Keywords: Broad Axe
Item 14579
Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1830 Media: Cast steel, wood
Item 10292
Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1800 Location: Alna Media: Forged Iron
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The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement
"Using a broad axe and crude tools, Wheeler soon built a cabin for his family on a knoll which is now known as Dudley Street."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans
"Mouth harps, iron arrowheads, knives, axe heads , clay pipes, glass beads, musket balls and gunflints have been found around Presque Isle, of both…"
