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Historical Items

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Item 55197

George Walter Hinckley on the Good Will Trail, Fairfield, ca. 1923

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1923 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 14219

Tenterden Tablets, Good Will Homes, Fairfield, 1916

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: 1916 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 51734

Good Will Campus, Fairfield, ca. 1920

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

Online Exhibits

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Good Will-Hinckley: Building a Landscape

The landscape at the Good Will-Hinckley campus in Fairfield was designed to help educate and influence the orphans and other needy children at the school and home.

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George W. Hinckley and Needy Boys and Girls

George W. Hinckley wanted to help needy boys. The farm, school and home he ran for nearly sixty nears near Fairfield stressed home, religion, education, discipline, industry, and recreation.

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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.

Site Pages

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Abbe Museum

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

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"They then followed the trail to the last house, which was log and belonged to Mr. Rumford Smith. They followed a west-north-west compass route and…"

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… dedication of Malaga as part of the Maine Freedom Trail. At the podium, the governor briefly put his notes down to speak directly to the audience…"

My Maine Stories

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Tracers
by anonymous

tracers, bonding, and fixations

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Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler

How hunting has impacted my life