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Indian Raid map

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This map pinpoints sites connected with New England's Last Indian Raid of August 2-3, 1781: (1) Indians venture south from Umbagog Lake; (2) Barker homestead on Sunday River attacked; (3) Captives taken at Clark house in Bethel; (4) Gilead settler…

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Collection: Molly Ockett Exhibit images

Segar narrative

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One of the most interesting documents relating to Anglo-Indian relations during the Revolutionary War is the "captivity narrative" of the early Bethel settler Nathaniel Segar, published in 1825. It was at the time of the Last Indian Raid in New…

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Collection: Molly Ockett Exhibit images

Indian Raid 1931

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In August 1931, the people of Bethel celebrated the 150th anniversary of New England's Last Indian Raid with a parade, speeches, a special edition of the local paper, and a "pageant" meant to recreate that long-ago skirmish. The grand climax of this…

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Collection: Molly Ockett Exhibit images

Jonathan Clark House

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Long associated with the famous 1781 Indian Raid on Bethel and surrounding settlements, the Jonathan Clark House (which was actually built about 1785) was a much-venerated local landmark that finally succumbed to neglect in the 1920s. This ancient…

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Collection: Bethel: A Historic Town images

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…

Tags: 1781 "Last Indian Raid" (Bethel, Me.) | Bethel Library Association (Bethel, Me.) | Hebron Academy | Sudbury Canada (Me.)

Collection: Full Issues of The Courier

The Bethel Courier, Vol. 5, No. 2

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Features: Dr. Moses Mason and the Androscoggin Canal and Mill Corporation -- 1 New England's Last Indian Raid by Randall H. Bennett -- 2 Book Review: Paula M. Wight's Newry Profiles 1805-1980 [reviewed by George R. Allen] -- 6 Historical…

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Collection: Full Issues of The Courier

The Bethel Courier, Vol. 5, No. 3

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Features: Bethel Commemorates Bicentennial of Last Indian Raid in New England with Much Fanfare -- 1 Historical Footnote [A.S. Bean's steam mill] [Photographs of Indian Raid celebration] -- 4 Comments on Indian Raid '81 -- 6 Historical…

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Collection: Full Issues of The Courier

The Bethel Courier, Indian Raid 1981 Special Edition

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Collection: Full Issues of The Courier

Pearl Ashby Tibbetts - April 1, 1980

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Pearl Ashby Tibbetts discusses the 1931 celebration of the 1781 "Last Indian Raid."

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Collection: Bethel Historical Society Oral History Project

Fragments of Local History. Concerning the Bethel Common. Number 2. / By a Sudbury Native.

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FRAGMENTS OF LOCAL HISTORY. Concerning the Bethel Common. Number 2.—By a Sudbury Native. In the previous number we have endeavored to outline in a crude, unpolished manner, an upward growth in our Common’s physical condition; from an uncleared…

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Collection: Oxford County Citizen Collection

New England's last Indian raid, 150th anniversary 1931, Bethel, Maine

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2-3 minutes of footage filmed by Julian Howard of the 1931 parade in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the "Last Indian Raid" in New England, which took place in Bethel, Maine.

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Collection: Miscellaneous Moving Images