Saco, Me. This was territory of the Abenaki tribe whose fortified village was located up the Sokokis Trail at Pequawket (now Fryeburg). The township was granted in 1630 by the Plymouth Company to Thomas Lewis and Richard Bonython, and extended 4 miles (6.4 km) along the sea, by 8 miles (13 km) inland. It was […]
The Copper Pot
On the way south to Panama city Beach, fl. i stopped to eat lunch in Mount Airy, Nc at a place called the copper Pot. If you are traveling in that area and get a chance to have lunch, you won’t be disappointed. Their coleslaw is the best. and the service is great and after […]
BIddeford, Maine
Biddeford Abenaki Indians, whose main village was upriver at Pequawket (now Fryeburg), once hunted and fished in the area. The first European to settle at Biddeford was physician Richard Vines in the winter of 1616-1617 at Winter Harbor, as he called Biddeford Pool. This 1616 landing by a European predates the Mayflower landing in Plymouth, […]
Continuing up the coast, Wells and Kennebunk
Wells, Me. Wells is a town in York County, Maine, founded in 1643. It is the third-oldest town in Maine. The Abenaki Indians called the area Webhannet, meaning “at the clear stream”, a reference to the Webhannet River. In 1653, Wells was incorporated, the third town in Maine to do so, and named after Wells, […]
Heading north up through Maine
York, Me. Agamenticus, (this was the term that the Abenaki Indians called the York River), was the first city to be chartered in the United States in 1641. In 1642, it was renamed Gorgeana and incorporated as the first city. When the Massachusetts Bay Colony annexed southwestern Maine in 1652, Gorgeana was reincorporated as York, […]
Maine (The Way Life Should Be)
If you are heading to Maine i will be posting some information on here ever Sunday that i hope will make your stay more informative. The first one being about Kittery, Maine: Kittery, Maine As you head into Maine (the way life Should Be) the first town you come to is Kittery. There are a […]
New Years Eve 2016 and Cedar Key
I have always Loved Cedar Key, Florida so anything i get a chance to go I do. If you haven’t been to Cedar Key, Fl. you need to take a day trip. It is a very Quaint place and you can park your car and walk to just about anywhere. The seafood is great, Especially […]
Where it all Began
When I drive down to Popham Beach it is hard to imagine what it must have looked like when the English settlers arrived in 1607. No Spinney’s restaurant, no houses, and no road to drive there. You read books about how hard it was back in the history of this country. Think about 100 to […]
Brunswick Invades Falmouth
As you are driving from Portland north or Brunswick south think about this little story: It was March of 1775, and our newly declared country was at war with England. There was an English ship in the harbor of Falmouth called the Canceaux, a man of war sent there to intimate the colonists as they […]
Meadowbrook Camping Area, the old Winnegance Farm
The Old Winnegance Farm By Jeff Darling My Historical paper is on the Old Winnegance Farm on the Meadowbrook Rd, in Phippsburg, Me. I don’t know for sure when the house was built because the records would be either in the county of York or Lincoln depending on the Date. It was built in the […]