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March 28

Health, Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimMarch 30, 2011Leave a comment

March 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 Maple Sunday is the 4th Sunday in March. 1893 Ballot law of 1891 is amended to create the “Big Box” format, making it…

March 27

Health, Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimMarch 30, 2011Leave a comment
Olson House on Hathorn Point in Cushing (2005)

March 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 Maple Sunday is the 4th Sunday in March.   1819   Birth date in Woodstock of Sidney Perham, a U.S. Congressman and Governor…

March 26

Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimMarch 30, 2011Leave a comment
Olson House on Hathorn Point in Cushing (2005)

March 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 Maple Sunday is the 4th Sunday in March. 1846 Floods ravage Livermore Fall on the Androscoggin, Hallowell on the Kennebec, and Bangor on…

March 25

Health, Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimMarch 30, 2011Leave a comment
Olson House on Hathorn Point in Cushing (2005)

March 25 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 Maple Sunday is the 4th Sunday in March.   1636   Incorporation of the town of Agamenticus, now the town of York…

March 24

Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimMarch 30, 2011Leave a comment
Maple Sunday in Bowdoin, Maine (2014)

March 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 Maple Sunday is the 4th Sunday in March. 1909 Incorporation of the town of Portage Lake. 1914 Adoption at Bangor of the Progressive…

March 23

Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimMarch 30, 2011Leave a comment
Olson House on Hathorn Point in Cushing (2005)

March 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 Maple Sunday is the 4th Sunday in March. 1831 Birth date of James Phinney Baxter in Gorham, historian and father of Governor Percival…

March 22

Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimMarch 30, 2011Leave a comment
Olson House on Hathorn Point in Cushing (2005)

March 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 Maple Sunday is the 4th Sunday in March. 1794 Birth date of John Hubbard of Hallowell, physician and Governor of Maine 1850-1853, known…

March 21

Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimMarch 30, 2011Leave a comment
Olson House on Hathorn Point in Cushing (2005)

March 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 1636 First court authorized in Maine sits at Saco   1788   Incorporation of the towns of Bowdoin and Orrington   1838  …

March 20

Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimMarch 30, 2011Leave a comment
Olson House on Hathorn Point in Cushing (2005)

March 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 1777 Incorporation of the town of Thomaston 1804 Birth date in Portland of Neal Dow, alcohol prohibitionist and Prohibition Party candidate for President…

March 19

Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimMarch 30, 2011Leave a comment
Olson House on Hathorn Point in Cushing (2005)

March 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 1835 Incorporation of the town of Otis 1836 Incorporation of the towns of Amity and Linneus 1839 Incorporation of the town of Argyle…

March 18

Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimMarch 30, 2011Leave a comment
Olson House on Hathorn Point in Cushing (2005)

March 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   1803   Birth date of Governor Abner Coburn in what is now Skowhegan. A founder of the Maine Republican Party, he served…

March 17

Health, Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimMarch 30, 2011Leave a comment
Olson House on Hathorn Point in Cushing (2005)

March 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   1790   Birth date of Benjamin White, Jr., who became the first Democratic Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, in which…

March 16

Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimMarch 29, 2011Leave a comment
Olson House on Hathorn Point in Cushing (2005)

March 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 1793 Incorporation of the town of Buckfield 1830 Incorporation of the town of Cranberry Isles 1840 Incorporation of the town of Old Town…

March 15

Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimMarch 29, 2011Leave a comment
Olson House on Hathorn Point in Cushing (2005)

March 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 1820 Maine Statehood becomes Official; annual Statehood Day proclaimed by the Governor to “observe the day in schools and other suitable places with…

March 14

Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimMarch 29, 2011Leave a comment
Olson House on Hathorn Point in Cushing (2005)

March 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 1773 Birth date of U.S. Senator (1820-1827) John Holmes. 1781 Birth date of Jonathan G. Hunton of Readfield, Governor of Maine 1830. 1925…

March 13

Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimMarch 29, 2011Leave a comment
Olson House on Hathorn Point in Cushing (2005)

March 13 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   1677   Massachusetts bought Maine for £1,250 sterling ($6,000), extending its territory eastward. Maine became a state 143 years later in…

March 12

Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimMarch 29, 2011Leave a comment
Maple Sunday in Bowdoin, Maine (2014)

March 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   1788   Birth date in New Hampshire of Governor (1831-1834) and judge Samuel E. Smith of Wiscasset, a Democrat.   1806  …

March 11

Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimMarch 29, 2011Leave a comment
Olson House on Hathorn Point in Cushing (2005)

March 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   1778   Incorporation of the town of Coxhall, now Lyman   1791   Incorporation of the town of Readfield   1858  …

March 10

Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimMarch 29, 2011Leave a comment
Olson House on Hathorn Point in Cushing (2005)

March 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   1877   The Hurricane Island Granite Cutters Union is organized. Portland Branch, Granite Cutters Union is organized. St. George, Clark Island, Granite…

March 9

Historical Dates, HistoryBy JimMarch 29, 2011Leave a comment
Olson House on Hathorn Point in Cushing (2005)

March 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 1774 Incorporation of the towns of Edgecomb and New Gloucester 1785 Incorporation of the town of Parsonsfield 1797 Incorporation of the town of…

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