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Durham, Maine
(Royalsborough)

Last Updated Dec-2008

Wabanaki Family Names Known Here

  • Polis - mid to late 1800s

Wabanaki Events That Occurred Here

  • unknown or not yet researched

Bits & Pieces from Books, news-clippings, etc.

  • Huge rocks with marked depressions in them were used to grind corn and wheat and these rocks can still be seen today in the Durham area where much of this work was done.
  • (caption under picture) ... [Mr. Garcelon] points to an area [somewhere in Durham] where Indians came from far and wide to gather sweet grass which they used in weaving baskets.

General Items of Interest to Researchers

  • Located along the Androscoggin River
  • Organized as Royalsborough by 1779, part of Lincoln County until 1854 when Androscoggin County was created.
  • Local names include South West Bend and Shiloh
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