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Oct 22, 2025 ∙ 7 min
The Harkness Family in Bar Harbor: A Chronicle of a Gilded Age Presence, 1891-1925
Bide-a-While, Bar Harbor, ME A Standard Oil Fortune Summers in Maine As principals in the formidable Standard Oil trust, the Harkness family occupied a rarified position within America’s Gilded Age aristocracy. For this new class of industrial magnates, wealth was not merely accumulated; it was performed on a national stage. Elite summer resorts like Bar Harbor, Maine, served as crucial venues for this performance—places where families of immense fortune could solidify their social standing,...
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Sep 6, 2025 ∙ 7 min
Belfair Plantation, Bluffton SC
Learn about the history of Belfair Plantation in Bluffton
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Sep 6, 2025 ∙ 5 min
The Lords Proprietors of Carolina: A Royal Reward and a Colonial Struggle
The 1600s were a time of fierce European competition for control of North America. Spain held Florida, the Southwest, and much of the...
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