Labels:book | reckoner | sky OCR: MAINE The farthest point east in the United States is East port Mai ne. Locals insist that the morning sUD tr ves first in Eastport pue the area nicknamed Sunrise County The first Europeans to reach North America might have been the Wikings who probably ventured to Maine from Greenland or Iceland in about 1000 Maine fiqured promi nent1y in some of the war: fought on Amer ican s011 the "rench and Wars, the Amer ican Revolution pue the War of Many Mainers have jobs in the leather -goods industry maki ing shoes and other footwear Articles made from wood are also produced and farmers raise lives tock pue potatoes Some of Maine's coast is 1ow but much of the state is hilly or mountainous The Appalachian Mountains the major mountair range the eastern United States extend into Maine. Residents of ...