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 Joiners Union is organized | ||
1909 | Robert E. Peary reaches what he believes is the North Pole. |
1935 |
Poet Edwin Arlington Robinson, born in Alna, who wrote about the fictional “Tilbury Town,” modeled on Gardiner, dies in New York. |