maine history

Published
August 11, 2024

100 years ago, KKK stunned Lewiston with gunpowder and a huge, flaming cross

The Aug. 10, 1924, scene atop Mount David highlighted the growing power of the racist, anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic group in Maine.
Published
August 4, 2024

The Longfellow Garden Club of Portland celebrates 100 years

Appalled at the sorry state of the garden, a Portland socialite organized the club in 1924. It has maintained the garden at the historic Wadsworth-Longfellow House ever since.
Published
July 25, 2024

A Window on the Past: The Higgins family farmers of Highland Avenue
Published
July 11, 2024

A Window on the Past: Cushman’s Bakery and the Nathan A. Cushman family
Published
July 7, 2024

July 7, 1949: The deadliest day for public safety officers in Auburn and Lewiston

Seventy-five years ago Sunday, 2 fire trucks crashed into each other in Auburn, killing 2 firefighters and a police officer. The cause remains somewhat unclear.

Published
June 23, 2024

Father Sebastian Rale may have been Maine’s first vegetarian

The controversial 18th-century Jesuit priest could well have been an ascetic, part of a Christian movement that abstained from meat, which its adherents associated with carnality, gluttony and lechery.
Published
March 31, 2024

Plucky 18th-century midwife Martha Ballard is entangled in a brutal rape case

In 'Frozen River,' Ariel Lawhon spins a propulsive historical thriller from a few basic real-life facts. 'It's a fast read, but some of the ideas that drive it are troubling.
Published
February 15, 2024

Pejepscot History Center to host presentation on Malaga Island with Maine archivist
Published
January 29, 2024

By recording ‘Northeaster’ audiobook, voice actor connects with the Maine grandmother she never knew

Morgan Bailey Keaton is the granddaughter of Dr. Virginia Hamilton, a memorable character in the nonfiction book by Maine author Cathie Pelletier.
Published
January 17, 2024

Historian shines light on Bath’s ‘fierce’ Alice May Douglas

Ellen Endter will discuss her research of the life of the anti-war advocate, poet and journalist Saturday at the Patten Free Library.