Millinocket, Maine - Wikipedia
WEBHistory. Millinocket was first settled in 1829 by Betsy and Thomas Fowler and their family, who cleared land for a farm near Shad Pond. Other families followed in 1837. In 1846, Henry David Thoreau hired members of the Fowler family as guides on a trip to Mount Katahdin, which he would later write about in The Maine Woods.
History | Millinocket
WEBFor 10,000 years Millinocket was inhabited solely by Native Americans. Thomas Fowler arrived in 1829. He was the first settler of what would eventually become Millinocket. He worked with his family to clear land, build a log cabin, and start a farm on the West Branch of the Penobscot River at the head of Shad Pond.
Millinocket | Maine: An Encyclopedia
WEBThe first settlers were Thomas Fowler and his wife in 1830 and, eventually, their eight children who also settled there. Early 20th century Great Northern Co. building (2014) In 1899, the potential for pulp production and electric power stirred the Great Northern Paper Company to build a mill at the direction of Garret Schenck, then manager of ...
Millinocket History Timeline | Mhsm
WEB1830 – 1899. 1830 – Thomas Fowler builds a log cabin and settles in the area that would later become known as the town of Millinocket. 1837 – A census by the State of Maine shows several families living in what was then known as East Indian Township No. 2.
Penobscot Nation plans to reacquire 30,000 acres near Katahdin ...
WEBMar 18, 2024 · The parcel would create a contiguous stretch of conserved land from existing Penobscot Nation holdings near the East Branch of the Penobscot River all the way to Jackman and Moosehead Lake, combining to form 1.2 million acres.
Millinocket - Katahdin Chamber of Commerce
WEBMillinocket, Maine. Millinocket incorporated in 1901 from a portion of Indian Township Number 3. The town’s name comes from the Wabnaki “dotted with many islands” and was first settled by Thomas Fowler and his family in 1830. His …
Millinocket Maine - Maine Vacation Guide
WEBThis region of natural beauty, described in Henry David Thoreaus book, THE MAINE WOODS, was first settled in 1830 by Thomas Fowler, who cleared some land and built a log cabin. Sitting on the west bank of the Penobscot River, Millinocket borders the wilder natural Maine, and is in close proximity to Mount Katahdin (Maine's tallest mountain) and ...
Millinocket, 1900
WEBFeb 27, 2022. 2 min read. Millinocket, 1900. Odds and Ends From The MUSEUM! By Trudy Wyman, Curator, Millinocket Society Museum. Millinocket has a birthday soon, March 16, and it will 121 years since the small settlement sprang up near the rapidly growing paper mill in the woods. Many changes have occurred during those years in the …
Redevelopment of Former Great Northern Paper Mill Site …
WEBAUGUSTA, ME (September 27, 2023) – To spur economic development, the former Great Northern Paper Company mill site in Millinocket, Maine, is being transformed into a mixed-use development that will celebrate the site’s historic significance while simultaneously revitalizing the area for the benefit of the local community.
History of Maine - Wikipedia
WEBThe history of the area comprising the U.S. state of Maine spans thousands of years, measured from the earliest human settlement, or approximately two hundred, measured from the advent of U.S. statehood in 1820. The present article will concentrate on the period of European contact and after.
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