It was established the same year as Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America, but Maine's short-lived Popham Colony has gotten scant attention.
Still, the 120 settlers led by George Popham who struggled through a cruel Maine winter at Fort St. George before abandoning the site 14 months later can claim credit for something that Jamestown can't.
"This was the first colony to build a ship - an oceangoing vessel," said Jane Stevens, whose home is within the boundary of the site of Fort St. George.
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