October 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 31 1851 Jonathan G. Hunton of Readfield, Governor of Maine 1830-1831, dies. 1861 Cape Elizabeth-built vessel Grenada is captured by Confederate raiders. 1918 Rumford…
October 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 31 1883 The schooner Hope Gower was launched from Sargentville in Sedgwick. 1965 Unity College, formerly Unity Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is…
October 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 31 1775 The Benedict Arnold expedition to Quebec reaches Middle Carry Pond and portages boats to West Carry Pond. 1836 Birth date of Llewellyn…
October 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 31 Poetry Day “recommending that in the week following schools, churches, libraries, clubs and organizations, the newspapers, radio and television give recognition to the…
October 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 31 1775 The Benedict Arnold expedition to Quebec crosses West Carry Pond and arrives at the Dead River. 1806 Birth date of U.S. Senator…
October 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 31 1691 New royal charter for Massachusetts, now includes Maine 1803 Louisiana Purchase treaty ratified by Congress 1861 Wells-built vessel Betsy Ames is captured…
October 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 31 1775 Falmouth (Portland) burned by British Captain Mowatt’s naval bombardment of the city during the Revolutionary War. It was, to some degree, retaliation…
October 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 31 1775 Benedict Arnold expedition to attack Quebec is hit by a hurricane for three days with floods of rain making the marchers miserable.…
October 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 31 1775 Benedict Arnold expedition arrives at Norridgewock Falls 1897 Neal Dow, crusading prohibitionist, Mayor of Portland, member of the Maine House of Representatives,…
October 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 31 1840 Highland Plantation, then known as Plantation Number 2, is organized for election purposes for the first time. 1859 Democratic Governor (1834-1838) Robert…
October 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 31 1775 The Benedict Arnold expedition to Quebec arrives at Long Falls. 1785 Birth date of Ebenezer Herrick, who attended the Maine constitutional convention,…
October 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 31 1768 Birth date of Joshua Hall of Frankfort, legislator and Governor of Maine in 1830, elected by the Legislature after 49 ballots. 1883…
October 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 31 1785 The floods of the “Great Freshet of October 1785” sweeps away almost all the mills and bridges in Berwick and Kennebunk. 1862…
October 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 31 1832 First publication of the newspaper the National Republican in Saco published by Dow & Marble. 1871 Birth date on Indian Island of…
October 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 31 1836 North Haven and Vinalhaven witness a horrible fire aboard the Royal Tarr, a sidewheel steamer from New Brunswick with ninety people, and…
October 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 31 1775 The Benedict Arnold expedition to Quebec crosses through Long Pond, Arnold Pond, and arrives at the Chaudiere River 1787 Birth date of…
October 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 31 1780 A Harvard scientific expedition viewed a total eclipse of the sun on Islesboro, after being granted permission by Colonel Campbell of the…
October 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 31 1862 Maine Central Railroad Company incorporates as a business corporation. Damariscotta-built vessel Lauretta is captured by Confederate raiders. 1891 Shipwreck of the two…
October 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 31 1727 Earthquake strikes Maine at 10:40 p.m. 1836 Dedication of the historic Bingham Free Meetinghouse. 1861 Searsport-built vessel Alina, Castine-built Baron de Castine,…
October 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 31 1918 Red Cross is mobilizing the nursing force of the City of Portland to help in caring for the many who have been…