Keywords: fort western
Item 108833
Plan for Fort Western, Augusta, ca. 1750
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1750 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper
Item 20797
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1754 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Benedict Arnold's March Through Skowhegan
Benedict Arnold arrived in Skowhegan on October 4th, 1775, and it was here that Arnold received his first offer of help from the colonists. Joseph Weston and his sons helped Benedict Arnold and his army cross over the Skowhegan Falls, but Joseph later got a severe cold from exposure and died of a fever on Oct.16th. His sons went back to the family home along the Kennebec for they were the first family to settle in Old Canaan or what is now Skowhegan.
Exhibit
Colonial Cartography: The Plymouth Company Maps
The Plymouth Company (1749-1816) managed one of the very early land grants in Maine along the Kennebec River. The maps from the Plymouth Company's collection of records constitute some of the earliest cartographic works of colonial America.
Site Page
Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies
"… and most likely helped design and build Fort Western, Fort Halifax, and the Pownalborough Courthouse."
Site Page
"… informing him that “the River Penobscot has always been deem'd and declared to be the Western boundary of Accadia or Nova Scotia.”"
