1901Howard Blackburn sailed the Great Republic solo to Portugal.People and Communities, Economy and Industry, Maritime & Fishing Industry, Notable People

Gloucester Daily Times. “Enthusiastic Send Off Accorded Capt. Howard Blackburn as He Left This Port Sunday to Again Cross the Atlantic.” June 10, 1901, Vol. 26 No. 3843 edition. https://sawyer.advantage-preservation.com

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In 1899, Blackburn sailed the Gloucester sloop Great Western to England in 62 days. Blackburn decided to make a second solo crossing.

He sailed the Great Republic to Portugal in 1901, setting a new record of 39 days. After, he had the Great Republic shipped home from Portugal, and the following year he embarked on another solo voyage, this time an inland excursion up the Hudson River to the Great Lakes, down the Mississippi, and around Florida.

Garland, Joseph E. Gloucester on the Wind: America’s Greatest Fishing Port in the Days of Sail. Arcadia, 1995.

Other Events

1900s
Art colonies proliferated on the United States' east coast, including Cape Ann.
1901
The first physicians in Essex County to make rounds in an automobile were Dr. William Rowley in his Crestmobile and Dr. Edward B. Hallett.
1901
Riding bicycles as far as Maine became a new sport.
1901
Judge and Mrs. Oliver Wendall Holmes donated a woodcarving to the City, which was hung in City Hall.

1901Howard Blackburn sailed the Great Republic solo to Portugal.People and Communities, Economy and Industry, Maritime & Fishing Industry, Notable People

Other Events

Art colonies proliferated on the United States' east coast, including Cape Ann.

The first physicians in Essex County to make rounds in an automobile were Dr. William Rowley in his Crestmobile and Dr. Edward B. Hallett.

Riding bicycles as far as Maine became a new sport.

Judge and Mrs. Oliver Wendall Holmes donated a woodcarving to the City, which was hung in City Hall.