Timeline of Portland, Maine

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 19th century
Wadsworth-Longfellow House Front
  • 1775
  • 1768 - Portland Fire Department formed, March 29.
  • 1785 - Falmouth Gazette newspaper begins publication.[4]
  • 1785/6 - Wadsworth-Longfellow House built.[2]
  • 1786 - Falmouth renamed "Portland."[5]
  • 1790
    • Gazette of Maine newspaper begins publication.[6]
    • Population: 2,240.[7]
    • Lighthouse built.[8]
  • 1796 - Portland Marine Society incorporated.[9]

19th century
"Bird's Eye View of the City of Portland," 1876

20th century

21st century

See also

References
  1. Britannica 1885.
  2. Britannica 1910.
  3. Leamon, James S. Revolution Downeast: The War for American Independence in Maine (1995) University of Massachusetts Press pp.62-67
  4. Joseph Griffin, ed. (1872), History of the press of Maine, Brunswick, Maine, OL 23304874M
  5. Charter 1881.
  6. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  7. Fogler Library. "Population pre-1950". Maine Census Data. University of Maine. Archived from the original on May 5, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  8. Phelps 1853.
  9. Jewett 1823.
  10. Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
  11. Directory 1912.
  12. 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, OL 14001837M
  13. Leonard, Fred Eugene (1923). A Guide to the History of Physical Education. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New York, New York: Lea & Febiger. pp. 227–250.
  14. Richards, Irving T. (1933). The Life and Works of John Neal (PhD). Harvard University. p. 576. OCLC 7588473.
  15. Federal Writers' Project 1940.
  16. Elwell 1876.
  17. Ward, Ernest E. My First Sixty Years in Harrison, Maine Cardinal Printing 1967 p.7
  18. Gregory 1887.
  19. "History of Railroading in Maine". Maine Department of Transportation.
  20. Beckett 1850.
  21. May 6; 2019. "Portrait of a 19th Century Maine Radical | The Bollard". Retrieved 2021-04-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  22. Beckett 1858.
  23. Steven Anzovin; Janet Podell, eds. (2000). Famous First Facts. H.W. Wilson Co. ISBN 0824209583.
  24. Beckett 1856.
  25. History of the Work of the Board of Trade of Portland, Maine, 1887, OL 7192898M
  26. Robertson 1982.
  27. Holt, Jeff (1985). The Grand Trunk in New England. Railfare. p. 88. ISBN 0-919130-43-7.
  28. 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
  29. Johnson, Ron (n.d.). Maine Central R.R. Mountain Division. 470 Railroad Club.
  30. "Anthoensen Collection". Portland Room. Portland Public Library. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  31. Sargent 1916.
  32. Centennial 1886.
  33. Frank Roy Fraprie (June 1907). "Portland Camera Club". American Amateur Photographer and Camera and Dark Room. 19.
  34. Portland Camera Club
  35. Holt, Jeff (1985). The Grand Trunk in New England. Railfare. p. 89. ISBN 0-919130-43-7.
  36. Jones, Robert C. (1993). Two Feet to the Lakes. Pacific Fast Mail. p. 70. ISBN 0-915713-26-8.
  37. American Art Annual. NY. 1911.
  38. 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, OL 7143172M
  39. American Art Annual. NY. 1914.
  40. "Eastern Promenade Master Plan" (PDF). City of Portland. 2004.
  41. "State of Maine". James VanBokkelen.
  42. 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, OL 14012024M
  43. Weingroff, Richard (April 7, 2011). "US 2: Houlton, Maine, to Everett, Washington". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
  44. Holt, Jeff (1985). The Grand Trunk in New England. Railfare. p. 100. ISBN 0-919130-43-7.
  45. "Longfellow Garden Club". Garden Club Federation of Maine. Archived from the original on November 16, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  46. 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.
  47. 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
  48. Albert, Dave & Melvin, George F. (1975). New England Diesels. George R. Cockle and Associates. p. 58. ISBN 0-916160-01-7.
  49. Jones, Robert Willoughby Boston and Maine (1991) Trans-Anglo Books ISBN 0-87046-101-X p.96
  50. ::Portland Montreal Pipe Line:: About us Archived 2008-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
  51. 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.
  52. 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.
  53. "Welcome to Mayor Baxter Woods" (PDF). City of Portland. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  54. "MTA History". Maine Turnpike Authority. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
  55. Johnson, Ron. Maine Central R.R. Mountain Division. The 470 Railroad Club. p. 267.
  56. "Greater Portland Landmarks". Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  57. Holt, Jeff (1985). The Grand Trunk in New England. Railfare. p. 111. ISBN 0-919130-43-7.
  58. Writer, Meredith GoadStaff (2018-08-07). "Portland food scene's in the big time now with selection as Bon Appetit's Restaurant City of the Year". Press Herald. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
  59. "Portland's Sister Cities". City of Portland. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  60. "Welcome to Portland, Maine". Archived from the original on May 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  61. "Amtrak Downeaster Breaks Annual Ridership Record". Amtrak Downeaster. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
  62. "Portland Society of Architects". Archived from the original on September 2, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  63. "Best Vegetarian Restaurants in the U.S." Travel + Leisure. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
  64. "Drink of kings makes a comeback". BBC News. October 2, 2013.
  65. L. Beehner (August 19, 2010). "36 Hours in Portland, Me". New York Times.
  66. "Historic Preservation". City of Portland. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  67. Federal Writers' Project (1937). "Chronology". Maine: a Guide 'Down East'. American Guide Series. Boston: Houghton Mifllin. hdl:2027/mdp.39015008827795 – 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, OL 23414268M
  • Guide book for Portland and vicinity, Portland, Me.: B. Thurston and J. F. Richardson, 1859, OCLC 29977128, OL 6904686M
  • 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, OL 6904688M
  • Edward H. Elwell (1876), Portland and Vicinity, Portland, Me: Loring, Short, & Harmon, and W.S. Jones, OCLC 332651, OL 7146626M
  • "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, OL 7125811M
  • Joseph Sabin, ed. (1885). "Portland, Maine". Bibliotheca Americana. Vol. 15. New York. OCLC 13972268.
  • "Portland (Maine)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (9th ed.). 1885. p. 528.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  • 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, OL 6981201M
  • "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, OL 6904683M
  • Charles Bancroft Gillespie (1899), Portland past and present (Souvenir ed.), Portland, Me: Evening Express Publishing Co., OCLC 5630912, OL 177491M
Published in the 20th century
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