WEST FORKS HISTORY, PRESERVED ONE STORY AT A TIME
DURGIN HILL
Old photographs. Local history. Family roots. Stories worth remembering.
Durgin Hill is a growing archive dedicated to preserving the people, places, photographs, and stories of West Forks, Maine and the surrounding Upper Kennebec region.
Built from generations of family history and expanded through local research, photographs, records, and community memories, Durgin Hill connects individual lives with the larger story of the place they called home.
From logging camps and river drives to family photographs, military service, old businesses, forgotten buildings, and everyday life in the Maine woods, every piece helps tell the story of West Forks.
[EXPLORE THE HISTORY]
[BROWSE OLD PHOTOS]
A MOMENT IN WEST FORKS HISTORY
FROM THE OLD PHOTO ALBUM
Every old photograph preserves something that might otherwise disappear—a face, a building, a way of working, a family gathering, a stretch of river, or an ordinary day that became part of history simply because someone saved it.
Browse photographs from the Durgin family and the wider West Forks community, including images of people, logging, camps, rivers, hunting, military service, homes, businesses, community life, and places that no longer look the way they once did.
DO YOU RECOGNIZE SOMEONE?
Not every photograph comes with names.
Some of the people, places, camps, and events preserved in the collection remain unidentified. A visitor may recognize a face or remember a story that has been lost to everyone else.