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…
Where the Kennebec Widens
Where the Kennebec Widens Indian Pond Through Wabanaki Travel, River Drives, Railroads, Hydropower & the Changing Maine Woods At first glance, Indian Pond looks like one of those places the North Woods created simply for…
When the Woods Caught Fire
When the Woods Caught Fire How the Great Fires of 1908 & 1913 Changed West Forks At the beginning of the twentieth century, West Forks lived by the woods. Timber paid the wages, rivers carried…
Where the Water Falls Through History
Where the Water Falls Through History The Story of Moxie Falls from Dark Water & Log Drives to One of Maine’s Great Natural Landmarks Long before wooden overlooks framed the view, before postcards carried its…
North Through the Pines
North Through the Pines How an Ancient River Route Became Route 201 Through West Forks Long before pavement crossed West Forks, there was already a road north. It did not have mile markers. It did…
Before the Roads & River Drives
Before the Roads & River Drives The Indigenous History of West Forks & the Rivers That Remember Long before West Forks became known for logging, river driving, Route 201, or whitewater rafting, the meeting of…
Rails Through the Pine Tree State
Rails Through the Pine Tree State How Railroads Changed the Way Maine Worked, Traveled & Grew Before railroads crossed Maine, distance was measured differently. A trip that takes a few hours today could consume days.…
The Road That Carried Maine North
The Road That Carried Maine North From Ancient River Routes to the Old Canada Road At first light, Route 201 seems to disappear into the Maine landscape rather than simply pass through it. The Kennebec…
Built by Timber & River
Built by Timber & River How Logging Shaped the People, Roads, Rivers & Identity of West Forks Before the rafts, before the snowmobiles, before Route 201 carried travelers through the Upper Kennebec, West Forks was…
Pierce Pond
Pierce Pond From Logging Camps to Wilderness Conservation There are places in Maine where history is announced by old buildings, monuments, or town streets. Pierce Pond is different. Here, the history is in the water.…