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Maine Coon Kitten Legends

The Legend of Rosalind of Squam Island,
The Legends of Pinepoint,
The Maine Coon Cat Authenticated, and the
Historic Photo of MCC Snowball

And ....I have been writing of the cats of long, long ago, authenticates historically the presence of a recognizable type of cat as present well before the Civil War era in 1861; well before her own cat Captain Jenks of the Horse Marines.

....It is one of nature's own secrets how they keep bringing forth--now and then, not always, these fine types. ......tabbies also being well ...distributed along the coast, and for quite a distance back, perhaps sixty miles or more; but I have not known of their appearing to any extent in the northern portion of the State, which is less thickly settled .