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War Reminiscences of the Bethel Company, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment [Number 1]

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WAR REMINISCENCES OF THE BETHEL COMPANY, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment. [By Col. Clark S. Edwards] [number i] Having been often asked by many of my fellow citizens to give personal reminiscences of the different members of the Bethel Company, I…

Twenty-five Years of the Courier: A Personal Memoir

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Twenty-five Years of the Courier: A Personal Memoir by Stanley Russell Howe Masthead from an issue of Bethel's first newspaper, The Bethel Courier (1858-1861) When I became Director of the Bethel Historical Society in 1974, there was almost…

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The history of Bethel, Maine / Nathaniel Tuckerman True ; edited with an introduction by Randall H. Bennett

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The Courier [Bethel Historical Society publication]

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The Courier(entitledThe Bethel Courier prior to 1999) is a quarterly publication of the Bethel Historical Society.It should not be confused withThe Bethel Courier (1858-1861), Bethel's first newspaper, for which it is named.The Courierhas served as…

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The Boys of '61

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The Boys of ’61.Bethel, May 4, 1901 This day, forty years ago, our lovely village was excited as never before in its history. In the early morn, carriages were seen coming in from every direction, in some cases, wives to bring their husbands, in…

The Bethel Courier, Vol. 9, No. 4

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Features: Bethel During the Second World War by Stanley Russell Howe [Part 1] -- 1 A review of The Embattled Northeast: The Elusive Ideal of Aliance in Abenaki-Euroamerican Relations by Kenneth M. Morrison [reviewed by Margaret Joy Tibbetts] --…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 9, No. 3

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Features: Chapman Street through the Years by Donald S. and Arlene G. Brown -- 1 A review of Above the Gravel Bar: The Indian Canoe Routes of Maine by David S. Cook [reviewed by Alvin Barth] -- 8 Society news: Editor's Corner --…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 8, No. 1

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Features: Bethel in the Great Depression by Margaret Joy Tibbetts -- 1 A review of Simple Forms and Vivid Colors: An Exhibition of Maine Painted Furniture, 1800-1850 by Edwin A. Churchill [reviewed by F. Barrie Freeman] Society…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 7, No. 4

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Features: Life on the Home Front: Bethel During the Civil War by Stanley Russell Howe -- 1 Memories of an Earlier Era: Part III by Marjorie Farwell Cummings -- 7 A review of Life by the Tracks - When Passenger Trains Steamed through the Notch by…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 7, No. 1

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Features: Spring Street Through the Years by Sue Farrar -- 1 Kimball Families of the Bethel Area by Elizabeth Mason Carter -- 4 A review of The History of Waterford, Oxford County, Maine [reviewed by Stanley Russell Howe] Society…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 6, No. 3

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Features: Bird Hill by Blaine A. Mills -- 1 Bird Hill by "Index" [William Berry Lapham] -- 6 Society news: New Life Members -- 2 President's Column -- 3 Hundreds Enjoy Sudbury Canada Days August 14-15 -- 4 Editor's Corner -- 7 New…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 4, No. 4

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Features: Church Street through the Years by Rosalind R. Chapman -- 1 Book Review: Florence E. O'Connor, The Ancestors and Descendants of Asa Freeman Ellingwood and Florilla (Dunham) Ellingwood -- 8 Society news: 1981 Program Annonced for…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 4, No. 2

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Features: Mayville, My Mayville by Donald G. Bennett -- 1 Book Review: Andover: The First 75 Years by the Andover Friday Club [reviewed by Larry Billings] -- 5 Dr. Moses Mason [excerpt from Mrs. Cyrene Jane Cummings Bean's manuscriptThe Early…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 4, No. 1

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Features: The Bethel Library Association 1879-1979 -- 1 Book Review: History of Hebron Academy: 1804-1972by Harold E. Hall [reviewed by Gordon M. Gillies] -- 5 Petition of Inhabitants of Sudbere Canada to the General Court of the Commonwealth of…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 20, No. 4

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Features: Celebrations, Festivals and Observances in Bethel's Past by Stanley Russell Howe -- 1 Book Review: Descendants of Joseph Killgore, 1690-1764 of Scotland and Treworgy Ancestors by Roy Killgore [reviewed by Barbara H. Honkala] --…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 20, No. 2

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Features: 1796: A Special Year in Bethel's Past -- 1 TheBethel Soldiers of '61 by C.F. Whitman [Part 15; reprinted fromOxford County Advertiser] -- 1 Reflections of a Half Century by Leslie E. Davis [Part 38] -- 3 Book Review: White Mountain…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 2, No. 1

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Features: War to End All Wars: Bethel During the First World War -- 1 Book Review: J. E. Martin, "Jonathan Adams Bartlett" [review by Helen Morton] -- 6 The "Courier" and Freeman's Hall -- 8 From the "Bethel Courier", September 23, 1859 --…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 15, No. 2

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Features: 19th Century Medicine in Bethel, Maine by Joyce Wanger [Part 4] -- 1 Reflections of a Half Century by Leslie E. Davis [Part 18] -- 3 Society news: Editor's Corner -- 3 President's Column -- 3 Society Sales Department -- 4 Book…

The Bethel Courier, Vol. 15, No. 1

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Features: Some Highlights of the Past Twenty-five Years: Bethel Historical Society 1966-1991 -- 1 Reflections of a Half Century by Leslie E. Davis [Part 17] -- 2 19th Century Medicine in Bethel, Maine by Joyce Wanger [Part 3] -- 8 Society…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 14, No. 4

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Features: 19th Century Medicine in Bethel, Maine by Joyce Wanger [Part 2] -- 1 Reflections of a Half Century by Leslie E. Davis [Part 16] -- 7 Society news: Society Endowment Campaign Tops $6,000 -- 1 New Life Members -- 2 Member Profile:…

The Bethel Courier, Vol. 14, No. 3

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Features: 19th Century Medicine in Bethel, Maine by Joyce Wanger [Part 1] -- 1 A review of The Western Abenakis of Vermont, 1600-1800: War, Migration, and the Survival of an Indian People by Colin G. Calloway [reviewed by Catherine S-C. Newell]…

The Bethel Courier, Vol. 13, No. 3

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Features: Highlights of Mill Hill History by Mary C. Keniston -- 1 Reflections of a Half Century by Leslie E. Davis [Part 12] -- 5 A review of William Day and Dorothy Littlefield and Many of their Ancestors, Descendants & Cousins compiled by…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 11, No. 2

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Features: Historical Highlights of Bethel's Mechanic Street by Barbara Herrick Brown -- 1 Reflections on a Half Century by Leslie E. Davis [Part 3] -- 3 A review of The Grand Trunk in New England by Jeff Holt [reviewed by E.M. Quinn] --…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 10, No. 3

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Features: Reflections on the Northwest Bethel Road by Rev. Elwin L. Wilson -- 1 A review of Preserving New England by Jane Holtz Kay with Pauline Chase-Harrell [reviewed by Randall H. Bennett] -- 5 Society news: Editor's Corner --…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 10, No. 2

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Features: Highlights of 150 Years: Gould Academy 1836-1986 Principals and Headmasters of Gould Academy 1836-1986 -- 3 Member Profile: James Dyce Alger (1912-1986) -- 6 A review of the second edition of Eva Bean's East Bethel Road [reviewed by…

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