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by Mary Grow This article is for people who enjoy an occasional glimpse into someone else’s life – nothing scandalous or earth-shaking, just odds and ends about the ordinary lives of people in another time. The main source is Henry D. Kingsbury’s Kennebec County history. The Illustrated History of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1892 was first […]
by Mary Grow – Nash wrote that for the Kennebec tribe of the Kennebec Valley, “The river was their highway and its banks their home…”
by Mary Grow Continuing the discussion of (mostly) 19th-century high school education, this article will talk about Albion, Benton, and Clinton. In following weeks, continuing alphabetically, readers will find information on Fairfield, Palermo, Sidney (don’t expect much), Vassalboro, Windsor and Winslow. Albion voters first appropriated school money in 1804, and endorsed building schoolhouses the same […]