Maine Memory Network

Old Quebec Stage Road, Caratunk, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Caratunk Media: Photograph on postcard

Camps, Heald Pond, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Caratunk Media: Lantern slide

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.

Looking Out: Maine's Fire Towers

Maine, the most heavily forested state in the nation, had the first continuously operational fire lookout tower, beginning a system of fire prevention that lasted much of the twentieth century.

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"Then they got to Caratunk Falls, which was easier than the Norridgewock or Skowhegan falls, and then went on the trail known as the Great Carrying…"