February 23
February 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 1787 Incorporation of the town of Penobscot 1796 Incorporation of the town of Eden, now Bar Harbor 1809 Incorporation of the town of Solon 1828…
February 22
February 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 1802 Incorporation of the towns of Avon and New Vineyard 1811 Incorporation of the town of Eddington 1812 Incorporation of the towns of Dearborn (now…
February 21
February 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 1800 Incorporation of the towns of Orland and Rumford 1826 Incorporation of the town of Plymouth 1828 Incorporation of the town of Hancock 1838 Congressman…
February 20
February 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 1797 Incorporation of the town of Harrington, changed to “Augusta” on June 9th of the same year 1799 Kennebec County formed from northern Lincoln County.…
February 19
February 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 1798 Incorporation of the town of Otisfield 1818 Incorporation of the town of Swanville 1828 Incorporation of the towns of Bremen and Chandlerville, now Detroit…
Presidential Visits
Presidents of the United States visit many states during their tenures. Maine is no exception. Sometime in 1789 George Washington visited Kittery on a fishing trip. In 1841, recently elected President William Henry Harrison visited Bath and the Clark and Sewall shipyard, where he witnessed the launch of the Rappahannock, at the time the largest…
February 18
February 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 1795 Incorporation of the towns of Lewiston and Litchfield 1802 Incorporation of the town of Minot 1807 Incorporation of the town of Montville 1807 Birth…
February 17
February 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 1781 Incorporation of the town (now city) of Bath 1789 Incorporation of the towns of Durham and Mount Desert 1791 Incorporation of the town of…
February 16
February 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 1789 Incorporation of the towns of Gouldsboro, Sullivan, and Trenton 1801 Incorporation of the town of Leeds 1811 Incorporation of the towns of New Charleston…
February 15
February 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 1814 Birth date of Joseph H. Williams of Augusta, Governor in 1857, serving the unexpired term of Hannibal Hamlin who was elected to…
February 14
February 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 1789 Incorporation of the town of Freeport 1797 Incorporation of the town of Addison 1814 Incorporation of the town of Stroudwater,…
February 13
February 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 1760 Incorporation of the town of Pownalborough, now Wiscasset 1796 Incorporation of the towns of Dennysville and Northport 1818 Incorporation of the town of Mexico…
February 12
February 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 1798 Incorporation of the town of Wayne 1814 Incorporation of the town of South Berwick 1818 Incorporation of the towns of…
February 11
February 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 1828 Incorporation of the town of Adams, now Crawford 1832 Incorporation of the towns of Hodgdon and Lagrange 1857 Incorporation of the town of Islandport,…
February 6
February 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 1788 U. S. Constitution ratified by Massachusetts (with the District of Maine) 1812 Incorporation of the town of Bingham 1822 Incorporation…
February 3
February 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 1796 Incorporation of the town of Belgrade 1824 Incorporation of the town of Brownville 1832 Incorporation of the towns of Jonesport,…
February 8
February 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 1796 Incorporation of the towns of Harlem (now a part of China) and Columbia 1816 Incorporation of the towns of Guilford and Weld 1822 Incorporation…
February 9
February 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 1792 Incorporation of the town of Limington 1816 Incorporation of the town of Cherryfield 1837 Incorporation of the town of Huntress…
February 10
February 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 1796 Incorporation of the town of Castine 1823 Incorporation of the town of Richmond 1826 Incorporation of the towns of Howland…
February 5
February 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 1814 Incorporation of the towns of Belmont, Bloomfield (Skowhegan), and Searsmont 1818 Incorporation of the town of China 1821 Incorporation of the towns of Canton…