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The earliest culture known to have inhabited Maine, from roughly 3000 BC to 1000 BC, were the Red Paint People, a maritime group known for elaborate burials using red ochre. They were followed by the Susquehanna culture, the first to use pottery. [citation needed]
Maine State House, designed by Charles Bulfinch, built 1829–1832 Misty Morning, Coast of Maine Arthur Parton (1842–1914). Between 1865 and 1870, Brooklyn Museum. The earliest known inhabitants of the territory that is now Maine were Algonquian-speaking Wabanaki peoples, including the Passamaquoddy, Maliseet, Penobscot, Androscoggin, and ...
Conrad Heyer (April 10, 1749 or 1753 [Note 1] – February 19, 1856) was an American farmer, veteran of the American Revolutionary War, and centenarian.He is often credited as being the earliest-born person to have been photographed alive, although several other contenders are known, most notably a shoemaker named John Adams and Caesar, an African.
Margaret Chase Smith (1897–1995), first woman to serve in both houses of U.S. Congress (1940–1973); [3] first woman to have her name placed in nomination for the Presidency at a major political party's convention; [4] born in Skowhegan [5] Samantha Smith (1972–1985), child peace activist, child actress; born in Houlton, later lived in ...
Samoset (also Somerset, c. 1590 – c. 1653) was an Abenaki sagamore and the first American Indian to make contact with the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony in New England. He startled the colonists on March 16, 1621 by walking into Plymouth Colony and greeting them in English, saying "Welcome, Englishmen." [1]
It became the first long-term English settlement in North America. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The trips aboard the ships Susan Constant , Discovery , and the Godspeed , and the settlement itself, were sponsored by the London Company, whose "adventurers" (investors) hoped to make a profit from the resources of the New World .
In 1812, what is now known as the Stone House, King's summer retreat, was built in rural Bath. [ 1 ] King was a Scottish Rite Freemason and later – while he was the Governor of the State – he became the first (Past) Grand Master of Maine, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] elected in June 1820, by the representatives of twenty-four Lodges which "met, adopted a ...
The first known inhabitants were the Abenaki Indians, whom European settlers encountered in the early 1600s. At a rock ledge over the Kennebec River at Embden, 3 miles from the centre of Solon, there are Native American carvings dating to between 900-1400 CE. [ 3 ]