The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-07-09
Colony Established on Pine
Trees Shore Before Land
ing Of Pilgrims.
STATE HOLDS CELEBRATION
Coast First Visited by John Cabot In
1496-Maine eiazed Path to Ma.
tionai Prohibition - Produced
Many Men Of Note.

Portland Me.-One hundred years
AZ" Maine became a state of the Union.
and this year the event is to he official.
~ observed with great celebration.
the principal feature Of which will take
place at Portland from June % to July
| ).
While Maine is only a century old as
state. in reality the territory was one
Of the first settled sections Of North
America. 4 colony had been estah-
| lshed On its shores liz years before
the pilgrims landed ut Plymouth.
Mass. in lf2O. The Maine coast. bar
ring. Of course. possible discovery by
| the early NOrSemen. was first visited.
| 1t is believed. by John Cabot. the Eng.
lisl. explorer. in 1+?S. only six years
after the discovery Of the new world
explorer Corte-Real. came to Maine.
end in 1924 Narrazano. an Italian. sail.
ing under a French commission. cruiSed
along the coast. In 1925 Spnniard.
Gomez. discovered and named the Pc
n"bScot river Rio de las Gomez Or Stag
'rhevet visited the territory and re-
turned to Europe with story of Mo.
lumhega. Names mythical city.
II was in 1868 that the renowned son
Of Great Britain. Sir John Hawkins.
came to Maine. and two years later
three survivors of his second exppdi.
ti"n crossed its interior. the first white
men to visit any part Of the present
state away from the coast line. In
lGtc Captain Bartholomew Gosnold ex-
plOred its southwestern shore, and in
1GH Capt. Martin Fring. British
trnt!er discovered ca>cO bay on which
is now located the city of Portland.
First Settlement.
The premier attempt ut settlement
was made in 1ti0l by Sieur lie MontS,
! the fnm0u> French explorer. who es-
iabliShed the first colony in what Is
now the United States. north Of Flori.
In. within the hor'ler> Of the present
state "f Maine. on Neutral island in
! the ST. tr0ix river near what l. now
the city of Calais. The renowned
Champaign WAS II member Of the party
and cvuised alon. the Maine coast as
far east MS the kennebec river naming
Mount Desert island. After a terrible
year. In which the majority Of the
party died from exposure and disease.
| the colony was obliged to give up its
existence.
| In 1907. the first English colony was
established at lophan. at the mouth
Of the kennehec river. by George Pop.
ham. This nni The colony Of James
town VA founded the same year were
! the first English settlements on the
Atlantic coast. The little group. how.
ever. after the death of it's founder
was obliged tn abandon the site. The
colony. however. established one not.
able record. for II constructed. during
It's year of suffering. the Virginia. the
first vessel tn he built In North Amer.
lea.
In 1913. the French .JeSuits organ
lied n mission on Mount Desert island
and IN 1914 the coast Of Maine was
visited by Capt. John Smith If IOca
hOntas fame. who made the first re
liable map Of it and named nanny Of
It's principal points. including Cape
Elizabeth. He was the first to appl!
the name New England to this north
eastern section of the United States
Only three years after the landin.
Of the Pilgrims Capt. Christopher Lev
EFT established trading post on ont
Of the islands now within the limit!
Of Portland. and in 1862 the fOunda
lions If the present city were estab
lished by George C!eeve and Richar,
Tucker. Previous to this. however
IN 1923 settlements had been mad