Falmouth, Maine (Alternity)

Falmouth is the largest city in in the state of Maine and the seat of Cumberland County. Once known by local Native Americans as Machigonne, the region was first settled by the English in 1633 as the village of Casco, and it subsequently received its current name upon the region's takeover by the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1658. The city has been partially or entirely destroyed three times: it was first burned by Wampanoag Indians in 1676 during the so-called 'First Indian War'; second was by a party of French and Indians during the Second Indian War in 1690; lastly was yet another burning in October 1775 by the British Royal Navy, in a controversial act that further galvanized anti-British sentiment in the Thirteen Colonies and spurred-on the six month-old American Revolution.

As the largest city in Maine, Falmouth currently stands at a population of roughly 72,000. The NAHL's Falmouth Atlantics (founded in 1978), the sole professional sports team in the state, calls the city's Atlantic Center Arena home.