Maine Memory Network

Good Will Boys, Canaan, ca. 1920

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1920 Location: Canaan Media: Photographic print

Good Will boys at Goodrich Hill, Canaan, 1917

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: 1917 Location: Canaan Media: Photographic print

Forbes residence, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1999

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1999 Location: New Canaan Clients: Walter Forbes; Carin Forbes Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

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.

Student Exhibit: Bloomfield Academy

In 1842, the new Bloomfield Academy was constructed in Skowhegan. The new brick building replaced the very first Bloomfield Academy, a small wooden building that had been built in 1814 and served as the high school until 1871. After that, it housed elementary school classes until 1980.

Skowhegan Community History - Bloomfield Academy

"… Bloomfield AcademySkowhegan History House The Canaan Academy was first incorporated by the court of Massachusetts on Feb, 17, 1807."

Skowhegan Free Public Library

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.