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,…
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 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 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…
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…
A Woman from an Earlier Maine An unidentified portrait from the Durgin Hill archives Some of the most compelling photographs in a family archive are the ones that leave us with more questions than answers.…
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…
A Child of an Earlier Maine An Unnamed Family Portrait from the Durgin Hill Archives Some photographs preserve a name. Others preserve something just as valuable: a moment. This studio portrait shows a young child…