Maine Memory Network

Benedict Arnold Memorial Tablet, Carratunk, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Carratunk Media: Photographic print

Student Exhibit: Benedict Arnold's March Through Skowhegan

Benedict Arnold arrived in Skowhegan on October 4th, 1775, and it was here that Arnold received his first offer of help from the colonists. Joseph Weston and his sons helped Benedict Arnold and his army cross over the Skowhegan Falls, but Joseph later got a severe cold from exposure and died of a fever on Oct.16th. His sons went back to the family home along the Kennebec for they were the first family to settle in Old Canaan or what is now Skowhegan.

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"Arnold made them press on to the Great Falls, where they found food enough to survive. They made it to the Village of St."