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Norridgewock Historical Society

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Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area John Gray, Fryeburg, ca. 1980Fryeburg Historical Society by Dana Bulba The Abenaki Native…"

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Main Street through "the village," Strong, ca. 1890

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"One story claims he was captured by the Norridgewock tribe and was freed by Hannah, who fled with him and later married him."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 1 of 4

"Norridgewock Fort and Kennebec River, 1719Maine Historical Society Taken together, the Pejepscot and Kennebec Proprietors are delineated by the…"

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Plan for towns along the Androscoggin River, ca. 1760

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 5 of 5

"… document the continuance of Wabanaki people at Norridgewock, despite a persistent myth that Norridgewock was “abandoned” after a violent English…"

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Map of lots on Maquoit & Merriconeeg, ca. 1719

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866

"… murdered French Jesuit missionary Father Rasle of Norridgewock; and reports of the Massachusetts and New York Border Commission, 1773 and 1787."

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Brigadier General Benedict Arnold, ca. 1780

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"The army had to carry their bateaux around the Norridgewock Falls. By now, food was running out and many people were developing illnesses."

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Margaret Chase Smith at Republican National Convention, 1964

Margaret Chase Smith Library

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Lithgow Public Library

"… style, the library is constructed of gray Norridgewock granite, blocked symmetrically over the windows and entrance."

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"It was on this piece of land that the Norridgewock Abenakis established a village. The Native Americans of this tribe had for generations past roamed…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… trained and was on at least one expedition to Norridgewock. He is listed on the John North map as surveyor."

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Loading deer on the train at Strong station, ca. 1915

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"Other Recreation Text By: Strong School 7th and 8th Graders, 2011-2012 Loading deer on the train at Strong station, ca."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"Prominent Women Text By: Strong School 7th and 8th Graders, 2011-2012 Julia Harris May poetry collection, 1903Farmington Public Library…"

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Welcome to Strong sign, Strong, ca. 1950

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"Resources Mountains of Maine, Steven Pinkham, Down East Books, 2009 Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine, Thomas Desjardin, Oxford University Press, 1995…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"The Bridge That Changed The Map Text By: Carl W. Stinchfield Return to Online Exhibits Maps are often changed when bridges are built which alter the…"