Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"A freshet is described as a flash flood or flood resulting from a spring thaw. These freshets battered crops, homes and mills."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… there “occurred the first of a series of great freshets, which from time to time have overflowed the valley of the river, entailing more or less…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"This bridge was swept away during the freshet of 1869. In a place considered a more accessible location a covered bridge was built and named Porter…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… Stream, within a few minutes, rose to higher than freshet proportions and gouged a great excavation out of the abutment of the bridge in the center…"