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R. Buckminister Fuller (1898-1983), engineer, architect, and philosopher, lived in Maine for 80 years. He is perhaps best known for his design of the geodesic dome.

first appeared: 1/14/2001

In 1820, Maine became a state under the Missouri Compromise, which admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. Before that, the area was part of Massachusetts.

first appeared: 1/7/2001

The small islands south of Acadia National Park are named the Cranberry Isles after the popular holiday fruit that grows there.

first appeared: 12/31/2000

The Viking Leif Erickson is believed to have been the first European to land in Maine, pushing the prow of his longboat onto Monhegan Island near New Harbor (pop. 500) around the year 1000.

first appeared: 12/24/2000

Sir George Popham in 1607 unsuccessfully attempted to establish a permanent settlement in the New World south of where Brunswick is today. The location is known as Popham Beach, the site of a state park.

first appeared: 12/17/2000

If you stick a toothpick in an hors d’oeuvre, chances are it came from Maine. Ninety percent of the nation’s toothpicks are produced in the state.

first appeared: 12/10/2000

Aroostook County in northern Maine, with a population of 69,700 in 6,453 square miles, covers an area greater than the combined size of Connecticut and Rhode Island.

first appeared: 12/3/2000

Eastport (pop. 1,965) is the easternmost town in the United States; thus the first to receive the rays of the morning sun.

first appeared: 11/26/2000

Bath Iron Works in Bath (pop. 9,900), a major supplier of American naval vessels—including destroyers, cruisers, and battleships—has a reputation for building ships consistently under budget and ahead of schedule.

first appeared: 11/19/2000

In the resort town of Old Orchard Beach (pop. 7,789) in 1918, visitors to the seashore could take an airplane ride over the water for 50 cents—almost as much as it cost to stay in one of the local hotel rooms.

first appeared: 11/12/2000

The Stanley Steamer car was invented by Francis Stanley of Kingfield (pop. 850) who, with his twin brother, Freelan, manufactured the steam-powered automobiles. The first one was built in 1897.

first appeared: 11/5/2000

Joshua L. Chamberlain of Brewer (pop. 8,684), fighting for the Union, received the only battlefield promotion to general during the Civil War. He is credited by many as having saved the left side of the Union lines from disaster at Gettysburg during the second day of fighting.

first appeared: 10/22/2000

Maine produces more wild blueberries (lowbush) than any place in the nation, averaging 64.5 million pounds a year on roughly 60,000 acres. Ninety-nine percent of the blueberries are frozen during processing.

first appeared: 10/8/2000

Maine, which covers 33,215 square miles, is almost as large in area as the five other New England states combined. Nearly 500,000 acres are preserved by the state as wild lands.

first appeared: 9/24/2000

Maine is the only state bordering just one other state. It shares a boundary with New Hampshire.

first appeared: 9/10/2000

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