfish” were the commodity that essentially created the seacoast economy. We tried to buy some the other day and it’s hard to come by, usually imported from
NOTE FROM A READER:
Hi - the picture in the May 10, Portsmouth Herald was indeed of the Champernowne Hotel in Kittery Point. The little boy on the right is Horace Mitchell, Jr. and the large gentleman on the right is Horace Mitchell senior, owner of the hotel. Junior was my father and the senior was my grandfather. Just thought you'd like to know. -- Mary Mitchell Carter.
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