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Bethel's First Meetinghouse Re-Discovered

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Bethel's First Meetinghouse Re-Discovered by Randall H. Bennett Portland's Cumberland County Courthouse of 1785, which served as the model for Bethel's first meetinghouse, built in 1807 From Portland in the Past (1886) Thanks to the research…

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Bethel's Hall House: The "Artistic Bungalow"

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Bethel's Hall House: The "Artistic Bungalow" by Danna Brown Nickerson The Hall House, circa 1942 Owned by Society members George and Danna Nickerson, the Hall House is Bethel’s most recent addition to the National Register of Historic Places.…

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Bethel Doctors, 1900-1950

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Bethel Doctors, 1900-1950 by Margaret Joy Tibbetts Dr. Raymond R. Tibbetts (1875-1958) Editor’s Note: A version of this essay was presented as a lecture sponsored by the Bethel Historical Society on 7 November 1991 held in the Dr. Moses Mason…

Maine Music Festival Note

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Maine Music Festival Note William Rogers Chapman (1855-1935), founder of the Maine Music Festivals Editor's Note: This first short essay, entitled "The Influence of the Festival," appeared in the 1925 Maine Music Festival Program. Although…

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Life on the Home Front: Bethel During the Civil War

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Life on the Home Front: Bethel During the Civil War by Stanley Russell Howe Major Gideon A. Hastings (1821-1905), 12th Maine Battalion Editor's note: Few events in American history have received more attention than the Civil War. A neglected…

1796: A Special Year in Bethel's Past

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1796: A Special Year in Bethel's Past The town we now call Bethel began as Sudbury Canada in 1768. It was granted to recognize the services of soldiers who fought in one of several abortive campaigns by Puritan Massachusetts to conquer the…

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Memories of Broad Street

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Memories of Broad Street by Margaret Herrick Oakes Broad Street, Bethel Hill village, circa 1910 Editor's note: Margaret Herrick Oakes (1896-1992) was the daughter of Judge Addison E. and Mary Chase Herrick and spent her childhood on Broad…

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The Courier, Vol. 41, No. 1

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Contents: Chapman Appointed to Head Museums -- 1 Mt. Zircon Bottle Relocated to Robinson House -- 1 From the Executive Director -- 2 MBHS Activities 2018-2020 -- 2 “Barker’s Ferry” Painting Added to Collection -- 6 Society Launches New…

The Courier, Vol. 40, Nos. 1 & 2

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Contents: William Bingham 2nd Biography Published -- 1 Online Collections & Catalog Site Now Live -- 1 From the Executive Director -- 2 Hooked Rugs Exhibit at Robinson House -- 3 "Molly Ockett Fund" Established -- 4 Now Available: The…

The Courier, Vol. 39, Nos. 2 & 3

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Contents: Celebrating Our 50th Anniversary -- in 1920s Fashion! -- 1 From the Executive Director -- 2 President's Column -- 2 Maine Ski History Exhibition -- 3 2016 Annual Fund Campaign -- 3 "Mornings at the Museum" Children's Program…

The Courier, Vol. 39, No. 1

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Contents: BHS Observes 50th Anniversary! -- 1 Mark Your Calendars for a Golden Evening -- 2 President's Column -- 2 Recent photos of the Robinson House Phase II expansion project for collections storage -- 3 Loan Exhibit on Maine Ski History…

The Courier, Vol. 38, Nos. 1 & 2

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Contents: Plans Underway for BHS 50th Anniversary Celebration in 2016 -- 1 Will Chapman Joins Staff as Librarian/Archivist -- 1 President's Column -- 2 From the Librarian/Archivist -- 2 White Mountain Art: The 2015 Summer Exhibit --…

The Courier, Vol. 37, Nos. 1 & 2

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Contents: Dr. John George Gehring and his Bethel Clinic: Pragmatic Therapy and Therapeutic Tourism by William D. Andrews -- 1

The Courier, Vol. 36, No. 2

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Contents: "The Balm of Heaven": Civil War Letters by Ann Chandonnet -- 1 Published Civil War Diaries & Letters -- 6

The Courier, Vol. 36, No. 1

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Contents: Capt. Charles A. J. Farrar: Wilderness Writer and Adventure Provider by William B. Krohn -- 1

The Courier, Vol. 35, Nos. 1 & 2

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Contents: The Bethel Antiquarian Suppers of the 1850s -- 1 1855 Antiquarian Supper [from the Oxford Democrat, March 2, 1855] -- 2 1856 Antiquarian Supper [from the Oxford Democrat, February 29, 1856] -- 4 1857 Antiquarian Supper [from the…

The Courier, Vol. 34, No. 2

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Contents: Life on the Home Front: Bethel during the Civil War by Stanley R. Howe -- 1 Bethel in the War of the Rebellion by William B. Lapham [from Lapham's History of Bethel (1891)] -- 8

The Courier, Vol. 34, No. 1

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Issue theme: "A Fair Field and No Favor": In Celebration of the GrangeContents: To Improve the Farmer's Lot: The Grange in Maine by Stanley Russell Howe -- 1 Women in the Grange by Jean F. Hankins -- 4 The Rise and Fall of Lewiston Grange #2 by…

The Courier, Vol. 33, Nos. 3 & 4

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Contents: Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of Hannibal Hamlin's Birth -- 1 Diary of Edgar Harvey Powers [Part 12] -- 2 John Howell Crosby (1867-1936) by Donald G. Bennett [Part 2] -- 6

The Courier, Vol. 33, Nos. 1 & 2

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Contents: Eva M. Bean and East Bethel Road: A Fifty Year Perspective by Stanley Russell Howe -- 1 From the Editor -- 4 The Robertsons of "Robinson Hill" by Randall H. Bennett -- 4 Diary of Edgar Harvey Powers [Part 11] -- 5 Book Note: Historic…

The Courier, Vol. 32, No. 4

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Features: Bethel's Civil War Soldier's Monument Dedicated 100 Years Ago -- 1 Diary of Edgar Harvey Powers [Part 10] -- 10 Society news: Bethel Historical Society Membership List -- 3 Bethel Historical Society Financial Statements for the…

The Courier, Vol. 32, No. 3

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Features: Bethel's First Newspaper, The Bethel Courier, 150 Years Old in 2008 -- 1 Bethel Citizen Turns 100 in 2008 -- 2 Western Maine Saints: The York and Carter Families in Utah by Carole York [Part 4] -- 5 Diary of Edgar Harvey Powers [Part…

The Courier, Vol. 32, No. 2

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Features: Harold Sanborn Stanley (1878-1970): A Memoir by Stanley Russell Howe -- 1 Western Maine Saints: The York and Carter Families in Utah by Carole York [Part 3] -- 5 Diary of Edgar Harvey Powers [Part 5] -- 9 Society news: New Life…

The Courier, Vol. 32, No. 1

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Features: Addison Emery Verrill: Eminent Zoologist -- 1 Western Maine Saints: The York and Carter Families Conversion to Mormonism and Western Migration by Carole York [Part 2] -- 3 Diary of Edgar Harvey Powers [Part 4] -- 8 Society…

The Courier, Vol. 31, No. 4

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Features: O'Neil Watson Robinson: First Owner of the Robinson House -- 1 Western Maine Saints: The York and Carter Families Conversion to Mormonism and Western Migration by Carole York [Part 1] -- 1 Diary of Edgar Harvey Powers [Part 3] --…