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Chimney Pond, Baxter State Park (August 2001)
| 1607 | Popham colonists arrive at Pemaquid for a brief visit with the natives before continuing to their destination on the Kennebec. |
| 1726 | Birth date in Boston of James Bowdoin II, a Maine landowner, after whom Bowdoin College is named, thanks to his son, James Bowdoin III. |
| 1823 |
Maine’s first documented meteorite falls on Nobleboro. |
| 1848 |
Incorporation of the town of Maine (now Clifton) |
| 1854 |
Maine’s Republican Party is founded in the town of Strong. | ||
| 1862 | East Deering-built vessel Martha Wenzell is captured by Confederate raiders. |