October 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 1775 The Benedict Arnold expedition to Quebec arrives at Long Falls. 1785 Birth date of Ebenezer Herrick, who attended the Maine constitutional convention,…
October 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 1768 Birth date of Joshua Hall of Frankfort, legislator and Governor of Maine in 1830, elected by the Legislature after 49 ballots. 1883…
October 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 1785 The floods of the “Great Freshet of October 1785” sweeps away almost all the mills and bridges in Berwick and Kennebunk. 1862…
October 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 1832 First publication of the newspaper the National Republican in Saco published by Dow & Marble. 1871 Birth date on Indian Island of…
October 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 1836 North Haven and Vinalhaven witness a horrible fire aboard the Royal Tarr, a sidewheel steamer from New Brunswick with ninety people, and…
October 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 1775 The Benedict Arnold expedition to Quebec crosses through Long Pond, Arnold Pond, and arrives at the Chaudiere River 1787 Birth date of…
October 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 1780 A Harvard scientific expedition viewed a total eclipse of the sun on Islesboro, after being granted permission by Colonel Campbell of the…
October 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 1862 Maine Central Railroad Company incorporates as a business corporation. Damariscotta-built vessel Lauretta is captured by Confederate raiders. 1891 Shipwreck of the two…
October 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 1727 Earthquake strikes Maine at 10:40 p.m. 1836 Dedication of the historic Bingham Free Meetinghouse. 1861 Searsport-built vessel Alina, Castine-built Baron de Castine,…
October 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 1918 Red Cross is mobilizing the nursing force of the City of Portland to help in caring for the many who have been…
October 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 1764 Incorporation of the Town of Gorham 1778 Birth date of Benjamin Ames, a Democratic-Republican from Bath, acting governor 1821-1822 and President of…
October 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 1764 First publication of the newspaper the Maine Patriot and State Gazette in Augusta by James Dickman. 1778 Israel Washburn, Maine governor in…
October 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 1918 With the number of cases of influenza in the Italian quarter of Portland, the Italian church at 235 Fore Street has opened…
October 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 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty settling the boundary dispute with England was ratified by Great Britain. 1870 Samuel Cony of Augusta, Maine Governor from 1864…
October 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 1869 Bangor Children’s Home is dedicated 1941 International Paper Company, an out of state corporation, files to do business in Maine.
October 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 1691 Charter of William and Mary issued, outlining the governance of the Province of Maine and that area between the Kennebec and St.…
October 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 1789 Birth date in Massachusetts of John Ruggles, a Jacksonian U.S. Senator from Maine (1835-1841). After politics, he practiced law in Thomaston. 1829…
October 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 1691 First publication of the newspaper the Crusader, in Bangor, whose focus was on temperance and reform. 1924 Birth date in Madison of…
Presidents of the United States visit many states during their tenures. Maine is no exception. Sometime in 1789 George Washington visited Kittery on a fishing trip. In 1841, recently elected President William Henry Harrison visited Bath and the Clark and Sewall shipyard, where he witnessed the launch of the Rappahannock, at the time the largest…
September 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 1846 Henry David Thoreau leaves Bangor heading north to Mount Katahdin. 1857 Maine State Seminary, now Bates College, opens. 1906 The schooner Annie L.…