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Item 12717

Governor Abner Coburn, ca. 1880

Governor Abner Coburn, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1880 Location: Skowhegan Media: Small Cabinet Print

Item 23343

Hotel Coburn, Skowhegan, ca. 1905

Hotel Coburn, Skowhegan, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1905 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Item 10962

Alonzo Coburn, Skowhegan, 1875

Alonzo Coburn, Skowhegan, 1875

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1875 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

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Skowhegan Free Public Library, 1889

Student Exhibit: Can You Help Our Free Skowhegan Public Library?

The Skowhegan Free Public Library was built in 1889 with money donated by Abner Coburn and the town of Skowhegan. Mr. Coburn left $30,000 in his will towards the building of the library. In 2005, for the library to fully keep up with their programs need to make some renovations. These changes would allow for more use of technology, more room for children's programs, and provide handicap accessibility.

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Steamboats "Rebecca" and "Fairy of the Lake," Moosehead Lake, ca. 1890

Moosehead Steamboats

After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.

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Sarah Sampson, Bath, ca. 1860

Sarah Sampson: Caring for Soldiers, Orphans

Sarah Sampson of Bath went to war with her husband, a captain in the 3rd Maine Regiment. With no formal training, she spent the next four and a half years providing nursing and other services to soldiers. Even after her husband became ill and returned to Maine, Sampson remained in the Washington, D.C., area aiding the sick and wounded.

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Artist's rendition of Skowhegan Free Public Library, 2004

Skowhegan Free Public Library

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Skowhegan Doughboys in France, WWI, France, 1918

Skowhegan History House

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Farmington State Normal School, 1870

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… form by the Legislature and approved by Governor Abner Coburn on March 25, 1863. It called attention to the suffering of public education in Maine…"