Keywords: Kennebec River (N.H. and Me.)
Item 9260
Map of ice houses along the Kennebec River, 1891
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1891 Media: Ink on paper
Item 10522
Kennebec and Sheepscot rivers, 1868
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1868 Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Logging on Kennebec River
I became interested in the Kennebec River log drive when my grandfather would tell me stories. He remembers watching the logs flow down the river from his home in Fairfield, a small town along the Kennebec River.
Exhibit
Melting snow, ice, warmer temperatures, and rain sometimes bring floods to Maine's many rivers and streams. Floods are most frequent in the spring, but can occur at any season.
Site Page
"1719Maine Historical Society The Kennebec Proprietors traced their title back to a 1629 grant by the Council of New England (granting land from King…"
Site Page
"… a surveyor named Paul Chadwick in 1809 along the Kennebec River sapped popular support for continued resistance, convincing most residents to…"
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
