Connor
an unorganized township in Aroostook County, was once a town. The impact of the Great Depression and World War II forced its deorganization in 1945. A section of the Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge is in the township. See photo.
Concord
is now an unorganized township in Somerset County after having been a town for over 100 years. Incorporated on January 25, 1821 from Plantation Number One, R1, BKP., WKR., it surrendered its organized status on July 6, 1935, and thus became deorganized. The Great Depression of the 1930’s forced many marginal towns, unable to raise…
Nash, Clara Hapgood
Clara Hapgood Nash, admitted to the Maine bar at Machias in 1872, was the first woman in New England, and only about the fifth in the country, to achieve that status. It was not until 1899 that a law was passed in Maine prohibiting discrimination in the admission of attorneys to the bar based on…