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CANTON — The Canton Historical Society will host a talk on the lost native tribes western Maine at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 25, at 25 Turner St.
Guest Peter Stowell will speak about the time period from 1600 to 1763, when the final treaty of the French and Indian Wars was signed. His program will include a PowerPoint slide presentation.
Stowell will touch on approximately 20 tribes that lived west of the Kennebec River, including Anasagunticooks of Topsham, Auburn, and Canton Point; Pequawket of Fryeburg; Ameseconti of Farmington; Sokoki of York County; and Narantsouak, Teconnet, and Cushnoc of the Kennebec River. He will also address tribal interactions with settlers, clerics and fishermen, as well as the eventual fate of the tribes.
Stowell is a native of and a student of all things Oxford County. His Canton connections reach all the way back to the settlement’s beginnings and include the Harlow, Stanley, Reynolds, Russell, Holland and Stowell families. He is the author of two books for Arcadia Publishing Company of Charleston, S.C. — “Images of America – Dixfield” and “Images of America – Old Town.” For several years, he was editor of the Dixfield Star, the newsletter of the Dixfield Historical Society and is a regular contributor to Memories of Maine magazine. During the event, Stowell’s Dixfield book will be available for purchase at a discounted rate.
This event is free and open to the public; refreshments will be served. The Canton Historical Society is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization devoted to the preservation and celebration of Canton’s heritage and history.
For more information about this topic, email cantonmehistorical@gmail.com or call 207-754-7692.
