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Sheep at Crystal Spring Farm in Brunswick (May 2010)
| 1857 | Ten year average of “ice out” on Moosehead Lake is May 12th. (See also April 30th) | ||
| 1861 | Machias-built vessel State of Maine is captured by Confederate raiders. | ||
| 1877 | William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody receives a complimentary repeating rifle from the Evans Rifle Manufacturing Company of Mechanic Falls. |
| 1883 |
Livermore’s Israel Washburn, Jr., member of the U.S. Congress and Governor (1861-1863), dies in Philadelphia. |
| 1901 | Portland Bricklayers’ Tenders Union, No. 9,231, is organized | ||
| 1964 |
Portland Chapter, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chartered. |