Way back in 1912, when Leon Leonwood Bean set out to make a boot that would keep his feet warm and dry during hunting trips in the western Maine backwoods, he probably had no idea his footwear would ...

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Shoemaking is an integral part of Maine’s identity, and many of America’s most revered shoemakers have — at one point or another — cobbled together a pair of shoes or boots in the New England state.

BRUNSWICK, Maine—For over a hundred years, the company Leon Leonwood Bean founded has been making rubber boots and outdoor clothes in this area, about 25 miles north of Portland. But on the particular ...