Timeline:
Before 16th century
- Native Americans conduct rituals here. The land is known as a sacred place and seemed to possess a mysterious power.
1600s
- In the late 1600s, plague decimates the Native Americans in the area.
1700s
1710
- A splinter group of the original Puritan settlers of that region of Southern Maine, led by Lucius Alexander Black, founds the town of Darkness Falls. Lucius, along with Tobias Shepherd, Caleb Halloway, James Townsend and Silas Beckham, establishes a demon worshiping cult. The fanatical leaders breed with many of the town’s women. Grows into prosperous fishing port through trade with the West Indies.
1765
- Darkness Falls is officially incorporated into a township.
1741
- An adjoining hamlet, called Shepherd’s Glen is founded by Tobias Shepherd.
1782
- The cult founders build their family homes, establishing “Founder’s Row” in the area of town closest to Shepherd’s Glen.
1800s
1810
- Around this time, the town is resettled as a penal colony. Darkness Falls Prison and Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow Hospital are constructed. The hospital was built in response to a great plague. It was originally little more than a shack, but it gradually grew and grew.
1850
- A coal field is discovered which leads to the revitalization of the town.
- Another plague hits the area, originating with one of the trade ships.
1861
- The American Civil War begins.
1865
- The American Civil War ends in a Union victory.
1890
- Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow Church is built.
- Around this time, people start to mysteriously disappear all over town.
1900s
- In the early 1900s, the prison closes.
- Late 20th Century– The mayor of Darkness Falls dies suddenly and, one after the other, the staff at a development group for the town die accidental deaths.
1918
- In November, a cruise ship called The Great Queen went missing in Autumn Bay.
1939
- The coal mine closes and Darkness Falls becomes a sightseeing area, a succession of boating accidents occur. This leaves Darkness Falls with a poor reputation for sightseeing.
(Stolen from Silent Hill and Salem’s Lot and edited where applicable.)
