{"id":12413,"date":"2020-06-09T10:03:25","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T14:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/?page_id=12413"},"modified":"2021-01-02T15:38:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T20:38:03","slug":"westerly-frontier","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/downeast-maine\/westerly-frontier\/","title":{"rendered":"Westerly Frontier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Welcome to the Westerly Frontier!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA frontier represents uncharted territory. It could be a remote piece of land or a new field of study, but if someone calls it \u201cthe frontier,\u201d you are challenged to explore it.\u201d (vocabulary.com) Therefore it seemed appropriate to use that word for our DownEast regions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"12420\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12420 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/06\/Deer-Isle-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Deer Isle Westerly Frontier\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/06\/Deer-Isle-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/06\/Deer-Isle-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/06\/Deer-Isle-105x79.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/06\/Deer-Isle-317x238.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/06\/Deer-Isle-423x317.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/06\/Deer-Isle-634x476.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/06\/Deer-Isle-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/06\/Deer-Isle.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deer Isle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The DownEast Westerly Frontier includes the towns of Brooklin, Sedgwick and Deer isle. However, this is not a comprehensive list and we will add more towns over time.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1vBZ4ie7HqVWRgQDHyqAAUJQVfcVjAgs6\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Fun facts about the Westerly Frontier area:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sedgwick: &#8220;In 1789, the town was incorporated as Sedgwick, named after Major Robert Sedgwick, who in 1654 captured nearby Fort Pentagouet (now Castine) from the French.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;In the 19th century, the granite industry flourished on Deer Isle where its quarries supplied granite for structures such as the\u00a0<a title=\"Boston\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boston\">Boston<\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Museum of Fine Arts, Boston\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Boston\">Museum of Fine Arts<\/a>, the\u00a0<a title=\"Smithsonian Institution\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smithsonian_Institution\">Smithsonian Institution<\/a>, the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"US Naval Academy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/US_Naval_Academy\">US Naval Academy<\/a>, the\u00a0<a title=\"Manhattan Bridge\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manhattan_Bridge\">Manhattan Bridge<\/a>\u00a0and at President\u00a0<a title=\"John F. Kennedy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_F._Kennedy\">John F. Kennedy<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0<a title=\"John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_F._Kennedy_Eternal_Flame\">tomb<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0<a title=\"Arlington National Cemetery\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arlington_National_Cemetery\">Arlington National Cemetery<\/a>.&#8221; (Wikipedia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/downeast-maine\/\">Return to DownEast Region Page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Westerly Frontier! \u201cA frontier represents uncharted territory. It could be a remote piece of land or a new field of study, but if someone calls it \u201cthe frontier,\u201d you are challenged to explore it.\u201d (vocabulary.com) Therefore it seemed appropriate to use that word for our DownEast regions. 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