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Braunschweig And Ansbach-Bayreuth Troops At Fort George, Penobscot, During The American Revolutionary War, Anette Ruppel Rodrigues

Maine History Documents

Fort George, Penobscot, a British Fortification during the American Revolutionary War was reinforced with German troops. Why Fort George was important to the Crown and who these German troops were to help secure the fort is the focus of this article.

Contents: Introduction -- French Interest in Fort George -- End of Hostilities in North America but Continued French Interest in Fort George -- Braunschweig Troops at Fort George -- Ansbach-Bayreuth Troops at Fort George -- Did Time in the British Service in North America Influence the Germans' Future? -- Conclusion

Rendezvous At Chesuncook: A Chronicle Of Surveyors, Landowners, Loggers, Settlers, & Sports, William W. Geller

Maine History Documents

Abstract provided by the author:

Rendezvous at Chesuncook, 1827-1902 is the only comprehensive history of Chesuncook Lake and Chesuncook settlement (village) from 1827 through 1902.

The text’s two major focal points are people and old photographs. Over 350 biographical sketches include surveyors, landowners, lumbermen, drive bosses, loggers, settlers, and builders of dams and boats. For the 170 plus pictures this book is their only aggregate presentation. The photos communicate a history of what the landscape and settlements once looked like and how they changed over the decades in this book.

This book purposely ends December 30, 1902. Through 1902 the …