Keywords: franklin county
Item 7578
Franklin County voting record, 1816
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816 Location: Mercer; Moscow Media: Ink on paper
Item 80656
Letter to Sarah Tarbox from brother Franklin, 1848
Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1848-04-24 Location: Westport Island; Readfield Media: Ink on paper
Item 109620
Plans of the Court House, Farmington, 1885
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885 Location: Farmington Client: Franklin County Architect: George M. Coombs
Item 109597
Plans for House and Jail, Farmington, 1887-1916
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1887–1916 Location: Farmington Client: Franklin County Architect: George M. Coombs; Coombs and Gibbs Architects
Exhibit
Prohibition in Maine in the 1920s
Federal Prohibition took hold of America in 1920 with the passing of the Volstead Act that banned the sale and consumption of all alcohol in the US. However, Maine had the Temperance movement long before anyone was prohibited from taking part in one of America's most popular past times. Starting in 1851, the struggles between the "drys" and the "wets" of Maine lasted for 82 years, a period of time that was everything but dry and rife with nothing but illegal activity.
Exhibit
Several Mainers have run for president or vice president, a number of presidents, past presidents, and future presidents have had ties to the state or visited here, and, during campaign season, many presidential candidates and their family members have brought their campaigns to Maine.
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Places
"… include: Brick Inn Farmington's First Grist Mill Franklin County Agricultural Fair Lowell's General Store Measuring Rock Meeting House Park North…"
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair
"… at the 62nd Annual Exhibition of the Franklin County Agricultural Society, held on the Franklin Park, it was stated, “We have the finest Cattle…"
Story
Carrabassett Village and the Red Stallion Inn circa 1960
by David Rollins
The creation of Carrabassett Village and the Red Stallion Inn at Sugarloaf USA
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.