Great Day at York 2500th Anniversary Celebrated
York marked its 2500th anniversary with a grand parade through York Beach York Harbor and York Village featuring military bands historical floats and a sequence of commemorative exercises. Notable entries included Captain John Smith Henry Gorges and Sir William Pepperrell among others with a program of speeches prayers and a sunset boat parade on Lake Gorges and a fireworks display.
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York
York Village
York Harbor
York Beach
Eastport
Atlantic City
Long Beach
York Corner
J. Perley Putnam
Marshal
Aids
W. J. Simpson
W. T. Keene
A. M. Bragdom
Frank H. Bulis
Joseph P. Bragdon
Fred G. Winn
Lake Gorges
York Celebrates With Historic Parade and Festivities
York town celebration committees coordinate a full day of events with parades, water carnival, music, fireworks, and decorations attracting thousands. Notable figures Hon. Thomas B. Reed and former Gov. Chamberlain are among afternoon orators. officers of the town and Old York Historical society preside.
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Boston
Johnson Moulton
Lexington
Maine
Monroe
David Sewall
Moody
Pirate Trickey
Palo Alto
Auld Lang Syne
Edward C. Moody
Walter M. Smith
David B. Sewall
D. GC. Abbott
Watts
John C. Stewart
James Phinney Baxter
Maine Historical Society
The
New England Genealogical and Historical Society
Gen. J. J. Chamberlain
Apraiser
Port of Portland
Thomas B. Reed
Charles E. Hodson
Haverhill
Mass
Joseph McKenna
Thomas Nelson Page
Samuel L. Clemens
Tucker
Trartmouth College
C. F. Adams
Maine T Historical Society
Frank Seawall
Coventry Hall
Town of
York
J. Perley Putnam
Joseph P. Bragdon
Wiliam T. Keene
Samuel T. Blaisdell
Malcolm Mccintire
Henry Plaisted
William O. Barrell
Josiah N. Norton
Charles H. Jenkins
Harry i. Norton
George F. Plaisted
J. Howard Preble
George E. Marshall
Joseph W. Simpson
Daniel Wear
Elizabeth T. Sewall
Freeman Sewall
Eugene Sewall
Burleigh Davidson
Russell Cheney
W. T. Keene
John GC. Stewart
W. M. Walker
N. H. Shattuck
Samuel A. Preble
E. O. Emerson
Frank D. Marshall
Edwin D. Twombly
Wiliam J. Neal
Old York
Old Town
Toston
Gov
Chamberlain
York's Gorgeana: First American incorporated city
The article recounts York’s 1642 incorporation as Gorgeana, the first city charter in the United States. It traces Sir Fernando Gorges and Capt. John Mason’s ventures, the 1624 settlement at Agamenticus, and the early governance with Mayors Thomas Gorges and Roger Garde, noting the lasting Gorges legacy in York.
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York
America
New England
Old York
Gorgeana
Plymouth Council
Fernando Gorges
John Mason
Maine
Sir Fernando Gorges
United States
C Gorgeana
Thomas Gorges
Edward Goodfrey
Roger Garde
George Puddington
Bartholomew Barnett
Edward Johnson
Henry Stimpson
Arthur Bragdon
John Rogers
Gorges
Capt
John Maron
Mason
Piscataqua River
Massachusetts
Mayne
Agamenticus
Thomas Ctorges
England
Edward Godfrey
York's Early History and Massacre Echoes in Modern Town
This narrative traces York's founding under Gorges, the 1692 French Indian massacre that decimated the northern settlers, and the town’s evolution through piracy, independence, and the old jail era. It notes Scotch influence in Scotland district, notable garrison houses, the 1747 Congregational church, and York as a growing summer resort with York Harbor and Long Sands.
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New England
Gorgeana
America
Kittery
Wells
Isles of Shoals
Massachusetts
Little Colony
York
Massachusetts Bay
Gorges
Palatine
Stotland
Scotland District
Peirce McIntire
Robert Jenkins
John McIntire
McIntire
Nathaniel Marshall
Canada
Skabar. Dummer
Arthur Bragdon
Portsmouth
Jeremiah Maniton
Lexington
Johnson Moulton
Boston
Congress
Great Britain
York Historical Society
Congregational Church
First Congregational Church
Shubael Dummer
Samuel Moody
Sam Came
Richard Millbury
Joseph Holt
Moody
Old York
Wilcox
Norton Woodbridge
Capt. Wilcox
John Adams
James Monroe
Walter M. Smith
Stamford
Iown
Edward O. Emerson
Titusville
Penn
Paul Dudley Woodbridge
David Sewall
Judge Sewall
District Court of
Maine
Washington
Adams
Jefferson
Madison
Frank Sewall
Washington, D. C
York Beach
Harper
Union Bluffs
York Cliffs
Noyes
New York
Crops Braced Up After Sun Returns
A well known farmer said crops of all kinds grew strongly last week after sun ended a long spell of bad weather. He noted farm produce will rise in value due to the improved weather. Sezema and Deen's Ointment are advertised as instant relief for skin conditions.
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