| Y/M/D | Description | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1866/00/00 | The Curtis family lose their home in the Great Fire of Portland, causing Cyrus to leave high school. | |
| 1866/07/01 | HWL writes a friend: I have left the little girls in Portland, where I passed a day or two with them and among other things had a sail down Casco bay through the wooded islands and wished you were there. | Portland, ME, Maine |
| 1866/07/04 | On July 4, 1866, a fire devastates the city of Portland, Maine. 1,800 buildings are destroyed and 10,000 residents were left homeless. | Portland, ME, Maine |
| 1866/07/15 | Immediately after the fire, the Portland's City Council appoints a committee to "consider the expediency of buying land somewhere within the limits of the burnt district for a public square or park", hoping it would serve as a firebreak in the next fire. | Lincoln Park, Portland, ME |
| 1866/07/23 | After visiting Portland, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow writes to a friend, "I have been in Portland since the fire. Desolation! Desolation! Desolation! It reminds me of Pompeii, the sepult city." He will donate $200 dollars to the sufferers. | Portland, ME, Maine |
| 1979/07/08 | Destroyed by Fire | Long Cane Covered Bridge, Troy |
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