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Recorded as Skwahegan in early reports, the name means "watching place for fish," drawn from the falls in the Kennebec River that harbored salmon. Local Indians speared them as they attempted to scale the falls.
On April 30, 1772, Joseph Weston and his family arrived as the first white settlers in the area.
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Brief History The land was settled in 1773 as a part of Canaan. Colonel Benedict Arnold and his troops passed through the village in 1775 on their way to the...Read MORE...
1818 - Skowhegan State Fair The Skowhegan State Fair was established in 1818. It is the nation's oldest consecutively running agricultural fair.
1854 - Skowhegan Skowiiegan, a post-township of Somerset co., Maine, about 30 miles N. from Augusta. Population, 1756.
Skowheoan, a thriving post-village in the...Read MORE...
1868 - Destructive Fire in Maine - Loss $30,000. LEWISTON, Me., Saturday, Feb. 8. - In Skowhegan, last night, a fire destroyed the building known as the Excelsior Factory, occupied as...Read MORE...
1886 - Skowhegan Skowhegan is a prosperous manufacturing town lying on both sides of the great bend of the Kennebec in the southern part of Somerset County, of which...Read MORE...
1889 - Skowhegan The oddity of its old Indian name has secured to Skowhegan a wider celebrity beyond the borders of the State than most towns of its size enjoy, but...Read MORE...
1895 - Skowhegan Skowhe'gan, a post-village, capital of Somerset co., Me., in Skowhegan township, on both sides of the Kennebec River, 30 miles N. by E. of Augusta,...Read MORE...
Business Section, Water Street Postcard
The Wesserrunsett, 1905 Postcard
Madison Avenue, 1905 Postcard
1906 Skowhegan, a post-village, capital of Smoerset co., Me., in Skowhegan township (town), on both sides of the Kennebec River, 30 miles N. by E. of...Read MORE...
The Eddy, 1906 Postcard
Looking up the Kennebec, 1907 Postcard
1908 Postcard
Bethany Church, Madison Ave., 1908 Postcard
Somerset Hospital Postcard
Suspension Foot Bridge Postcard
Court House, 1911 Postcard
Entrance to Coburn Park, 1912 Postcard
Congregational Church, 1912 Postcard
Hotel Coburn, 1912 Postcard
Municipal Building and Opera House Postcard
American Woolen Co's Mills, Arms and Anderson No. 4 Postcard
The River and Elm Street Postcard
Water Street Postcard
Maine Central R.R. Depot Postcard
Madison Avenue Postcard
Maine Spinning Co. Plant Postcard
1930 - KILLED BY BLAST OF DYNAMITE Skowegan, Me., March 17. - Leroy McPhierson, 22, of Mapleton, Arlistook conty[sic], died at midnight Saturday at the Kennebec Valley Hospital,...Read MORE...
Post Office Postcard
Central Maine Power Station, Kennebec River Postcard
High School Postcard
The Milburn Hotel, Skowhegan, Maine - On Direct Route to Quebec Postcard
Water Street Postcard
Theatre Lakewood Postcard
1948 - First Woman Senator Skowhegan native Margaret Chase Smith is elected to the US Senate making her the first woman to ever be voted into this office and also the first...Read MORE...
Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Skowhegan, Maine, USA
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
Business Section, Water Street
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
The Wesserrunsett, 1905
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
Madison Avenue, 1905
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
The Eddy, 1906
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
Looking up the Kennebec, 1907
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
1908
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
Bethany Church, Madison Ave., 1908
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
Somerset Hospital
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
Suspension Foot Bridge
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
Court House, 1911
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
Entrance to Coburn Park, 1912
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
Congregational Church, 1912
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
Hotel Coburn, 1912
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
Municipal Building and Opera House
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
American Woolen Co's Mills, Arms and Anderson No. 4
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
The River and Elm Street
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
Water Street
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
Maine Central R.R. Depot
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
Madison Avenue
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
Maine Spinning Co. Plant
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
Post Office
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
Theatre Lakewood
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
Central Maine Power Station, Kennebec River
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
High School
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
The Milburn Hotel, Skowhegan, Maine - On Direct Route to Quebec
Skowhegan, Maine, USA Postcard
Water Street
History, News and Stories of Skowhegan, Maine, USA
Brief History
The land was settled in 1773 as a part of Canaan. Colonel Benedict Arnold and his troops passed through the village in 1775 on their way to the...
Read MORE...
1818 - Skowhegan State Fair
The Skowhegan State Fair was established in 1818. It is the nation's oldest consecutively running agricultural fair.
1854 - Skowhegan
Skowiiegan, a post-township of Somerset co., Maine, about 30 miles N. from Augusta. Population, 1756.
Skowheoan, a thriving post-village in the...
Read MORE...
1868 - Destructive Fire in Maine - Loss $30,000.
LEWISTON, Me., Saturday, Feb. 8. - In Skowhegan, last night, a fire destroyed the building known as the Excelsior Factory, occupied as...
Read MORE...
1886 - Skowhegan
Skowhegan is a prosperous manufacturing town lying on both sides of the great bend of the Kennebec in the southern part of Somerset County, of which...
Read MORE...
1889 - Skowhegan
The oddity of its old Indian name has secured to Skowhegan a wider celebrity beyond the borders of the State than most towns of its size enjoy, but...
Read MORE...
1895 - Skowhegan
Skowhe'gan, a post-village, capital of Somerset co., Me., in Skowhegan township, on both sides of the Kennebec River, 30 miles N. by E. of Augusta,...
Read MORE...
1906
Skowhegan, a post-village, capital of Smoerset co., Me., in Skowhegan township (town), on both sides of the Kennebec River, 30 miles N. by E. of...
Read MORE...
1930 - KILLED BY BLAST OF DYNAMITE
Skowegan, Me., March 17. - Leroy McPhierson, 22, of Mapleton, Arlistook conty[sic], died at midnight Saturday at the Kennebec Valley Hospital,...
Read MORE...
1948 - First Woman Senator
Skowhegan native Margaret Chase Smith is elected to the US Senate making her the first woman to ever be voted into this office and also the first...
Read MORE...
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