Eagle Island
SEE: ROBERT E. PEARY
Clarke, McDonald
McDonald Clarke 1798-1842 Alternate spellings: MacDonald Clarke; M’Donald Clarke McDonald Clarke 1798-1842. It is known he was born in Bath, Maine, the son (or grandson) of a wealthy ship builder. There is dispute over his legitimacy as there is over much of his early life. He was was associated with the Bohemian set in New York in the first half of…
Bellows, Shenna
Shenna Bellows (1975- ) is the first woman to become Maine Secretary of State, beginning in December, 2020. Born on March 23, 1975 in Massachusetts. She has been a non-profit executive director, best known for her work with the American Civil Liberties Union. She had been the State Senator from Maine’s 14th District since 2016…
William Burleigh
William Burleigh, (father of John Holmes Burleigh), was a U.S. Representative in Congress from Maine. He was born in Northwood, Rockingham County, N.H., October 24, 1785; moved with his parents to Gilmanton, N.H., in 1788 when he attended the common schools and taught for several years. He studied law and was admitted to the bar…
John Holmes Burleigh
John Holmes Burleigh (son of William Burleigh), was a Representative from Maine; born in South Berwick, October 9, 1822; he attended the local academy; became a sailor when sixteen years of age and commanded a ship on foreign voyages from 1846 until 1853 when he engaged in woolen manufacturing at South Berwick. He also engaged…
Saufley, Leigh
After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Maine in 1976, and from the University of Maine School of Law in 1980, Leigh Saufley practiced in a small law firm in Ellsworth and served in the Maine Attorney General’s Office. She was appointed to the Maine District Court in 1990, to the Maine Superior Court…
C Surplus Township
CSurplus is a small, triangular township in Western Maine’s Oxford County. It is West of the trio of Township C, Township D and Township E. It is just East of the town of Upton. No improved roads link the two. The Appalachian Trail closely bypasses…
Bowdoinham
settled originally as early as 1623, but Indian raids precluded a permanent presence. Reportedly named for Dr. Peter Bowdoin, an early proprietor, it occupies the western shore of Merrymeeting Bay. The Cathance River runs through it and into the Bay. A fast growing community, Bowdoinham has attracted commuters and retirees to its still rural open spaces. See photos.
Blake Gore
This small township is at the extreme west of the State. A gore is an area, triangular or irregular in shape, formed by the diverging or converging survey lines, often as a result of inaccuracies. This township in Somerset County shares an irregular, meandering border in a mountainous area with the Canadian province of Quebec.…
May Craig
Primarily from a digitized version of an article from The New York Times’s print archive. May Craig, whose hats and tart questions to Presidents and politicians, made her one of the country’s best‐known news women for several decades. She was almost as famous for her flowered hats as for her penetrating and persistent questioning at Presidential…
Wassataquoik Kayak Trip
The “Put-in” point for this trip begins at a small boat launch site in the heart of Maine Woods and Waters National Monument in T3 R8 WELS township. Wassataquoik Stream runs southeast in the township beginning near North Turner Mountain along a stretch of Maine Public Reserved Lands. The six mile trip ends in another…
Spectacle Pond Piscataquis County
Access to the pond is on unimproved roads beginning in Blanchard Village off the Abbot Road trending southwest for about four miles until turning right at Thanksgiving Pond Road. In about a mile, park road vehicles. Follow a rough road/trail for about a half mile with off-road vehicles or by hiking. This Spectacle Pond…
Appleton Township
This Township in Somerset County has no village and probably no permanent residents. Spencer Road winds among several mountains from Hobbstown Township in the southeast to Skinner Township in the northwest. Greenlaw Mountain (2,991 feet) in its lower center and Number 5 Mountain in its northeast (3,168 feet) contribute to the mountainous landscape in…
Plymouth Township
Plymouth Township is in northern Somerset County, northwest of Moosehead Lake. It is split north to south by Seboomook Lake. “Seven Mile Hill” is named for its location, seven miles from Seboomook in the east. The northern half is accessed by the Golden Road, which runs…
Corinna
Year Population 1970 1,700 1980 1,887 1990 2,196 2000 2,145 2010 2,198 Geographic Data N. Latitude 44:56:44 W. Longitude 69:15:23 Maine House District 100 Maine Senate District 10 Congress District 2 Area sq. mi. (total) 39.4 Area sq. mi. (land) 38.7 Population/sq.mi. (land) 55.4 County: Penobscot Total=land+water; Land=land only …
January 21
January 21 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 1814 Incorporation of the Town of Milo 2020 Governor Janet Mills delivers the State of the State address…
Maine Influenza November 1918
[from “1918 Pandemic Influenza in Maine.” Maine Department of Health and Human Services.(edited for length and clarity)]* Saturday, November 2 The influenza epidemic, which has caused so much suffering in Portland, has passed its climax, but it has left behind weakness and desolation. Many families which have always been self-supporting have lost their providers. Others…
Maine Influenza October 1918
[from “1918 Pandemic Influenza in Maine.” Maine Department of Health and Human Services.(edited for length and clarity)]* Tuesday, October 1 On account of the epidemic of Spanish influenza and the fact that five students who arrived this morning were found to be afflicted with the disease, the opening of Colby College has been postponed for…
Maine Influenza September 1918
[from “1918 Pandemic Influenza in Maine.” Maine Department of Health and Human Services.(edited for length and clarity)]* Saturday, September 7 The first soldier at Camp Devens near Boston becomes ill with influenza. Just 35 miles northwest of Boston this camp, like so many other military camps, was hurriedly erected in the summer of 1917, just…
T2 R12 WELS
This township is southwest of Baxter State Park and Southeast of Chesuncook and Caribou Lakes. The Sias Hill Road from T2 R13 WELS passes the foot of Caribou Lake, where it joins the Golden Road. At the junction the road trends northeast to the West Branch of the Penobscot River and Baxter State Park; and northeast…