People have eyed the destruction of Lewiston’s Garcelon Bog for more than 150 years, but it’s still here.
Maine History
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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.
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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 […]
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‘One of Maine’s many cranks,’ Lewiston’s Elias Gove once sought $1 billion from Abraham Lincoln
Gove, who died in 1894, thought of himself as a prophet and a billionaire, but the world saw him differently.
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Maine’s lands and waters 200 years later? Very different
The state’s lumber industry and global climate change have both had significant impact on Maine’s environment.
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Lewiston-Auburn Flashback: Trolley days in Auburn
This undated photo shows a trolley on Court Street in Auburn, looking toward Lewiston. The building on the right with the arched windows is Auburn Hall, now the city’s municipal building. The Gridley Barrows Collection at Lewiston Public Library Flashback is a regular Monday feature highlighting life in the past in the Lewiston-Auburn area. If […]
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Lewiston-Auburn Flashback: Lewiston Falls Academy in Auburn
Flashback is a regular Monday feature highlighting life in the past in the Lewiston-Auburn area. If you have more information about today’s image, share it on the Lewiston Public Library’s website here.
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It’s a celebration 200 years in the making
‘It isn’t just history buffs’ anticipating Maine’s bicentennial – two centuries of statehood. The marquee event is next Sunday at the Augusta Armory.
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Colony, Chapter IV: Insurrection
An uprising against Massachusetts land barons sets the stage for statehood.
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Lewiston-Auburn Flashback: The making of Bates Mill No. 5’s sawtooth roof
Flashback is a regular Monday feature highlighting life in the past in the Lewiston-Auburn area. If you have more information about today’s image, share it on the Lewiston Public Library’s website here. This photo of the construction of Bates Mill No. 5, circa 1912, shows the building’s iconic roof supports, which, once finished, allowed light […]