Where West Forks Keeps Its Memory
Where West Forks Keeps Its Memory The Story of West Forks Cemetery, the Families Beneath the Pines & a Town Remembered in Stone On a quiet rise above the Dead River, generations of West Forks…
The Durgin Family in One Remarkable Portrait
The Durgin Family in One Remarkable Portrait Frank Durgin, Bridget Kennedy & five children captured together in an early Maine family photograph Old family portraits do more than preserve faces. When the people are identified,…
From West Forks to World War I
From West Forks to World War I The Story Behind Sturgis Durgin’s Military Portrait Some family photographs preserve more than a face. They preserve a moment when an individual became part of a much larger…
Called to Serve at Home
Called to Serve at Home Sturgis Durgin & Civilian Defense in West Forks – December 1941 Only twelve days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, a man in West Forks received an official appointment that…
The Story of West Forks
The Story of West Forks from Indigenous Travel & River Drives to Logging Camps, Family Roots & Whitewater Fog lifting from the Kennebec. Spruce and fir stretching toward the horizon. The Dead River coming down…
A 1919 Deer Shipping License
A 1919 Deer Shipping License A small piece of paper that opens a window into hunting, conservation & everyday life in the Maine woods Sometimes a century of local history survives on a piece of…