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Sebasticook Valley, located between the east and west branches of the Sebasticook River in central Maine, consists of several communities. This book showcases the six towns at the valley's center: Hartland, St. Albans, Newport, Pittsfield, Palmyra, and Detroit. The communities share many ties, including the river itself; farming, manufacturing, and families; multiple railroad lines; lakes and ponds that attract summer visitors and sportsmen for hunting and fishing; and religious and military encampments and reunions. Located at the "crossroads of Maine," the valley is familiar to travelers through central Maine or to the northern counties and Canada. The rise and fall of the Sebasticook River over a century has influenced the region's history and landscape, fortifying the Yankee independence and spirit of area residents.
Athens, Harmony, Hartland, and St. Albans surround the 3,500-acre Great Moose Lake in central Maine, and this volume reveals the fascinating history found here. Sportsmen discovered this land in the mid-1800s and established hunting lodges on the lakes shore, which continued for more than 60 seasons. In their heyday, the lodges provided employment for locals and planted alluring mysteries for later generations. Citizens later thrived on the farming and manufacturing in the late 19th and early 20th century. The colorful past left a rich heritage of seasonal and year-round residents and visitors that shaped the personality of the area. Around Great Moose Lake unravels some mysteries of the lod...
Sebasticook Valley, located between the east and west branches of the Sebasticook River in central Maine, consists of several communities. This book showcases the six towns at the valley's center: Hartland, St. Albans, Newport, Pittsfield, Palmyra, and Detroit. The communities share many ties, including the river itself; farming, manufacturing, and families; multiple railroad lines; lakes and ponds that attract summer visitors and sportsmen for hunting and fishing; and religious and military encampments and reunions. Located at the "crossroads of Maine," the valley is familiar to travelers through central Maine or to the northern counties and Canada. The rise and fall of the Sebasticook River over a century has influenced the region's history and landscape, fortifying the Yankee independence and spirit of area residents.
More than a sourcebook, Writing, Teaching, Learning is a celebration of the writing-teaching process, reflecting the best writing about the teaching of writing published within the last ten years.
Aaron Seekins (ca. 1690-ca. 1747) immigrated from England to Middleborough, Massachusetts, and married widow Lydia (Pierce) Hayford in 1724. Descendants and relatives lived in New England, New York, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota and elsewhere.
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Burkjard Rothenberger was born in Swizterland in 1913. He married twice to Christina Loosli and after her death to Agatha Rothenberger. He and Agatha brought their family to America and settled in Wisconsin. He had 11 children and information on their descendants in included in this volume. The majority of these descendants have remained in Wisconsin, however, some have traveled as far west as California, and Alaska and elsewhere in the United States. Information on his Swiss ancestors is also included in the appendices of this volume.
Thomas Hanson (ca.1586-1666) immigrated from England to Salmon Falls, New Hampshire during or before 1658, and settled in Cochechae, New Hampshire. Descendants lived throughout the United States.