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Chimney Pond in Baxter State Park (August 2001)

Chimney Pond, Baxter State Park (August 2001)

1676 Death in battle of Native American King Philip, weakening King Philip’s warriors; war ends in 1678
1822 Birth date in Gorham of Republican Governor (1883-1887) Frederick Robie, a physician, legislator, and businessman
1850
Incorporation of the town of Kennebec, now Manchester
1864 Maine-built vessels Billow, Spokane, and Suliot are captured by Confederate raiders.
1873
President Ulysses S. Grant arrives in Augusta by train for a 3-day visit with U.S. Speaker of the House, James G. Blaine.  [see presidential visits]
1962
President John F. Kennedy vacations in Maine, at the wheel of the US Coast Guard Yacht Manitou near Boothbay Harbor.

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