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April 2011

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April 8

Health, Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimApril 4, 2011Leave a comment
Common Flicker at Marsh River Bog Preserve, Newcastle (April 2009)

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   1815   Birth date of Democratic U.S. Representative (1851-1855) Moses MacDonald in Limerick. He served as Speaker of the Maine House in 1845.…

April 7

Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimApril 4, 2011Leave a comment
Common Flicker at Marsh River Bog Preserve, Newcastle (April 2009)

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 1854 Incorporation of the town of Dayton 1901 Shipwreck of the schooner Wendell Burpee in a storm off Broad Cove near Cape Elizabeth 1925…

April 6

Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimApril 4, 2011Leave a comment
Common Flicker at Marsh River Bog Preserve, Newcastle (April 2009)

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 1807 Maine towns vote on separation from Massachusetts. 100 of the 150 towns vote “NO.” Total vote: 9,404-NO and 3,370-YES. 1901 Skowhegan Carpenters and…

April 5

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Common Flicker at Marsh River Bog Preserve, Newcastle (April 2009)

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   1859   Incorporation of the town of Lyndon, now the City of Caribou   1859   Incorporation of the town of Drew, now…

April 4

Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimApril 4, 2011Leave a comment
Common Flicker at Marsh River Bog Preserve, Newcastle (April 2009)

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 1802 Birth date in Hampden of social reformer Dorothea Dix. 1854 Sagadahoc County established 1859 Incorporation of the towns of Maysville (now part of…

April 3

Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimApril 4, 2011Leave a comment
Common Flicker at Marsh River Bog Preserve, Newcastle (April 2009)

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 1639 A “Grant of the Province of Maine” to Sir Fernando Gorges exclusively was made on this date, superseding an earlier grant of 1622…

April 2

Health, Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimApril 4, 2011Leave a comment
Common Flicker at Marsh River Bog Preserve, Newcastle (April 2009)

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 General, Member of Congress, and…

April 1

Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimApril 2, 2011Leave a comment
Common Flicker at Marsh River Bog Preserve, Newcastle (April 2009)

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   1816   Penobscot County established   1860   Knox County established 1899 Bangor Bricklayers, Plasterers and Masons Union, No. 7 organized   1903…

February 7

Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimApril 2, 2011Leave a comment
The Wire Bridge in New Portland (2001)

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 1794 Incorporation of the town of Bridgton 1803 Incorporation of the town of St. George 1815 Incorporation of the town of Woodstock 1827 Incorporation of…

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