Historical Markers in
Kennebec County, Maine

103rd Infantry Regiment 1775 Quebec Expedition A New Look for Water Street / Un nouvel arrivant dans Water Street A Tribute to a Memorable Day / Un Anniversaire Mémorable Adolphe J. Gingras An Ornament to the City / Un joyau de la ville Augusta Mourns Lincoln / Augusta Pleur Lincoln Augusta, Maine Augusta, Maine – The Civil War Augusta, Maine – The Civil War Augusta's Publishing Empire / L'empire de l'édition à Augusta Augusta's Vietnam War Dead Memorial Birds and Fish of the Kennebec Blaine Mansion Capitol Park & Augusta's Doughnut Brigade / Le Parc du Capitole et la Manne de Beignets Civil War Memorial Civilian Conservation Corps Comfort Magazine / Le Magazine Comfort Cony U.S. Hospital / Hôpital Militaire Cony Cornerstone Day / La pose des premières pierres Cushnoc Trading Post Cushnoc Trading Post / Le Comptoir Commercial De Cushnoc D.W. Adams Department Store / Le grand magasin de D.W. Adams Dedicated to You, A Free Citizen in a Free Land Early Electric Power Generation First Kennebec Bridge / Le premier pont du Kennebec Flag Protest ~ War of 1812 / Drapeau en berne - Guerre de 1812 Fort Halifax Fort Halifax Park Garden of Remembrance Granite Block / Un Bâtiment en granit Gunshots Reverberate on the Kennebec / Des coups de fusil résonnent sur le fleuve Kennebec Heritage of the Kennebec River Heritage of the Kennebec River Immigration Kennebec Arsenal / L'Arsenal du Kennebec Lincoln's Request / L'Appel de Lincoln Lombard Log Hauler Maine Mounted Light Artillery / Artillerie Légère à Cheval du Maine Maine's Voice Against Slavery / Le Maine Proteste Contre l'Esclavage Majestic House / Une demeure majestueuse Market Square / La place du Marché Melville Weston Fuller Monmouth Museum's North Monmouth Library Monument Park NAS Brunswick Tribute to State of Maine Old Fort Western / Le vieux Fort Western Old Fort Western on the Kennebec Revolutionary War Patriots Riverside: Temple of Peace / Le Temple de la Paix Samantha Reed Smith Shipbuilding Days / L'époque des chantiers navals Sousa the nonpariel / L'incomparable Souza Steamboat Landing / L'embarquement des bateaux à vapeur Strive to Excel! / Vive L'Excellence! The American Rembrandt's Augusta Home / Maison du Rembrandt d'Augusta The Car "America" / Le Char America The Great Fire / Le Grand incendie The Two Cent Bridge They Were Superior Buildings / Des bâtiments pittoresques To Commend Their Example / Exemple Admirable United States Post Office / La Poste des Etats-Unis VFW 6924 Veterans Memorial Vietnam Veterans Pine Grove Waterville Maine Civil War Memorial Waterville Maine Veteran's Park Waterville Maine WWI Marker William Penn Whitehouse Homestead Site World War I Memorial World War II and Korean War Memorial
Maine was the site of the worst maritime disaster in U.S. history: The worst maritime disaster in U.S. history occurred off the coast of Maine in 1914, when the passenger ship SS Eastland capsized, killing 844 people. The disaster was caused by overcrowding and instability due to design flaws.