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  History of Saco, Maine, USA

Journey back in time to Saco, Maine, USA

Visit Saco, Maine, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

• 1811 - Mill established in Saco
  Lumbering was the early business of the place, and the raw material was here turned into all varieties of stuff; and a large business was carried on...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• In 1811 Saco Academy was founded after 37 Saco citizens petition the Massachusetts legislature to establish an academy in Saco.
  It was later renamed Thornton Academy.
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• 1848 - (Saco) - Thornton Academy destroyed by suspicious fire
  
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• 1854 - Saco
  Saco, a thriving post-town and port of entry of York county, Maine, on the E. or left bank of the Saco river, about 6 miles from its mouth, and on...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1870 - Fatal Railroad Accident at Saco, Maine.
  SACO, Me., March 12. As the 12 o'clock train from Boston for Portland was passing a crossing in this city this afternoon the engine struck a sleigh...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1886 - Saco
  Saco, in York County, was granted in 1630, to Thomas Lewis and Richard Bonython, by the Plymouth Company, though the latter had, in 1622, granted...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  York Mills, Saco, Me.
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• 1895 - Saco
  Saco, saw'ko, a city, port of entry, and one of the capitals of York co., Me., on the left bank of the river of the same name, about 6 miles from its ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1906
  Saco, a city of York co., Me., on the left bank of the river of the same name, about 6 miles from its mouth and 14 miles SW. of Portland, on the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Saco, Me. Road to Old Orchard. Old Watering Trough on the Right.
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  The Underwood, Ferry Beach Park, Saco, Maine
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• 1947 - Saco devastated by the Great Fires of 1947
  After a wet spring, in which the months of April, May and June were inundated with rainy weather, the climate turned to drought condition in mid July ...Read MORE...