Keywords: Quebec Expedition
Item 10771
Emery Hill house, Fairfield, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print
Item 149392
Benedict Arnold letterbook, 1775
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1775
Location: Augusta; Cambridge; Caratunk; Montreal; Norridgewock; Quebec; Saint-Henri; Sartigan; St. Maria; Waterville; Winslow
Media: Ink on paper
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The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
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Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
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Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March
"These men were to get to Quebec by following the Kennebec river upstream. Someone informed George Washington that the only way to travel on the…"
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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area
"They were attempting to take control of the fortress at Quebec City then held by the British. The trip was doomed from the beginning as boats were…"
