was the United States battleship that steamed past the lighthouse in Havana (Cuba) Harbor in January, 1898. In a few weeks the U.S.S. Maine was destroyed there on February 15, 1898 by an explosion. A memorial is in a small park in Bangor. The event, which killed 260 men, sparked a national debate and outrage…
named for General Henry Knox, is located in the town of Prospect in Fort Knox State Park on the banks of the Penobscot River across from Bucksport. The British controlled this area of the Maine coast during the War of 1812 and during the tensions surrounding the Aroostook War in 1838, the area felt threatened…
August 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 1804 Charles Turner, Jr. and a party of eleven make first recorded climb of Mount Katahdin. 1864 Birth date of John Andrew Peters,…
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 as Patriots Day 1800 …
Bangor’s architectural history is influenced by the great houses built in the boom years of the nineteenth century, with its resident lumber barons and its related commerce. The city’s role as a regional hub led to the development of such institutions as the commercial center at West Market Square, the theological seminary, and the mental…
1850-1899 Incorporations of new town across the state was a major theme of this period. Maine’s Hannibal Hamlin was elected Vice-President of the United States with Abraham Lincoln successful presidential campaign. James G. Blaine ran unsuccessfully for president. The Civil War saw 73,000 Maine soldiers serving; with one in ten killed. Joshua Chamberlain of Brewer,…