Winterville, view at shore, ca. 1900
Item 9581 info
Maine Historical Society
Needing a way to move troops and supplies into the area, the Army constructed a road to Lincoln. It opened a direct route to Bangor and changed they way people traveled around the region.
Prior to that, people used rivers, logging roads and local routes for transportation.
The Military road remained the primary route of travel until the Canadian railroad lines were installed in the 1870s.
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