Famed for delivering life-saving medicine across the Alaskan wilderness in 1925, Togo, a lead sled dog, wound up in Maine. A statue to honor him at Poland Spring is in the works.
Maine History
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Winthrop Maine Historical Society seeks donors to help buy Main Street building
The historical society, which does not have an official headquarters, is seeking $125,000 to purchase and upgrade the old Key Bank location at 107 Main St.
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Oxford Hills libraries issue call for oral, written, recorded histories of life during COVID-19.
AREA — The West Paris Public Library and the Norway Memorial Library are inviting other libraries and all residents of Oxford Hills to join them in creating the Western Maine Foothills Community Archive, an extension of a statewide digital archiving project sponsored by the Maine State Library. The mission of the project is to build […]
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, Politics
Can Susan Collins avoid the fate of a legendary Maine senator?
Mainers refused a fifth term to Margaret Chase Smith, the only lawmaker until Collins who’s sought one since voters began electing senators more than a century ago.
Posted inbPlus, Local Sports, Maine colleges
Maine’s first football game took place at Bates College 145 years ago
In 1875, Bates and Tufts enthusiastically competed in the brand new sport of football, not quite ready for prime time. Among the rules during the raucous game: No projecting nails allowed.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage
The Farmington Historical Society organized a march on Main Street in Farmington to pay homage to the women’s suffrage movement.
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Lewiston’s Garcelon Bog: From ‘disease-ridden’ swamp to protected refuge
People have eyed the destruction of Lewiston’s Garcelon Bog for more than 150 years, but it’s still here.
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Lewiston’s Garcelon Bog: From ‘disease-ridden’ swamp to protected refuge
People have eyed the destruction of Lewiston’s Garcelon Bog for more than 150 years, but it’s still here.
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Maine’s Great Fire raged in 1825 and destroyed almost a million acres
The 1825 blaze, the biggest ever recorded east of the Mississippi River, terrified pioneers, but is not known to have killed anyone in the state.
Posted inBicentennial, Maine, News
On this date in Maine history: April 14, narrated by Brett Williams
April 14, 1905: Flames sweep through the business district in the York County village of Springvale, consuming two shoe factories, 20 commercial buildings and 15 residences. The fire begins in the W.R. Usher & Son boot and shoe factory’s boiler room and spreads rapidly. Local firefighting equipment proves inadequate to deal with the task. The […]