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STRATTON — The Dead River Area Historical Society will exhibit what is believed to be the largest collection of artifacts from the Benedict Arnold march to Quebec.
Wing will be at the society Saturday, Aug. 4, during its open hours, which are 1 to 4 p.m.
Exhibitor Ken Wing will share the story of how Arnold marched through Maine, up the Kennebec River Valley, in 1775. Wing and his father spent many years searching the area of Arnold’s march with a metal detector and found a wide assortment of items left by Arnold and his men.
His book, “The Lost Villages of Flagstaff Lake,” will also be available for sale and signing.
The historical society’s special days are not presentations, but a gathering of people knowledgeable about the featured subject. Attendees will learn a lot by just listening to these folks talk to each other.
On display in the museum are artifacts, manuscripts, and photographs that have been donated or loaned by interested townspeople and descendants of original families of the Dead River Region. Collections from 1850 on include old carpentry and logging tools, china, glass, church organ, furniture from native families, a complete schoolroom, a memorial room to the “lost” towns of Flagstaff and Dead River, the lineage of several native families, and a host of memorabilia from native homesteads.
For more information call Mary Henderson, 207-246-2271
PHOTO: A replica outside the Dead River Historical Soceity of the bateux used by the Arnold Expedition to navigate up the Kennebec River on their trek to Quebec City. Area resident Ken Wing will dicuss his exhibition of Arnold artifacts at the society Aug. 4. (Maureen Milliken photo)
