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Brigadier General Benedict Arnold, ca. 1780

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… "made by the devil for the torturing of racked bateaux." The bateaux had to make it past a triple whirlpool before they got to the falls, smashing…"

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Skowhegan Community History - Early Settlement in Skowhegan

Skowhegan Community History - Early Settlement in Skowhegan

"… Arnold came up the river with many troops and bateaux and crossed the island. Joseph helped them carry boats and objects to the other side."

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Harvesting grain, Skowhegan, ca. 1920

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… only two weeks prior to the journey and the bateaux constructed from this wood were leaking and extremely heavy to maneuver."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"This time they used bateaux to travel from the Kennebec River, through ponds and streams, until they reached the Little Norridgewock to Sandy River."