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HISTORICAL INDEX
Abbot, town of, 901
Abnaki tribe of Indians, 15
Acton, town of, 922
Actors, orators, singers, composers, 842
Adams-Jackson presidential campaign, 98-99
Addison, town of, 915
Advertising Maine in early days, 442
Agricultural experiment station, 581
Agricultural League and State Chamber of
Commerce, 396
Agricultural societies, 586
Agriculture in Maine, 569-598
Aix-la-Chapelle, Peace Gf, 38
Albany, town of, 887
Albion, formerly Freetown, 876
Alexander, town of, 915
Alfred, town of,. 922
Allagash Plantation, 854
Almshouses, 632
Aina, town of, 884
Along Maine’s waterways, 484
Alton, formerly part of Argyle, 894
Always a cool State, 453
American front, salvage operations on, in World War, 313
American Independence, semi-centennial of, 97
American Legion, 341; Posts of, in Maine, 347-348
American Red Cross, 339
American troops, first to parade in London, 309
American War Mothers, 817
Amherst, 867
Amity, agricultural town, 849
Anatomy law, 613
Ancient ferry system, 446
Anderson, Hugh J., governor, 119
Andover, 887
Androscoggin county agriculture, 568
Anson, town of, 906
Anti-slavery, sentiment, growth of, 123-126
Appleton, town of, 881
Argali, Captain Samuel, in Maine, 22-23
Argyle, town of, 894
Armistice, draft boards after the, 277 ; Day, 300
Army officers, 824
Arnold in Maine, 45
Aroostook County, 849; agriculture, 569
Aroostook War, 111-114
Arrowsic, town of, 904
Artillery, First Maine Heavy, 328
Artists, sculptors, architects, 841
Ashland, formerly Dalton, 850
Associated industries of Maine, 384
Athens, town of, 906
Atkinson, town of, 901
At the front in the Soissons and Toul sectors, 283
Auburn, shire town of Androscoggin County,
845; newspapers, 740; center of shoe industry, 384
Augusta, the State capital, 872; newspapers, 740
Aurora, 867
Authors, 826
Automobile Association, Maine, 434
Avon, agricultural town, 863
Baileyville, town of, 915
Baking industry in Maine, 391
Baldwin, 860
Bancroft, named in honor of the historian, 850
Bangor and Aroostook, 418
Bangor-Boston lines, 408
Bangor, terminal of navigation on the Penob¬
scot, 468; newspapers, 742; known as the center of Maine, 892
Bangor Theological Seminary, 671
Bangor’s surrender in 1812, 62
Bankers, financiers, capitalists, 842
Banking, 511-542
Banking institutions, miscellaneous, 538
Banks, Maine’s attitude towards, 103-104
Baptists and Free Baptists unite, 656
Bar association, 731
Bar Harbor’s social life first established, 439;
newspapers, 743; the town, 867
Baring, town of, 915
Baron Castin comes to the wilderness, 30-31
Bates College, 710
Bath, historic shipbuilding town, 462; newspapers, 742; shire town of Sagadahoc County, 904
Baxter, Percival Proctor, elected governor, 239
Bay Colony claims set forth, 27
Beals, town of, 915
Beddington, town of, 915
Beginning of road improvements, 425
Beginning of water power development, 599
Belfast, shire town of Waldo County, 909; news¬
papers, 743
Belgrade region, 496; the town, 876
Belmont, barrel manufacturing town, 909
Bench and bar, 715-731
Benedicta, named in honor of Bishop Fenwick 850
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, 770
Benton, 877
Berwick, site of first lumber mill in America,
457; named for Berwick, England, 922
Bethel, town of, 887; newspapers, 744
Bible Society’s office, 680
Biddeford press, 744
Bingham, town of, 906
Blaine, formerly Alva Plantation, 850
Blaine, James G., Republican leader, 154-155;
becomes Speaker of the House, 177; Secretary of State, 218; candidate for the Presidency, 228
Blanchard, town of, 901
Blind, care of the, 633
Bluehill, 867
B’nai B’rith, Independent Order of, 785
Board of Education established, 693
Bodwell, Joseph R., elected governor, 212
Bombardment of Falmouth in the Revolution, 44
Bonus, Soldiers’, in World War, 334
Boothbay, a 1630 settlement, 884; newspapers, 745
Boothbay Harbor newspapers, 745
Boothbay region, 462
Boots and shoes industry in this State, 382
Boston & Maine Railroad, beginnings of, 414
Bowdoin College, 709
Bowdoin, named in honor of Governor Bowdoin, 904
Bowdoinham, town of, 904
Bowerbank, town of, 901
Boy Scouts of America, 787
BQys’ and girls’ club work, 591
Bradford, first called Blakesbury, 894
Bradley, manufacturing town, 894
Branch banking question, 531
Bremen, town of, 884
Brewer, manufacturing city, 894
Brewster, Ralph O., elected governor, 240
Bridge survey, 432
Bridgewater, 850
Bridgton, 860; newspapers, 745
Brigadier-generals furnished by Maine in 1812
War, 64
Bristol, town of, 884
Brooklin, formerly part of Sedgwick, 867
Brooks, town of, 909
Brooksville, 868
Brookton, town of, 915
Brownfield, town of, 887
Brownville, town of, 901
Brunswick, seat of Bowdoin College, 461; news¬
papers and college publications, 746; originally
called Pejepscot, 860
Buckfield, named for first settlers, 888
Bucksport, 868
Bull Run, Maine regiments at, 163
Bureau of Fisheries, appendix, 964
Burleigh, Edwin C., elected governor, 215
Burlington, town of, 895
Burnham, town of, 910
Buxton, town of, 922
Byron, ancient name, Skillertown, 888
Calais, -manufacturing city, 913; newspapers, 746
Cambridge, town of, 906
Camden, 881; newspapers, 746
Camp, before going overseas, 308
Camping on your own, 504
Camps for boys and girls, 501
Canaan, town of, 906
Canals in this State, 413
Canners’ Association, 596
Canning industry in this State, 389
Canoeing and camping, 507
Canton, town of, 888
Cape Elizabeth, 860
Captain Samuel Argali in Maine, 22-23
Caribou, 850; newspapers, 747
Carmel, agricultural town, 895
Carroll, town of, 895
Carthage, 864
Cary Plantation, 855
Casco, 860
Casco Bay, Trelawny’s grant on, 26
Castine prominent in early settlement, 467; a
1626 town, 868
Castle Hill, 850
Caswell Plantation, 855
Census and valuation by counties, appendix, 979
Centerville, town of, 915
Central Homoeopathic Medical Association of
Maine, 623
Central Maine Power Company, 606
Chamberlain, General, elected governor, 175
Chambers of Commerce in the various cities
and towns, 399
Chapman, 850
Charities and corrections, 627-6 50
Charleston, town of, 895
Charlotte, town of, 915
Chateau-Thierry, 285
Chelsea, 877
Cherryfield, town of, 915
Chester, town of, 895
Chesterville, 864
Children’s guardians, 629
Children’s Home Society, 642
Children’s Hospital, 617
Children’s Protective Society, of Maine, 643
China, 877
Chiropractors’ Association, 624
Christian Church, 668
Christian Science Church, 668
Christmas Cove, seclusive spot, 463
Civil War, through the, 149, etc.; first guber¬
natorial campaign during the, 152; end of,
and Lincoln’s death, 161; last stages of the,
170
Civitans clubs, 797
Classification of registrants in World War, 266
Cleaves, Henry B., Governor, 229
Cleeve, George, settles on site of present Fal¬
mouth, 26
Clergymen and theologians, 836
Clerks of the Maine House of Representatives,
appendix, 967
Clifford, Nathan, in Polk’s cabinet, 120
Clifton, town of, 895
Clinton, 877
Clothing work of farm bureaus, 592
Coast Artillery regiment, Fifty-fourth, 332
Cobb, William T., elected governor, 235
Colby College, 710
College presidents, 829
Colonial Court insisted upon education, 689
Colonial Dames, 815
Columbia, town of, 916
Columbia Falls, town of, 916
Combat work, preparation for, in World War,
311
Commodore Edward Preble, of Portland. 54
Community camps, 504
Community trust for public bequests, 646
Company C, Fourteenth Engineers, 305
Company of Maine Central Railroaders, 307
Competition grows in transportation, 406
Concord, town of, 906
Congregational stronghold, 656
Congressional Representatives, 823
Connor, 850
Connor, Selden, Civil War officer, governor, 185
Constitution of the State, 82-86; text, in ap¬
pendix, 929, et seq.
HISTORICAL INDEX
985
Construction work in World War, 312
Constructive social service, 632
Continental Army, Maine’s contributions to, 50
Convention on Separation from Massachusetts,
66-69
Cony, Samuel A., elected governor, 155
Cooper, town of, 916
Cooperative marketing, 581
Cooperative measures in advertising, 443
Corinna, town of, 895
Cornish, town of, 923
Corinth, town of, 895
Cornville, once called Bernardstown, 906
Corthell, W. J., State Superintendent of Schools,
697
Cottage colonies along Cape Elizabeth shores,
460
Cotton textiles in this State, 375
Council of religious education, 677
County conditions for agriculture, 569-571
Court conditions under Massachusetts charter,
718
Cradle of the Y. P. S. C. E„ 658
Craig, J. P., third State Superintendent of
Schools, 696
Cranberry Isles, 868
Cranford, town of, 916
Crops, most important, 577
Crosby, William G., Governor, 134
Crystal, town of, 850
Cumberland, 860
Cumberland County, 856; agriculture, 856
Curtis, Oakley C., elected governor, 237
Cushing, 881
Customs District of Maine and New Hamp¬
shire, appendix, 964
Cutler, town of, 916
Cyr Plantation, 855
Dairymen’s Association, 592
Damariscotta, a 1640 settlement, 884; newspa¬
pers, 747
Dana, Judah, Governor, 123
Danforth, bobbin manufacturing town, 916
Daughters of the American Revolution, 813
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War,
809
Daughters of 1812, 816
Davis, Daniel F., qualified as governor, 201
Dayton, town of, 923
Dead River region, 490
Deblois, town of, 916
Dedham, 868
Deer Isle, 868; newspapers, 747
De Monts sails along the coast, 21
Denmark, settled during the Revolution, 888
Dennysville, town of, 916
Dental Society, 622
Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries,
appendix, 964
Deposits in Savings Banks, 520; in mutual sav¬
ings banks, 521
Description of camps for boys and girls, 502,
et seq.
Detroit, town of, 906
Dexter, named for Hon. Samuel Dexter, 895;
newspapers, 747
Difficulties and complications of district boards
during World War, 272
Dingley, Nelson, elected governor, 184
Dingley, Nelson, Jr., 182
Disabled Soldiers, National Home for, appen¬
dix, 965
Discovery, voyages of, and beginnings of settle¬
ments, 15-39
District becomes an independent State, 65
District Board for First District of Maine, 256
District Board for Second District of Maine,
257
Dixfield, named for Dr. Elijah Dix, 888
Dixmont, town of, 895
Dover-Foxcroft, consolidation of the two towns,
901; newspapers, 748
Down the lakes, 489
Draft Board, work of, in World War, 269
Draft boards after the Armistice, 277
Draft machinery in World War, 257
Drawing of serial numbers in World War, 260
Dresden, town of, 885
Drew, town of, 895
Dunlap, Robert G., Governor, 103
Dunnell, Mark H., second State School Super¬
intendent, 695
Durham, part of the Pejepscot purchase, 847
Dyer Brook, 850
E. Plantation, 855
Eagle Lake, 850
Earliest efforts of entertaining tourists, 439
Early banks, their powers and privileges, 512
Early educational laws passed in Maine, 691
Early legislative and other activities of the
American Legion, 344; lumber mills, 546;
Maine grants, 24; water transportation, 403;
means of travel, 402
Eastbrook, 868
Eastern Maine General Hospital, 615
Eastern Maine Railways, various, 419
Eastern Star, dean of granges, 585
Eastern Star, Order of the, 766
Eastern Steamship Corporation, formation of,
410
East Machias, town of, 916
East Millinocket, 896
Eastport early a centre of business, 57; news¬
papers, 748; most northeastern point in the
United States, 914
Easton, 851
Eastward from Bath, with the motorist, 464
Eastward, Ho, from Frenchman’s Bay to Grand
Manan, 472
Eddington, named for Jonathan Eddy, 896
Edgecomb, first called Freetown, 885
Edinburg, 896
Editors, publishers, journalists, 835
Edmunds, town of, 916
Education, 689-714
Educators, 831
Election of Senator Fessenden, 135
Elevations in Maine, 8-11
Eliot, town of, 923; newspapers, 749
Ellsworth, once called New Bowdoin, 867; news¬
papers, 749
Embden, town of, 906
986
MAINE— A HISTORY
Employed staff of State Board of Charities, 636
Enactment of the “Maine Law,” 144
End of the Civil War, and Lincoln’s death, 161
Enfield, town of, 896
Engineer regiment, a New England, 396
Engineers, Maine Association of, 795
Episcopal Church establishment, 653
Era of 1820-1860, 93-147
Establishment of normal schools, 700
Etna, town of, 896
European and North American Railway, 417
Europeans and their early influence in the
Maine district, 17-18
Eustis, 864
Examiner of banks and insurance companies,
519
Exchange clubs, 797
Exeter, named by New Hampshire settlers, 896
Expedition of the Plymouth Colony to Maine,
19-20
Expenditure of Maine tourists, 449
Expenditures, farm, 580
Expiration of bank charters, 515
Extension service for farm bureaus, 590
Extent of Maine Province in early days, 29
Fairfield, John, Governor, 109
Fairfield, town of, 907
Falmouth, 861; in the Revolution, 42
Famous Hezekiah Smith, 655
Far South, Maine regiments in the, 169
Farm accounts, 591
Farm Bureau organization. 587
Farm property, value of, 5
Farmingdale, 877
Farmington, 864
Farms for lumbermen’s activities, 550, et seq.
Farms free of mortgage, 579
Farms, uses of land in, 573
Father Sebastian Rale, missionary, 34
Fayette, 877
Features of education in the early days, 690
Federal Constitution, Maine’s views on, 52
Federal courts, 729
Federal Land Bank System, 539
Federal Reserve system, and trust companies,
534
Federation of Agricultural associations, 597;
Business and Professional Women’s clubs,
782; farm bureaus, 588
Female Orphan Asylum, or Children’s Home,
647
Fernald, Bert M., elected governor, 236
Fessenden, Senator, joins Lincoln’s cabinet, 159
Field workers’ service for Board of Charities,
636
Fifty-fourth Coast Artillery Regiment, 332
Fifty-sixth Pioneer Infantry, 328
Finances for building highways, 429
Fire protection, systems of, 543
First act of Maine Legislature for public health,
611; American troops to parade in London,
309; authorized organization attempted in the
Province. 25; draft registration in the World
War, 258; gas attack in World War, 284;
General Court, 716; gubernatorial campaign
during the Civil War, 152-153; National Bank¬
ing act passed, 515; Radio Parish in Amer¬
ica, 670; turnpike road, 556; water mill in
New World, 475
First Maine Heavy Field Artillery, 328
Five administrations of Governor Parris, 95
Foods, or nutrition work of farm bureaus, 592
Forest area of Maine, 544
Foresters of America, 779
Forestry in the State, 543-565
Formation of Eastern Steamship Corporation,
410
Fort Fairfield, 851; newspapers, 750
Fort Kent, 851
Fort Pownal, where now stands the town of
Prospect, 38
Fort Shirley, on the site of Dresden, 38
Fort Western situated where Augusta now
stands, 38
Foundation of American Legion at Paris and
St. Louis, 342
Foundations for the State’s public school sys¬
tem, 692
Founders and Patriots of America, 812
Founding of the Republican party, 136-140
Frankfort, town of, 910
Franklin County, 863; agriculture, 569
Franklin, settled in 1784, 869
Fraternal organizations, 761-817
Freedom, town of, 910
Free high school law, 701
Freeman, 864
Freemasonry, 761
Freeport, 861
French discovery, Maine open to, 21
Frenchville, 851
Friendship, 881
Friends, yearly meeting of, 665
From the forest to the mill, 549
Fruit Growers’ Exchange, 595
Frye, William Pierce, Senator, 204
Fryeburg, Indian name, Pequawket, 888; news¬
papers, 750
Fryeburg’s offering to the vacationist, 480
Fuller, Chief Justice, appointed, 217
Garcelon, Alonzo W., elected govern or, 190
Gardiner, 873; newspapers, 751
Gardiner, William Tudor, elected governor, 243
Garfield Plantation, 855
Garland, lumber manufacturing town, 896
Gas attack, the first, in World War, 284
General Court, the first, 716
General Savings Bank law, 519
Georgetown, town of, 904
Gettysburg, Maine regiments at, 167
Gilead, town of, 888
Girl Scouts, 792
Glenburn, town of, 896
Glenwood Plantation, 855
Going overseas, 281
Golden years of the State Grange, 583
Good Templars, International Order of, 793
Gorgeana-York settlement, 26-27
Gorges’ first court, 715
Gorham, 861
Gouldsboro, 869
Government officials, prominent, 822
HISTORICAL INDEX
987
Government of Maine, appendix, 963, et seq.
Governor Lincoln, death of, 100
Governor Parris, five administrations of, 95-96
Governors of Maine, 821; appendix, 965
Grand Army of the Republic, 798
Grand Isle, 851
Grand Lake in Washington County, 497
Grand Trunk Railway, 414
Grant’s Secretary of State, native of Maine, 177
Gray, formerly called New Boston, 861
Greenback movement, 188-210
Greenbush, town of, 896
Greene, originally part of Lewiston Plantation,
848
Greenfield, town of, 896
Greenville, town of, 901
Greenwood, town of, 888
Growth of Anti-slavery sentiment, 123-126
Growth of competition in transportation, 406
Growth of loan and building associations, 537
Growth of National banks, 524
Gubernatorial and Presidential campaigns, 181
Gubernatorial contest of 1879-80, 190, et seq.
Gubernatorial vote in Maine, appendix, 973-74-
75-76-77
Guilford, town of, 902; newspapers, 751
Gulf of Maine, why the coast is cool, 13-14; 454
Hale, Eugene, Senator, 203
Hall of Fame, Maine’s, 819-844
Hallowell, 874
Hamlin Plantation, 855
Hamlin, Senator, elected governor, 138
Hampden, named in memory of John Hamp¬
den, 897
Hancock County, 866; agriculture, 570
Hancock, town of, 869
Hannibal Hamlin, elected United States Sena¬
tor, 126
Hanover, manufacturing town, 889
Hard woods and their uses in Maine, 385
Harmony, town of, 907
Harpswell, formerly called Merryconeag, 861
Harrington, town of, 917
Harrison, 861
Hartford, town of summer camps, 889
Hartland, town of, 907
Hauling the logs, 559, et seq.
Hay fever sufferers, haven of relief for, 507
Hayes-Tilden campaign, 186
Haynesville, 851
Hebron, town of, 889
Hermon, town of, 897
Hersey, 851
Hibernians, Ancient Order of, 775
Higher learning, 709
Highways, various types of, 428
Hill, John F., elected governor, 234
Hiram, manufacturing town, 889
Hiram Ricker and Sons, 443
History of Prohibition in Maine, 140-147
History of Savings banks in the State, 517,
et seq.
History of the State banks, 512, et seq.
History of trust companies in the State, 529,
et seq.
Hodgdon, 851
Holden, town of, 897
Hollis, town of, 923
Home defensive measures, 171
Home economics work, 592
Home service of the Second Maine Infantry, 251
Homes of authors, 458-459
Hope, originally called Barrettstown, 881
Hospitals, 614
Houlton, 852
Howland, town of, 897
Hub of the Rangeley region, 488
Hubbard, Dr. John, Governor, 130
Hudson, town of, 897; newspapers, 751
Hundred-harbored Maine, 454
Hunton, Jonathan G., Governor of State, 100
Ice cream manufacturing in Maine, 391
Improved potato seed, 591
Independent State, the district becomes an, 65
Indian Summer in Maine, 450
Indians of Maine fall upon the settlements, 33
Industries in Maine, 365, et seq.
Industries in Maine number 3500, 370
Industry, town of, 864
Inferior Court, 721
In France — Railroading and camp-building with
the British, 309
In land of sparkling waters, 476
Institutions receiving aid from State, 637,
et seq.
Insurance matters, 540
International Institute of Y. W. C. A. of Bid-
deford and Saco, 686
In the Kennebago Country, 488
Into the North Country, 491
Invasion of Maine, in 1812, 60
Inventors, merchants, manufacturers, 840
Island Falls, 852
Isle au Haut, 881
Islesboro, town of, 910
Jackson-Clay presidential campaign, 101-102
Jackson, town of, 910
Jails, county, 634
Jay, town of, 864
Jefferson, town of, 885
Jewish faith, 666
Jonesboro, once called Chandler's River, 917
Jonesport, town of, 917
Journalism in towns and counties, 737
Judges, jurists, lawyers, 837
Justice and mercy are teamed, 630
Kavanagh, Edward, Governor, 115
Kebo Valley Country Club, 471
Kenduskeag, town of, 897
Kennebago Country, 488
Kennebec-Belgrade chain of lakes, 495
Kennebec County agriculture, 570; agriculture,
871
Kennebec River steamers, 407
Kennebunk, town of, 923; newspapers, 752
Kent, Edward, Governor, 108
Kent-Fairfield campaigns, 109-111
King, General, elected first governor of the
State, 90
Kingfield, 864
988
MAINE— A HISTORY
Kingman, potato-raising center, 897
Kittery, town of, 923
Kiwanis clubs, 781
Knights of Columbus, 777
Knights of Pythias, 767
Knox County, 879; agriculture, 570
Knox, town of, 910
Lagrange, town of, 897
Lake Parlin, 496
Lakes within the State, 452
Lamoine, named from the original French settle¬
ment, 869
Land office organized, 543
Last stages of the Civil War, 170
Leadership conference, 681
League of Women Voters, 794
Lebanon, town of, 923
Lee, town of, 897
Leeds, formerly Littleborough, 848
Legal and medical advisory boards in World
War, 275
Legal practice, 723
Legal standing, 725
Legislation provided for the new State, 83
Legislative and other activities, early, of Ameri¬
can Legion, 344
Levant, town of, 898
Lewiston, first settled in 1770, 847; newspa¬
pers, 752
Liberty Loan campaigns, 338
Liberty party, appearance of, 114
Liberty, town of, 910
Libraries and associations, 713
License Law, 145
Licensed boarding homes for children, 634
Lime and cement manufacturing, 392
Limerick, town of, 923
Limestone, 852
Limington, town of, 924
Lincoln County, 883; agriculture, 570
Lincoln, Enoch, native of Massachusetts, Gov¬
ernor of Maine, 97; death of, 100
Lincoln, manufacturing town, 898
Lincolnville, town of, 910
Linneus, 852
Lions clubs, 787
Lisbon Falls newspapers, 753
Lisbon, taken from Bowdoin, 848
List of trust companies now in operation in the
State, 535
Litchfield, 877
Littleton, 852
Livermore Falls, newspapers, 753
Livermore, formerly Port Royal, 848
Livestock industry, 576
Loan and building associations, 536
Log gamps, old and new, 557
Looking into the future for tourists, 509
Charles H., first school superintendent,
695
Lovell, town of, 889
Lovell’s siege operations in the Revolution
49-50
Lowell, industrial town, 898
Loyal Legion, Military Order of, 810
Lubec, town of, 917; newspapers, 753
Luce, Nelson A., State Superintendent of
Schools, 701
Ludlow, 852
Lumber mills, 546
Lyman, town of, 924
Machias, oldest town in Maine east of Penob¬
scot River, 473; newspapers, 754
Machiasport, town of, 917
Machinery, manufacturers of, in this State, 392
Macwahoc Plantation, 855
Madawaska, 852
Madison, named from President Madison, 907;
newspapers, 754
Madrid, 864
Maine and Missouri, 87; at the Minneapolis
Convention of the American Legion, 343; can¬
didate for President, 185; Federalist until 1805,
55; forestry district acreage, 544 and 547; for¬
ests in a nutshell, 543; furnished two briga¬
dier-generals to the War of 1812, 64; indus¬
trially, 365-399; local boards in World War,
274; man in President Polk’s cabinet, 126; men
at Valley Forge, 51; men governors of other
States, 821; open to French discovery, 21;
regiments at Bull Run, 163; regiments at Get¬
tysburg, 167; regiments in the Far South,
169; regiments in various Virginia battles,
164; rises in support of the Union, 149-151;
State seal, 91; the front dooryard of our coun¬
try, 440; the naming of, 82; troops in the
French and Indian War, 39; viewed locally,
845-925; what is the State of, 3-14.
Maine Bankers’ Association, 542
Maine Central Railroad, 415
Maine Central Railroaders, a company of, 307
Maine Conference, Methodist Episcopal church,
660
Maine Dairymen’s Association, 592
Maine Dental Society, 622
Maine Department of American Legion, organi¬
zation of, 343
Maine Development Association, 447; Develop¬
ment Commission, 448
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary, 616
Maine Federation of Music Clubs, 714
Maine Fruit Growers’ Exchange, 595
Maine General Hospital, 618
Maine Hotel Association, first meetings and or¬
ganization, 444
Maine Institution for the Blind, 639
“Maine Law,” enactment of the, 144
Maine League of Building and Loan associa¬
tions, 537
Maine Medical Association, 612
Maine Medical School charter granted, 612
Maine Milk Producers’ Association, 593
Maine Pedagogical Society, 698
Maine Press Association, 759
Maine Province, extent of in early days, 29
Maine Real Estate Title Company, 539
Maine Teachers’ Association, 698
Maine Water Power Commission, 600
Maine’s attitude toward banks, 103-104; consti¬
tution, 82-96; first governor, 93-94; Hall of
Fame, 819-844; lack of military preparation,
in Civil War, 162; mobilization in World War,
HISTORICAL INDEX
989
248; part in the War of 1812, 59-64; quota in
Spanish- American War, described, 233; re¬
sponse to the news of the Revolution, 42;
services and losses in the World War, 246;
State highway laws, 427; support of the Con¬
tinental Army, 50; views on the Constitution,
52; war legislation, 249
Manchester, formerly Kennebec, 877
Manufacturers of machinery in this State, 392
Mapleton, 852
Marble, Sebastian S., Governor, 215
Mariaville, 869
Marion, town of, 917
Marketing, cooperative, 581
Marshfield, town of, 917
Mars Hill, 852
Masardis, 852
Mason, town of, 889
Massachusetts’ charter in Maine forfeited, 31
Massachusetts’ defense of her eastern territory,
34
Massachusetts Medical Society, 611
Massachusetts rules Maine as Lord Proprietor,
31
Massachusetts secures clear title, 29
Mattawamkeag, town of, 898
Maxfield, apple-raising center, 898
Maximum potential power by States, 605
Mayflower Descendants, Society of, 817
McFadden Act in banking, 526
Mecca of hunter and sportsman, 451
Mechanic Falls, incorporated in 1893, 848
Meddybemps, summer camps town, 918
Medford, town of, 902
Medway, town of, 898
Mercer, town of, 907
Merrill, town of, 853
Methodism planted by Jesse Lee, 655
Methodist Church, oldest in Maine, 663
Meuse-Argonne offensive, 296
Mexican War, 122
Mexico, town of, 889
Milford, town of, 898
Military activity in the Revolution, 45-46
Military Order of Loyal Legion, 810
Military Order of the World War, 816
Millbridge, formerly a part of Harrington, 918
Milliken, Carl F., elected governor, 237
Millinocket, town of, 898
Milo, town of, 902
Minot, formerly part of Poland, 848
Miscellaneous banking institutions, 538
Miscellaneous industries in the State, 392
Modern conditions in transportation, 401
Modern political era, two chapters, 176, 242
Modern Woodmen of America, 769
Monmouth, 877
Monroe, named in honor of President Monroe,
910
Monson, town of, 902
Monticello, 853
Montville, originally called Davistown, 911
Moosehead Lake and Mount Kineo, 491
Moro Plantation, 855
Morrill, Anson P., Governor, 137
Morrill, Lot M., Governor, 146
Morrill, manufacturing town, 911
Morris, Edward, State Superintendent of
Schools, 701
Mortgages, farms free from, 579
Moscow, first called Bakerstown, 907
Most important crops raised in the State, 577
Mothers’ Aid, 628
Motor camping, 505
Motor railways, miscellaneous, 418
Motorist, paradise of the, 505
Mountains of Maine, 7
Mount Chase, summer camps, 898
Mount Desert, 869
Mount Desert Island, and the Lafayette Na¬
tional Park, 469
Mount Katahdin, 500
Mount Kineo, 492
Mount Vernon, 877
Moves, some rapid, in World War, 310
Muscongus Patent, 544
Mutual fire insurance companies, 585
Naming of the State, 82
Naples, 861
Nashville Plantation, 855
National banks, 523; in Maine now in opera¬
tion, 527
National farm loan associations, 590
National Guard of Maine, appendix, 977-78-79
Native of Maine, Grant’s Secretary of State, 177
Naval officers, 825
Neal Dow’s appeal to the Legislature, 140
New agitation for separation, 77-81
Newburgh, town of, 899
New Canada Plantation, 855
New Castle, an ancient settlement, 885
New England Engineer Regiment, 306
New England Information Bureau started, 442
New England Milk Producers’ Association, 593
New England Order of Protection, 778
Newfield, town of, 924
New Gloucester, 861
New Hampshire border line at Kittery to Cape
Elizabeth and Portland, 455
New Limerick, town of, 853
New Maine regiment organized, 253
Newport, town of, 899
New Portland, town of, 907
Newry, town of, 889
New Sharon, formerly Unity, 864
New Sweden, settled by Swedish colonists, 853
New Vineyard, 865
Nobleborough, 885
Normal schools, establishment of, 700
Norridgewock, town of, 907
North Berwick, town of, 924
North Country, into the, 491
Northern Aroostook County, 499
Northfield, town of, 918
North Haven, 882
North Kennebunkport, town of, 924
Northport, town of, 911
North Yarmouth, 862
Norway, once called Rustfield, 889; newspapers,
754
Number of islands in the State, 451
Nurses’ Association, 626
Oakfield, town of, 853
Oakland, 878
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MAINE— A HISTORY
Odd Fellows, Independent Order of, 766
Old Orchard, a 1631 settlement, 924; news¬
papers, 755
Old Orchard’s wonderful beach, 458
Old school district system, 702
Old Town, once part of Orono, 894; newspa¬
pers, 755
Oldest Episcopal church in the State, 664
Oldest Methodist church in Maine, 663
One Hundred and First Trench Mortar Bat¬
tery, in World War, 316
Opportunities for agriculture in the State, 569
Optometrists’ Association, 625
Ordered home from the front, in World War, 314
Ordered overseas, 308
Organization of Maine Department of the
American Legion, 343
Orient, town of, 853
Orland, 869
Orneville, town of, 902
Orono, first called Stillwater, 899; newspapers,
755
Orrington, settled by mariners from Massachu¬
setts, 899
Osteopathic Association, 622
Other Maine units in World War, 253
Otis, town of, 869
Otisfield, 862
Outside forestry district, 547
Outstanding activity of farm bureaus, 591
Owl’s Head, 882
Oxbow Plantation, 856
Oxford1 County, agriculture, 570; one of the
scenic regions of New England, 480; the lo¬
cality, 886
Oxford, once part of Hebron, 890
Palermo, town of, 911
Palmyra, town of, 907
Panic of 1837, 107-109
Paper industry in this State, 370
Paradise of the motorist, 505
Paris, manufacturing town, 890
Parkhurst, Frederic H., elected governor, 239
Parkman, town of, 902
Parks, Colonel Gorham L., Governor, 107
Parochial schools, 713
Parris, Governor, five administrations of, 95
Parsonsfield, town of, 924
Passadumkeag, town of, 899
Passamaquoddy Bay, 474
Patten, town of, 899
Peace Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 38
Pemaquid’s ancient fortifications, 463
Pembroke, town of, 918
Penobscot Bay to Frenchman’s Bay, 465
Penobscot County, 891; agriculture, 570
Penobscot, derived from Indian name, 869
Penobscot tribe of Indians, 16
Pensions for the blind, 641
Perham, 853
Perham, Governor of the State, 181
Period of 1888-89, one of distinguished honor
for Maine, 217
Period of comparative rest of 103rd regiment,
290
Perry, town of, 918
Peru, town of, 890
Phillips, formerly called Curvo, 865
Phipps, Sir William, a native of Maine, 32
Phippsburg, town of, 904
Physicians and surgeons, 839
Pioneer Infantry, Fifty-sixth, 328
Piscataquis County, 900; agriculture, 570
Pittsfield, formerly called Plymouth Gore, 908;
newspapers, 755
Pittston, named for Sir William Pitt, 878
Plaisted, General Harris M., Governor, 205
Planting white man’s religion, 652
Plymouth Colony sends expedition to Maine,
19-20; receives Maine rights, 25
Plymouth, town of, 899
Poland, formerly Bakerstown, 848; newspapers,
755
Poland Spring Country, 482
Political era, modern, 176-242
Pomological Society, 595
Popham Colony, 20
Population of the State, 4
Portage Lake, 853
Porter, town of, 890
Portland, 857-859; airport 435; newspapers, 755;
port of, 410
Portland-New York lines, early, 405
Portland Steam Packet Company, 404
Posts of the American Legion in Maine, 347-
348
Potato production, twenty years of, with com¬
parisons, 578
Poultry Association, 598
Poultry culling, 591
Powers, Llewellyn, Governor of the State, 231
Pownal, formerly part of Freeport, 862
Pownal State School, 641
Preble, Commander Edward, of Portland, 54
Preble’s blockade of Tripoli, 54
Prentiss, maple syrup and sugar center, 899
Preparation for combat work in World War, 311
Preponderance of savings deposits over demand
deposits, 526
Present activities of the Maine Department of
the American Legion, 345
Presidency, Blaine nominated for the, 211
President, Maine candidate for, 185&(description exceeds maximum possible length)