'''Maine''' was the twenty-third state to enter into the union.
'''Maine''' was the twenty-third state to enter into the union.
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The rocks of Maine are one of the oldest parts of the US, dating from the Devonian period.<ref>http://www.statefossils.com/me/me.html</ref> The last glaciers of the ice age shaped the coastline into the many peninsulas we see today and formed Maine's 2,000 islands.
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The rocks of Maine are one of the oldest parts of the US, dating from the Devonian period.<ref>http://www.statefossils.com/me/me.html</ref> The last [[glaciers]] of the ice age shaped the coastline into the many [[peninsula|peninsulas]] we see today and formed Maine's 2,000 [[island|islands]].