Season 2026 · Episode 595
FtV – Simeon Cary's Gold-Hunting Chickens
New England Legends Podcast · New England Legends
March 2, 202616m 31s
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Show Notes
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 158 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit the border town of Fort Fairfield, Maine, in search of Simeon Cary's gold-hunting chickens. In 1898, Cary was quietly using chickens to peck for gold just over the Canadian border. His technique was so strange, it made the news in July of 1899. This episode first aired August 8, 2019
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