Keywords: Independent Reporter
Item 10352
Staff of Independent Reporter, 1925
Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1925 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 8997
Through Carrying Place Rips, ca. 1928
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1928 Location: Carrying Place Twp. Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
A Soldier's Declaration of Independence
William Bayley of Falmouth (Portland) was a soldier in the Continental Army, seeing service at Ticonderoga, Valley Forge, Monmouth Court House, and Saratoga, among other locations. His letters home to his mother reveal much about the economic hardships experienced by both soldiers and those at home.
Exhibit
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?
Site Page
Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 1 of 2
"… at Separation Overwhelmingly dedicated to independence from Britain, Mainers quieted any murmurs of separation during the American Revolution."
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends
"However, starting in the 1940s, town reports record payments to nurses starting in 1941 with Miss Douglass."
