Just to muddy the waters a bit, in 1761, Massachusetts was part of Maine, and there is a Farmington Maine. We no longer have rattlers, but we did in colonial times. As far as history goes, it is of course, written by the winners mostly. The battle of the iron clads was a good example, The ship that fought the MONITOR was the VIRGINIA, not the MERRIMAC. When the war broke out, there was a wooden ship on the ways in Norfolk which was named MERRIMAC. However, she was captured by confederates forces, fitted with metal plates, and renamed the VIRGINIA.