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G.W. Hinckley's Dream

Camp Rest Awhile, Good Will, Fairfield, ca. 1900

Camp Rest Awhile, Good Will, Fairfield, ca. 1900

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L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes

Hinckley and his wife, Harriet, and daughter Alice moved to Maine in 1883. The next year, he began a fund to raise money for the home.

In 1888, Hinckley published the "Boy's Fund" newsletter to increase his fund-raising.

The next year, he bought a 125-acre farm in Fairfield for $2,000 and the Good Will Farm was on its way.