“They Lynched Jim Cullen”: Story and Myth on the Northern Maine Frontier

Authors

  • Dena Lynn Winslow York Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/NaN

Keywords:

Mapleton, Maine, Depression of 1873, John Swanback, Minot Bird, Thomas Hubbard, David Dudley, John Twist, phrenology

Abstract

James Cullen was born in 1846 in Peel, New Brunswick. In 1864 he applied for a grant of land and began a small farm near his father’s homestead. From there, events unfolded, as Cullen crossed the border, married Rosellah Twist, and became one of the most celebrated villains in Aroostook County history.

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Published

2001-06-01

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 2 (2001): Maine History Journal

Section

Articles