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Southbound Appalachian Trail Crossing at Moxie Pond (October 2007)

Southbound Appalachian Trail at Moxie Pond (October 2007)

1775 Benedict Arnold expedition to attack Quebec begins portage across the Great Carry from the Kennebec to the Dead River.
1819
Maine’s constitutional convention convenes at the Cumberland County courthouse in Portland to draft the impending state’s basic document.
1862 Calais-built vessel Lamplighter is captured by Confederate raiders.
1906
Shipwreck of the four masted schooner Helen B. Crosby on Drunkard Ledge near North Haven Island.
1918 Reacting to the influenza epidemic, the Camden Congregational Church vestry has been converted to a hospital and is full of cot beds for the care of the sickness in town.
 

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