Snowshoe Rock of Doom
York, Maine
What was later called The Candlemas Massacre began at dawn on January 24, 1692, when Indian warriors led by a French missionary attacked the British settlement of York, slaying dozens of settlers and then marching the survivors into Canada, which led to the deaths of many more. A plaque mounted to a boulder states that the Indians "left their snowshoes on this rock" before destroying the town, and that it was "the worst Indian attack in American history." It wasn't -- although it was still pretty bad -- and the plaque isn't even on the correct rock. According to the York Land Trust, which administers the site, the real rock is about a half-mile away. But the rock's property owner didn't want trespassers, so the already-made plaque was bolted to another rock, next to a nearby road.