Maine at 200: An Anecdotal History Celebrating Two Centuries of Statehood

Celebrate the bicentennial of Maine statehood Historian Tom Huntington presents an anecdotal history of the state, covering the course of Maine's often turbulent history, decade by decade. Huntington narrows the focus to key events and milestones, not just in the state of Maine, but in the context of world and national events. Discover Maine's role in how those events played out, including: the Jonathan Cilley duel of the 1830s; the Webster Ashburton Treaty and the Aroostook War; the Portland Rum Riot and the birth of Prohibition; various Civil War topics for the 1860s; Louis Sockalexis becoming the first Native American to play major league baseball (1890s); L.L. Bean's founding (1910s); and Telstar establishing the earth station in Andover (1960s), etc.