June 25, 1789: Hancock and Washington counties, the fourth and fifth Maine counties, are set off from Lincoln County, temporarily making the map of Maine counties look like five north-to-south ...

Nov. 2, 1789: President George Washington, on his only visit to Maine – which is then part of Massachusetts – fishes for cod off the coast at Kittery, catching two of them. He also visits the ...

Aug. 9, 1842: The U.S. signs the Treaty of Washington, or Webster-Ashburton Treaty, with the United Kingdom, establishing what is now the boundary between the United States and Canada, including ...

“We wanted to respect that history,” Stokes said. “It felt like we were doing this for generations to come.” In South Portland, Maine, the sun is the star ...

As Maine's first and most famous lighthouse, Portland is located near the entrance to Portland Harbor at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth. Commissioned by George Washington, it was built in 1791.