July 15
July 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 1625 Samoset, an Indian sagamore, granted a deed, believed to be the first from an Indian to the colonists, to John Brown for…
July 16
July 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 1915 Ellen G. H. White, a co-founder of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, dies 1969 First publication of the newspaper the Coastal Advertiser…
July 17
July 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 1915 Incorporation of the Town of Tilden (now part of Mariaville) 1939 12 year-old Donn Fendler becomes lost on Mount Katahdin, and…
July 18
July 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 1853 Opening of Atlantic & St. Lawrence Railroad, joining Montreal and Portland for the first time with the completion of the…
July 19
July 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 1779 Forty vessels leave Boston for Penobscot Bay on the ill-fated Penobscot Expedition to remove the British from that region. 1889 Cornelia Crosby,…
July 2
July 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 1838 Maine Congress member Jonathan Cilley is killed in a duel near Washington, D.C. by Congress member William Graves from Kentucky 1863 Joshua…
July 20
July 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 1905 Central Maine Power Company incorporates as a business corporation. 1970 B-52 bomber destroyed by fire at Loring Air Force Base.
July 21
July 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 1860 The plantation of Stacyville is legally organized 1970 U.S. Congress member John Lynch, who was born in Portland and served in the…
July 22
July 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 1900 The Houlton Aroostook Lodge, Railroad Trainmen Union No. 303 is organized. 1983 Samantha Smith, then eleven years old, returns from a visit…
July 23
July 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 1861 Freeport-built vessel Blen is captured by Confederate raiders. 1870 The first Swedish Colonists descend from their wagon train in New Sweden at…
July 24
July 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 1904 Birth date in Lewiston of U.S. Senator (1953-1959) Frederick G. Payne, Governor (1949-1953) 1938 Obadiah Gardner, former U.S. Senator and master of…
July 25
July 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 1779 Penobscot Expedition arrives at Castine to remove British occupiers. 1861 Dennysville-built vessel Albert Adams and Prospect-built vessel William McGilvery are captured by…
July 26
July 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 1819 In their final vote on the matter, Maine voters support statehood 17,091 to 7,132, setting the stage for a constitutional convention. 1862…
July 27
July 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 1911 Shipwreck of the two masted schooner Tay from St. Johns, New Brunswick off Bar Harbor.
July 28
July 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 1799 Americans defeated in disastrous attack on British at Castine. 1848 Incorporation of the towns of East Thomaston, now Rockland, and South Thomaston.…
July 29
July 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 1824 Birth in Lovell of artist Jonathan Eastman Johnson 1846 Incorporation of the town of Monticello 1853 Roman Catholic Diocese of Maine created…
July 3
July 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 1805 Birth date of Shepard Cary, legislator (House 1832, 1833, 1839-1842, 1848, 1849, 1862; Senate 1843, 1850-1853) and member of…
July 30
July 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 1948 William H. Gannett, father of Guy Gannett, dies. He published the very successful Comfort Magazine to promote his mail order business. 1991…
July 31
July 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 1779 Birth date in Connecticut of William D. Williamson, Governor in 1821 when William King resigned, and member of Congress (1821-1823). 1820 Incorporation…
July 4
July 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 1776 American Declaration of Independence issued 1786 Incorporation of the town of Portland 1804 Birth date of Nathaniel Hawthorne, author and resident…