Edmunds was incorporated as a town on February 7, 1828, and annexed some land from adjoining Trescott in 1899. However, during the depths of the Great Depression, it surrendered its organized status after over 100 years as a town. As did several Maine towns during the Depression, it became a township on November 27, 1937.…
Incorporated as a town, February 19, 1835,its incorporation was repealed May 26, 1858. Later reorganized as a plantation, January 3, 1887, it was deorganized March 31, 1983. Elliottsville is home to more than a dozen small ponds and the three-mile long Lake Onawa. The lake and southern portion of the township is accessible on the…
Etna Campground, since disbanded, was the site, at Etna Pond, of annual summer meetings of spiritualist beginning in 1876. In 1928 Camp Katahdin for boys, founded by Douglas W. Crate, Sr., opened at the pond. The town, in Penobscot County, incorporated in 1820
Consecutive Championships School No. Years Skowhegan (A) 8 2001-2008 Dexter (C) 4 2000-2003 Year Class A Class B Class C 1976 Bonny Eagle Livermore Falls Katahdin 1977 Bonny Eagle Lake Region Telstar 1978 Bonny Eagle Madawaska Telstar 1979 Waterville Belfast Madison 1980 Westbrook Lake Region Jay 1981 Bangor Cape Elizabeth Sacopee 1982 Cony…
Consecutive Championships School No. Year Marshwood 4 1983-1986 Ties for championships are noted at right with “/”; “CC” denotes “co-champions.” Year Class A Class B Class C Class D 1950 Lewiston Saint Louis 1951 South Portland Skowhegan Dexter 1952 Portland Morse Orono 1953 Stephens Skowhegan/ Brewer Jay 1954 Thornton Acad. Gardiner…
The Forks village is at the confluence of the Kennebec and Dead Rivers. Appalachian Trail southbound hikers enter from Caratunk at the southeast corner at the very southern tip of Moxie Pond, trekking over Middle Mountain, then north of Pleasant Pond over Pleasant Pond Mountain before reentering Caratunk.
is located on Sabino Hill in Phippsburg. Constructed between 1905 and 1912, three batteries are hidden in the woods overlooking the mouth of the Kennebec River and old Fort Popham. During World War I, it housed two artillery companies guarding access to central Maine from Bath to Augusta. In the Second World War, a tall…
is a popular center of “outlet” stores, including the legendary L. L. Bean, which has a virtual campus of retail buildings. See video and photos. It was named, say some, for Sir Andrew Freeport, a character in Addison’s Spectator Papers. Freeport-built vessels Lafayette and Blen were captured and burned by Confederate raiders. Arctic explorer Donald B. MacMillan lived in Freeport, as did a young John Gould, later author, humorist, and newspaper editor.
Settled in the early 1600s, it shares its early history with nearby Phippsburg and Arrowsic. See photos. It is home to Reid State Park and to the summer residence of sculptor William and artist Marguerite Zorach. Their daughter, artist Dahlov Ipcar, has also been a resident. The Josephine Newman Sanctuary and the Ledgewood nature preserve are here.
Consecutive Championships School No. Years Girls Waterville 4 1995-1998 Boys Rockland 4 1984-1987 Falmouth 4 1990-1993 York 4 2009-2012 For girls, who do not field teams, the individual’s school is noted. For boys the team’s school is noted. / = tie. GIRLS BOYS Year No Class No Class & A Class B Class C 1946…
Grafton Notch State Park features the Notch formed by Old Speck Mountain and Baldpate Mountain on the Appalachian Trail. In the Notch, Screw Auger Falls has worn deep holes into solid rock by the swirling water of the Bear River.
Gulf Hagas and The Hermitage are both located in the Bowdoin College Grant East, T7 R10 NWP, an unorganized township east of Greenville and northwest of Brownville. The area is part of the Appalachian Trail corridor owned by the National Park Service. Approaches from each town are over a private logging road on which control…
Gymnastics experienced several changes before its demise as a high school sport beginning in 2005. Boy classes were discontinued in 1973. BOYS Year No Classes 1966 South Portland 1967 South Portland 1968 South Portland 1969 South Portland 1970 South Portland 1971 Biddeford 1972 Biddeford 1973 Oxford Hills GIRLS Year No Classes & A Class B…
Consecutive Championships School No. Year St. Dominic 11 1946-1956 Waterville 5 1969-1973 Year No Class 1927-1976 Year Class A Year Class B 1927 Waterville 1977 Lewiston 1977 Biddeford 1928 Waterville 1978 Saint Dominic 1978 Winslow 1929 Lewiston 1979 Waterville 1979 Winslow 1930 Lewiston 1980 Waterville 1980 Winslow 1931 Waterville 1981 Waterville 1981 Gardiner…
is the marker for dividing East Penobscot Bay from West Penobscot Bay. It includes North and South Islesboro connected by a narrow segment of land, See chart and photo. Seven Hundred Acre Island, Job Island. The 129 acres of forested Warren Island hosts a state park with a dock and moorings. Grindel Point Light Station in Gilkey Harbor on Islesboro was established in 1850.
Abandoned granite quarries and clay banks where bricks were made suggest the early economic activities of the area. See photos. Several fine farm houses and barns have survived to recall the great heritage of the town. See images below from the Library of Congress of the old cattle pound.
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…
June 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 1792 Incorporation of the town of Mount Vernon 1829 Incorporation of the town of Appleton 1863 Bath-built vessel City of Bath is captured by…
This campground in Baxter State Park is the gateway to Baxter Peak via the Hunt Trail. It is a staging ground for Appalachian Trail through hikers as they end the 2,000+ mile trek from Springer Mountain in Georgia. All hikers must sign in noting their departure and return times. 12 lean-tos, 9 tent sites, and 3 group…
On New Years Eve 2012, Brady Williams and several fellow hikers mounted an expedition to climb Mount Katahdin in Maine’s Baxter State Park. Here are some of the dramatic images from that event. Photo credit: “Brady G. Williams, Maineanencyclopedia.com.” Each image original size = 12 megapixels.