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George Munjoy (c. 1626 –1680), for whom Munjoy Hill is named, [10] lived in a fortified house, known as Munjoy's Garrison, [11] near the corner of Mountfort Street and Fore Street, which was then at the shoreline. [12] [13] Munjoy had moved north from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1659 to what was then Falmouth, Province of Maine. [14]
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The Portland Observatory, built in 1807, sits atop Munjoy Hill. The East End is a neighborhood on the far eastern end of Portland's peninsula. It is closely linked with Munjoy Hill and the Eastern Promenade. The East End Community School, located on North Street, serves the area. [17] The East End Beach is also located there.
1970 - University of Southern Maine Portland campus established. 1973 Old Port Festival begins. WMPG begins broadcasting. Salt Institute for Documentary Studies founded. 1974 - The Hollow Reed restaurant in the Old Port is founded. [60] 1976 - Children's Museum of Maine founded. 1977 - Cumberland County Civic Center built. 1978 - Portland Stage ...
Oct. 30—Grainy TV news footage from 1979 shows thousands of people swarming over the field at Chicago's Comiskey Park, burning stacks of dance records and holding banners that read "Disco Sucks."
Portland (/ ˈ p ɔːr t l ə n d / PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Cumberland County.Portland's population was 68,408 at the 2020 census. [4]