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Monday, April 9, 2018

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


Video Timeline of Portland, Maine



Prior to 19th century

  • 1633 - Casco settled.
  • 1658 - Settlement renamed "Falmouth."
  • 1668 - Eastern Cemetery established.
  • 1676 - Village sacked by the Wampanoag during King Philip's War.
  • 1690 - Battle of Fort Loyal.
  • 1718 - Town of Falmouth established.
  • 1740 - First Parish Church built.
  • 1763 - Falmouth Library Society organized.
  • 1775
    • Thompson's War
    • Town burned by British.
  • 1768 - Portland Fire Department formed, March 29.
  • 1785 - Falmouth Gazette newspaper begins publication.
  • 1786 - Falmouth renamed "Portland."
  • 1790
    • Gazette of Maine newspaper begins publication.
    • Population: 2,240.
    • Lighthouse built.
  • 1796 - Portland Marine Society incorporated.

Maps Timeline of Portland, Maine



19th century

  • 1800 - Population: 3,704.
  • 1803 - Eastern Argus newspaper begins publication.
  • 1805 - Portland Benevolent Society incorporated.
  • 1806 - Gorham Academy built.
  • 1807 - Portland Observatory built.
  • 1819 - State constitutional convention held.
  • 1820
    • Portland becomes capital of State of Maine.
    • Maine Council of Royal Masters instituted.
    • Population: 8,581.
  • 1821
    • High School, Maine Mineralogical Society, and Maine Encampment of Knight Templars established.
  • 1822 - Maine Historical Society founded.
  • 1825 - First Parish Church built.
  • 1826 - Portland Athenaeum founded.
  • 1828
    • Abyssinian Meeting House established.
    • Mariner's Church built.
  • 1829
    • Theatre built on Union Street.
    • Western Cemetery established.
  • 1830 - Population - 12,598.
  • 1831 - Westbrook Seminary chartered.
  • 1832
    • State capital moves from Portland to Augusta.
    • City of Portland chartered.
    • Cumberland and Oxford Canal opened bringing interior trade to Portland harbor from Long Lake
  • 1836 - Western Promenade laid out.
  • 1839 - B. Thurston & Co. publishers established.
  • 1843
    • Railway service began between Boston and Portland.
    • Portland Society of Natural History organized.
  • 1844 - Portland Steam Packet Company organized.
  • 1846 - Portland Company established to build railway locomotives.
  • 1849 - Portland Gas Light Co. incorporated.
  • 1850
    • Curtis' chewing gum manufactory in business.
    • Population: 20,815.
  • 1851 - Kennebec and Portland Rail Road begins operating.
  • 1853
    • Grand Trunk Railway to Montreal begins operating.
    • Portland Board of Trade established.
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland established.
  • 1855
    • Portland Rum Riot.
    • Evergreen Cemetery established.
  • 1856 - Chestnut Street Methodist Church built.
  • 1859 - Forest City Cemetery established.
  • 1862 - Portland Daily Press newspaper begins publication.
  • 1863
    • Battle of Portland Harbor.
    • Portland street car service began.
    • Galt wharf grain elevator completed for export of Canadian wheat.
  • 1866 - Fire.
  • 1867
    • Portland Institute and Public Library founded.
    • First Baptist Church built.
  • 1868 - U.S. Customhouse and St. Paul's Church and Rectory built.
  • 1869 - Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception built.
  • 1870 - Cumberland and Oxford Canal abandoned when Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad reached Sebago Lake.
  • 1875 - Southworth Press established.
  • 1881 - Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor founded.
  • 1882
    • Portland Society of Art founded.
    • Evening Express newspaper begins publication.
  • 1884 - Maine Genealogical Society organized.
  • 1886 - Portland centennial.
  • 1888 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Monument unveiled at Longfellow Square.
  • 1890 - Population: 36,425.
  • 1891 - Portland Soldiers and Sailors Monument dedicated on Monument Square.
  • 1897
    • Jefferson Theatre opens.
    • Maine Music Festival begins.
    • St. Lawrence Church and Williston-West Church built.
  • 1898 - Waynflete School established.
  • 1899
    • Deering becomes part of Portland.
    • Portland Camera Club formed.

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20th century

  • 1901 - New England Elevator Company built the largest grain elevator on the Atlantic coast.
  • 1906 - Portland Company ceased building railway locomotives.
  • 1908 - Portland Society of Arts and Crafts organized.
  • 1909 - City Hall built.
  • 1910 - Memorial statue of Thomas Brackett Reed unveiled.
  • 1911
    • L. D. M. Sweat Memorial Art Museum dedicated.
    • Portland Terminal Company formed.
  • 1912
    • Kotzschmar Memorial Organ installed in City Hall's Merrill Auditorium.
    • Eastern Promenade laid out according to design by Olmsted Brothers.
  • 1913
    • State of Maine Express began direct Pullman railway service from major US cities to Portland.
    • Historical pageant takes place on Eastern Promenade.
  • 1914
    • Portland-Lewiston Interurban service began between Portland and Lewiston.
    • Portland Exposition Building and Green Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church built.
  • 1916 - Million Dollar Bridge opens.
  • 1918 - Queen's Hospital for women opens.
  • 1919 - Portland designated eastern end of the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway.
  • 1921 - Etz Chaim Synagogue built.
  • 1923
    • Portland Symphony Orchestra and Children's Theatre of Portland established.
    • Canadian National Railway began diverting export traffic from Portland to Canadian Maritime ports.
  • 1924
    • Maine State Pier and Chapman Building constructed.
    • Longfellow Garden Club organized.
  • 1926 - U.S. Route 1 linked Portland to the United States highway system.
  • 1929 - State Theatre opens.
  • 1930 - The Gull began international Pullman train service through Portland from the Maritimes.
  • 1933
    • Portland-Westbrook Municipal Airport established.
    • End of interurban service from Portland to surrounding communities.
  • 1934 - Flying Yankee began streamliner service to Portland.
  • 1940 - East Wind began summer passenger train service to Portland for vacationers from major eastern cities.
  • 1941
    • Portland-Montreal Pipe Line completed.
    • Portland became United States Navy destroyer base Sail during the Battle of the Atlantic.
    • Victoria Mansion museum opens.
    • Portland street car system dismantled.
  • 1942 - Battery Steele built.
  • 1944 - A-26 Invader crash near Portland airport was Maine's worst aircraft accident.
  • 1946 - Baxter Woods municipal forest established.
  • 1947 - Maine Turnpike connected Portland to what would become the Interstate Highway System.
  • 1950 - Population: 77,634.
  • 1953 - WCSH begins broadcasting.
  • 1954 - WMTW begins broadcasting.
  • 1960 - Tukey's Bridge built.
  • 1961 - Demolition of Union Station ended daily passenger train service to Portland.
  • 1964 - Greater Portland Landmarks preservation group formed.
  • 1965 - Kennedy Park housing built.
  • 1967 - Summer weekend passenger train service to Portland ended.
  • 1970 - University of Southern Maine Portland campus established.
  • 1973
    • Old Port Festival begins.
    • WMPG begins broadcasting.
    • Salt Institute for Documentary Studies founded.
  • 1976 - Children's Museum of Maine founded.
  • 1977 - Cumberland County Civic Center built.
  • 1978 - Portland Stage Company active.
  • 1984
    • Sister city relationship established with Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan.
    • Portland Ice Arena opens.
  • 1985 - Portland Monthly magazine begins publication.
  • 1993
    • Portland Pirates ice hockey team formed.
    • Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum opens.
  • 1994
    • Portland Chamber Music Festival begins.
    • PORTopera founded.
    • Hadlock Field opens.
  • 1997
    • Casco Bay Bridge opens.
    • City website online (approximate date).

King Middle School (Portland, Maine) - Wikipedia
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21st century

  • 2001 - Downeaster restores passenger train service to Portland.
  • 2003 - Sister city relationship established with Mytilene, Greece.
  • 2006 - Maine Roller Derby and Portland Society of Architects founded.
  • 2007 - Whole Foods grocery in business.[1]
  • 2008 - Maine Mead Works in business.
  • 2009
    • Port City Music Hall opens.
    • Congress Street designated an historic district.
  • 2010
    • State Theatre reopens.
    • Trader Joe's grocery in business.[2]
    • Population: 66,194 city; 514,098 metro.

Frozen River of Ice in Winter Portland Maine
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See also

  • History of Portland, Maine
  • Neighborhoods in Portland, Maine
  • List of mayors of Portland, Maine
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Portland, Maine
  • Railroad history of Portland, Maine
  • List of Portland, Maine schools
  • Timeline of Maine

Arts District (Portland, Maine) - Wikipedia
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References


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Bibliography


Commercial Street, Portland, Maine - Wikipedia
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External links

  • 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).

Source of article : Wikipedia