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A Fading History
As time and tides take their toll, physical remnants of Maine’s history disappear. Fires and intentional demolition, or simple abandonment clean the slate for the next generation. Luckily the Maine...
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April 21
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1852 First publication of the newspaper the Weekly Nettle in Gardiner, published by William Palmer. 1887...
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April 20
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1841 The town of Dearborn, after having its land divided into six other towns, surrenders its organization and...
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April 2
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1822 Incorporation of the town of Cumberland 1904 John A. Peters, State Legislator, State Attorney...
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April 19
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord begins the Revolutionary War, now celebrated in Maine and Massachusetts...
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April 18
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1902 The Augusta Loomfixers’ Union , No. 330 is organized. 1902 The Augusta Carders’ Union , No. 344 is...
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April 17
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1885 Last capital punishment double hanging in Maine 1937 In the depth of the Depression, the town of...
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April 16
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1841 Incorporation of the town of Patten 1945 Birth date in Portland of Thomas Allen, former Mayor of Portland and...
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April 15
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3rd Monday Patriots Day in Maine and Massachusetts commemorates the battles of Lexington and Concord, fought...
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April 14
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1841 First publication of the newspaper the Calais Advertiser, published by John Jackson. 1866 U.S. Navy Secretary...
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April 13
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1852 Incorporation of the town of Holden 1861 Fort Sumpter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina falls to...
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April 12
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1812 Birth date of Samuel Freeman Hersey, member of the Maine House of Representatives, the Maine Senate, and U.S....
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April 11
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1783 Continental Congress Declares “Cessation of Arms” against Britain, ending the American Revolution in...
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April 10
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1606 James I, King of England, signs the first charter giving a company, the Virginia Company, the right to...
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April 1
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1816 Penobscot County established 1860 Knox County established 1899 Bangor Bricklayers, Plasterers and Masons...
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Alfred
Originally, the area was known to the Native Americans as Massabesic and was acquired from Chief Fluellin in 1661 by Major William Phipps. Later a Shaker community settled on a hill overlooking what is...
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Alder Stream Township
Also known as T2 R5 WBKP, this township is predominantly Penobscot Indian Territory, distributed as the result of the 1980 Maine Indian Claims Settlement. The North Branch of the Dead River flows...
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Acadia Acadian
Originally a French colony, Acadian lands in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia were passed back and forth between the French and English by various treaties settling European wars. The last of these,...
View ArticleA Sample of Governors Addresses
Inaugural Address, Governor William King, 1820 Inaugural Address, Governor Hannibal Hamlin, 1857 Inaugural Address, Governor James B. Longley, 1975 Inaugural Address, Governor Joseph E. Brennan, 1979...
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April 21
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1771 Incorporation of the towns of Hallowell, Vassalborough (now Vassalboro), Winslow, and Winthrop. 1836...
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