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Lewiston National Register
National Register of Historic Places –Lewiston Androscoggin Mill Block [269-271 Park Street (single tenement left below)] Due to demands for an increasing labor force required to operate the many...
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Maine, Name Origin
Interest in the origin of the name “Maine” continues since, to date, there is no one, clear answer. The name first appears in writing in 1622 as a province, in a charter of the Council of New England...
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Prisoners of War in Maine
Maine’s forest and potato economy was struggling during World War II. Young men had either joined the armed forces or sought work out of state in the war effort industries. Congresswoman Margaret Chase...
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Hobbstown Township
This township (T4 R6 BKP WKR) in Somerset County contains most of Spencer Lake, along with the 2400-foot Spencer Mountain west of the Lake, and the 2300-foot Hardscrabble Mountain east of the Lake....
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Freeport Historic Register
National Register of Historic Places – Freeport Mallett, E. B., Office Building [Mill Street] E.B. Mallett Office Building (2016) Perhaps more than anyone, Edmund Buxton Mallett, Jr. (1853-1923) shaped...
View ArticleLongley Inaugural Address 1975
Governor James B. Longley, January 2, 1975 INAUGURAL ADDRESS Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, Associate Justices, former Governors, and Members of the 107th Legislature. Tonight I begin...
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Logging in Maine
The cutting and moving of logs destined for lumber or paper was a tough, manual effort until the second half of the 20th century. Here is an eyewitness assessment by Louise Dickenson Rich of logging...
View ArticleBrookings, Wilmot W.
Wilmot W. Brookings (1830-1905) was born in Woolwich October 23, 1830. After being admitted to the bar, the new lawyer moved to Sioux Falls in what was to become the Dakota Territory in 1861 (which...
View ArticleTimeline of Maine History 12: The Early 21st Century
2005-2020 2015 Portland adopted a single-use shopping bag, and polystyrene bag, ban to encourage reuse and to reduce trash waste. Other municipalities have adopted this approach. 2016 President Barack...
View ArticleGardiner, Sylvester
Dr. Sylvester Gardiner was born in South Kingston, Rhode Island in 1707. He studied eight years in England and France. Returning to Boston he pursued a successful professional career. He established a...
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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 22
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 1818 Birth date in Livermore of Cadwallader C. Washburn, who moved to Wisconsin for which state he served in...
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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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