The Maine Spirit and the Horse: Maine 200 Banners -- Picturesque Augusta 1890 & Historic Map and Images of Today -- Exploring Yesterday and Today! Plus The History of Augusta published in 1870

A Comment about The Maine Spirit Blog

Historians and horse lovers owe a great debt of gratitude to Stephen Thompson for his thorough and fascinating survey of Maine’s tie to the magnificent beast that, in both work and sport, was a principal means of tying this vast state together in the long era before the automobile. Water Village, my history of Waterville, only touches on the horse, most particularly the astonishing creature named Nelson. Thompson’s work reveals the full tale of the impact of these beloved animals in this area, and in celebration of the horse, future generations will be grateful to know a story that otherwise might have been lost in the mists of time. -- Earl Smith, Dean of College, Emeritus, Colby College

Saturday, January 15, 2022

Maine 200 Banners -- Picturesque Augusta 1890 & Historic Map and Images of Today -- Exploring Yesterday and Today! Plus The History of Augusta published in 1870

Images & the First Chapter from
The History of Augusta,

from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time

With Notices of the Plymouth Company, and Settlements on the Kennebec; Together with Biographical Sketches and Genealogical Register by James W. North (1870)

The Maine 200 Banners

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