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I thought I should add a quick note about the gmail invite trivia “contest”.
As people reply with the name of one of the “tall ships” that reside in Mystic or have visited in the past year that we have lived here. I also opened it up to allow people to name one of the many smaller vessels that are famous or daily landmarks in Mystic such as the tugboat Kingston II. In the comments as each ship is named, I have tried to respond with some information about each one. Now I have to admit I am not in any way an expert or authority on Mystic, maritime history or even the ships of Mytic’s past. I am a history and culture buff and like to learn as much about the history of any place I live in. I have not been linking to my sources in the comments because I would rather keep the scavenger hunt fun. Now that about half the invites are gone I felt I should provide links to the sources of some of my information somewhere. I will come back after all the invites are gone (or at the end of the month) and edit my responses with direct source links where applicable, but in general my sources are: the Mystic Seaport, the Mystic & Noank Library, a couple books and pamphlets published on the history of Mystic and Noank, the Mystic River Historical Society, notes from some of the lectures surrounding Mystic’s 350th anniversary, and last of all a good friend who is a great source of information about Mystic and Noank.