Timeline of Portland, Maine

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Portland, Maine, USA.

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Prior to 19th century

19th century

"Bird's Eye View of the City of Portland," 1876

20th century

21st century

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Britannica 1910.
  2. ↑ Leamon, James S. Revolution Downeast: The War for American Independence in Maine (1995) University of Massachusetts Press pp.62-67
  3. ↑ Joseph Griffin, ed. (1872), History of the press of Maine, Brunswick, Maine
  4. ↑ Charter 1881.
  5. 1 2 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fogler Library. "Population pre-1950". Maine Census Data. University of Maine. Archived from the original on May 5, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  7. ↑ Phelps 1853.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Jewett 1823.
  9. 1 2 Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
  10. ↑ Directory 1912.
  11. ↑ L.D. Carver (1902), Constitution of the State of Maine, formed in convention at Portland, October twenty-ninth, and adopted ... on the sixth day of December, A.D. 1819 ... together with amendments subsequently made thereto, Augusta: Kennebec Journal Print
  12. 1 2 3 4 Federal Writers' Project 1940.
  13. ↑ Elwell 1876.
  14. ↑ Ward, Ernest E. My First Sixty Years in Harrison, Maine Cardinal Printing 1967 p.7
  15. ↑ Gregory 1887.
  16. ↑ "History of Railroading in Maine". Maine Department of Transportation.
  17. 1 2 Beckett 1850.
  18. ↑ Beckett 1858.
  19. ↑ Steven Anzovin; Janet Podell, eds. (2000). Famous First Facts. H.W. Wilson Co. ISBN 0824209583.
  20. ↑ Beckett 1856.
  21. ↑ History of the Work of the Board of Trade of Portland, Maine, 1887
  22. 1 2 3 4 Robertson 1982.
  23. ↑ Holt, Jeff (1985). The Grand Trunk in New England. Railfare. p. 88. ISBN 0-919130-43-7.
  24. ↑ Dedicatory exercises of the Baxter Building: to the uses of the Portland Public Library and Maine Historical Society, Thursday, February 21, 1889. Auburn, Maine: Lakeside Press, Printers and Binders, 1889
  25. ↑ Johnson, Ron (n.d.). Maine Central R.R. Mountain Division. 470 Railroad Club.
  26. ↑ "Anthoensen Collection". Portland Room. Portland Public Library. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  27. ↑ Sargent 1916.
  28. ↑ Centennial 1886.
  29. ↑ Frank Roy Fraprie (June 1907). "Portland Camera Club". American Amateur Photographer and Camera and Dark Room. 19.
  30. ↑ Portland Camera Club
  31. ↑ Holt, Jeff (1985). The Grand Trunk in New England. Railfare. p. 89. ISBN 0-919130-43-7.
  32. ↑ Jones, Robert C. (1993). Two Feet to the Lakes. Pacific Fast Mail. p. 70. ISBN 0-915713-26-8.
  33. ↑ American Art Annual. NY. 1911.
  34. ↑ Thomas Brackett Reed Memorial Association (Portland, Me.) (1910), Exercises at the unveiling of the statue of Thomas Brackett Reed, at Portland, Maine, August thirty-first, nineteen hundred and ten, Portland, Me: The Association, OCLC 12031478
  35. ↑ American Art Annual. NY. 1914.
  36. ↑ "Eastern Promenade Master Plan" (PDF). City of Portland. 2004.
  37. ↑ "State of Maine". James VanBokkelen.
  38. ↑ Constance D'Arcy Mackay (1913), The historical pageant of Portland, Maine: produced on the Eastern Promenade as a free civic celebration of the Fourth of July 1913, Portland: Southworth Printing Company
  39. ↑ Weingroff, Richard (April 7, 2011). "US 2: Houlton, Maine, to Everett, Washington". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
  40. ↑ Holt, Jeff (1985). The Grand Trunk in New England. Railfare. p. 100. ISBN 0-919130-43-7.
  41. ↑ "Longfellow Garden Club". Garden Club Federation of Maine. Archived from the original on November 16, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  42. ↑ Weingroff, Richard F. (April 7, 2011). "From Names to Numbers: The Origins of the US Numbered Highway System". Highway History. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
  43. ↑ Lowe, J. Norman Canadian National in the East volume 3 (1985) Calgary Group of the British Railway Modellers of North America ISBN 0-919487-14-9
  44. ↑ Albert, Dave & Melvin, George F. (1975). New England Diesels. George R. Cockle and Associates. p. 58. ISBN 0-916160-01-7.
  45. ↑ Jones, Robert Willoughby Boston and Maine (1991) Trans-Anglo Books ISBN 0-87046-101-X p.96
  46. ↑ ::Portland Montreal Pipe Line:: About us Archived 2008-02-02 at the Wayback Machine.
  47. ↑ Morison, Samuel Eliot (1975). History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume I The Battle of the Atlantic 1939-1943. Little, Brown and Company. p. 68.
  48. ↑ Cornish, Caroline (11 July 2010). "Long Creek Air Tragedy Memorial is dedicated". WCSH. Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  49. ↑ "Welcome to Mayor Baxter Woods" (PDF). City of Portland. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  50. ↑ "MTA History". Maine Turnpike Authority. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
  51. ↑ Johnson, Ron. Maine Central R.R. Mountain Division. The 470 Railroad Club. p. 267.
  52. ↑ "Greater Portland Landmarks". Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  53. ↑ Holt, Jeff (1985). The Grand Trunk in New England. Railfare. p. 111. ISBN 0-919130-43-7.
  54. 1 2 "Portland's Sister Cities". City of Portland. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  55. ↑ "Welcome to Portland, Maine". Archived from the original on May 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  56. ↑ "Amtrak Downeaster Breaks Annual Ridership Record". Amtrak Downeaster. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
  57. ↑ "Portland Society of Architects". Archived from the original on September 2, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  58. ↑ "Drink of kings makes a comeback". BBC News. October 2, 2013.
  59. ↑ L. Beehner (August 19, 2010). "36 Hours in Portland, Me". New York Times.
  60. ↑ "Historic Preservation". City of Portland. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  61. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1937). "Chronology". Maine: a Guide 'Down East'. American Guide Series. Boston: Houghton Mifllin – via Hathi Trust.

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century
  • Nathaniel G. Jewett (1823). Portland Directory & Register. Todd and Smith, printer.
  • S.B. Beckett (1850). Portland Directory. Thurston & Co., printer.
  • "Portland, Me.", Phelps' Hundred Cities and Large Towns of America, New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853, OCLC 2503582
  • S.B. Beckett (1856). Portland Directory. Brown Thurston, printer.
  • Joseph H. Bragdon (1857), "Portland", Seaboard towns: or, Traveller's guide book from Boston to Portland, Newburyport, Mass.: Moulton & Clark, OCLC 3443773
  • S.B. Beckett (1858), Portland Directory, Brown Thurston, printer
  • Guide book for Portland and vicinity, Portland, Me.: B. Thurston and J. F. Richardson, 1859, OCLC 29977128
  • William Willis. The history of Portland, from 1632 to 1864, 2nd ed. Portland: Bailey & Noyes, 1865
  • John Neal (1874), Portland illustrated, Portland, Me: W. S. Jones, OCLC 7153525
  • Edward H. Elwell (1876), Portland and Vicinity, Portland, Me: Loring, Short, & Harmon, and W.S. Jones, OCLC 332651
  • "Portland and its environs", New England: a handbook for travelers (7th ed.), Boston, Mass: James R. Osgood, 1880
  • Charter and Ordinances of the City of Portland, Portland: Dresser, McLellan & Company, 1881
  • Joseph Sabin, ed. (1885). "Portland, Maine". Bibliotheca Americana. 15. New York. OCLC 13972268.
  • J.T. Hull, ed. (1886), Centennial celebration: an account of the municipal celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Portland, July 4th, 5th and 6th, 1886, Portland: Printed by Owen, Strout & company, OCLC 7566292
  • "City of Portland". Maine Register, or State Year-book and Legislative Manual. Portland, ME: J.B. Gregory. 1887.
  • "City of Portland". Maine register or state year-book and legislative manual. Portland, ME: G.M. Donham. 1891.
  • George F. Bacon (1891), Portland: its representative business men and its points of interest, Newark, N.J: Glenwood Publishing Company, OCLC 8015123
  • Charles Bancroft Gillespie (1899), Portland past and present (Souvenir ed.), Portland, Me: Evening Express Publishing Co., OCLC 5630912
Published in the 20th century
  • "Portland", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
  • Directory of Portland, Portland Directory Co., 1912
  • "Portland", Handbook of New England, Boston: Porter E. Sargent, 1916, OCLC 16726464
  • Federal Writers' Project (1940), Portland City Guide, American Guide Series, Portland: Forest City Printing Company, OCLC 2291042
  • Robertson, Edwin B. (1982). Remember the Portland, Maine, Trolleys. Robertson Books.
  • Historic images related to Portland (via Maine Memory Network)
  • "Timeline: Selected Events in Maine History". Maine Memory Network. Maine Historical Society.
  • John French. "Portland Maine History 1786 to Present" – via Facebook.
  • Works related to Portland, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
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