Time-Line


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=Timeline-=
 * 1794**- Horse Island was purchased by Benjamin Darling
 * 1794-** Malaga Island first settled by Benjamin Darling
 * 1821**- Legislature of Maine approved a law that said interracial marriges "shall be absolutely void."
 * 1856**- Governor Frederick Plaisted born on July 26
 * 1874**- Harbor Island (Horse Island) was sold to Joseph Perry
 * 1905-** Maine annexed Malaga Island and told its 45 inter-racial residents they would be cared for and protected.
 * 1908**- Maine Home for the Feeble-Minded opened
 * 1911**- Governor Plaisted and his "people" surveyed
 * 1912**- The state of Maine evicts Malaga Island residents
 * 1980-** William Barry's //Down East// magazine artical was the first investigative and humanistic account of the community
 * 2001**- Maine Coat Heritage Trust bought Malaga Island