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Brownfield, Maine
An Illustrated History
An Illustrated History
Proceeds benefit the Brownfield Public Library & the Brownfield Historical Society
This book begins with ice and ends with fire;
climate defined life then as now.
Brownfield and the surrounding towns which make up the original Pequawket tribal area are rich in history. For at least 12,000 years the inhabitants used the Saco River and the cleared forests for their seasonal rituals of hunting, gathering and eventually planting. The deep connection they experienced between themselves and nature is a connection that continues today for many.
The story, though, can only be pieced together out of fragments left behind and much is still yet to be revealed. The hand written notes on the backs of envelopes, the town reports, the diaries and school reports, the bits of light captured on glass plate negatives stored in cardboard boxes, the journals and calligraphed cards all tell a story of our town and of our commonality.
The story, though, can only be pieced together out of fragments left behind and much is still yet to be revealed. The hand written notes on the backs of envelopes, the town reports, the diaries and school reports, the bits of light captured on glass plate negatives stored in cardboard boxes, the journals and calligraphed cards all tell a story of our town and of our commonality.
TO ORDER:
write a check to the Brownfield Public Library
PO Box 215, Brownfield, ME. 04010
PO Box 215, Brownfield, ME. 04010
$35.00 + $4.65 shipping / book rate / $12.00 1st class
THE BOOK INCLUDES:
Newly Researched Material
The Fire of 1947
Restored and cColorized Photographs
Antique Maps and Drawings
Colorful Characters
The Civil War
Religious Mmovements
Aerial Images
Early inhabitants
Geology
Architecture
Some Botanical Aspects
Stagecoach Days
Brownfield's Artists & Inventors
.......and much more
The Fire of 1947
Restored and cColorized Photographs
Antique Maps and Drawings
Colorful Characters
The Civil War
Religious Mmovements
Aerial Images
Early inhabitants
Geology
Architecture
Some Botanical Aspects
Stagecoach Days
Brownfield's Artists & Inventors
.......and much more
Links:
Robert Gibbons Poetry