20th CENTURY MAINE

NOTABLE MEN

100

This author and illustrator who set many of his children's books in Maine including Blueberries for Sal was also a Caldecott winner

Robert McCloskey

200

This man started a globally recognized business with just a hunting boot

Leon Leonwood Bean

300

This man was one of the most renowned and best known artists of the 20th century

Andrew Wyeth

400

The author of Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little

EB White

500

Inventors of the steam powered automobile

Francis & Freelan Stanley

NOTABLE WOMEN

100

She was the first female senator from Maine and ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination in 1964

Margaret Chase Smith

200

Rockland native and Pulitzer Prize winning poet

Edna St Vincent Millay

300

Author of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, set in fictional Riverboro, Maine

Kate Douglas Wiggin

400

First registered guide in Maine

Cornelia "Fly Rod" Crosby

500

Scientist and author who brought environmental impacts of DDT to a greater public

Rachel Carson

INDUSTRY

100

This industry was created by wealthy visitors who wanted to hunt, fish, and enjoy Maine's beauty

Tourism

200

This industry was founded in Maine's maritime heritage and was revitalized by WW2

Shipbuilding

300

This industry was very profitable but very illegal and including smuggling over the Canadian border

Bootlegging

400

This industry remains important today in Maine, particularly in Aroostook County 

Agriculture

500

This industry took a downturn after southern states were able to offer better prices and equipment was outdated

Textiles

MAINE AT WAR

100

Shipyards begin hiring them after having trouble finding enough workers

Women

200

Labor shortages during WW2 gave these unlikely workers an option to harvest potatoes, log for paper companies, or pack vegetables

German POWs

300

This patrol boat was the subject of a likely cover up from the U.S. government to prevent panic

The Eagle

400

This Maine senator stood up to the "Red Scare" and wrote a "Declaration of Conscience"

Margaret Chase Smith

500

Maine families were encouraged to grow these to support the war effort

Victory gardens

MISC

100

This legacy of Maine shipbuilding remains one of the largest employers in Maine today

Bath Iron Works

200

This nationwide disaster began with the stock market crash of 1929

The Great Depression

300

This car broke the record in 1906 for the fastest mile

Stanley Steamer

400

This invention would allow remote and isolated communities access to the rest of Maine on their own schedule

Automobiles

500

This popular Maine beach town became an artist's colony in the early 20th century

Ogunquit