These pages come from several different areas. Most came from the Bowdoinham Advertiser edited by Frank Connors. He gathered material from the 1700 and 1800's and reprinted some things and wrote or gathered much historical information when he published his version in the 1970's and 1980's. Other articles came from the Bicentennial Booklet published for the bicentennial in 1962. I hope that you enjoy reading about Bowdoinham and surrounding towns on these pages.

Some of these sites have many links and some only have one. It is our hope to add new links as we become aware of them. Please let us know what you think about this site. There is an e-mail response at the bottom of this page. By the way, we have made no attempt to edit the accepted spellings from earlier editions. The (B) after many articles indicates that it came from the Bicentennial Booklet 1962. Enjoy!

New! These links will show you some of the work the students have been doing in their study of Bowdoinham.

Bowdoinham Historical Map ( descriptions written by fourth graders)

So, You Think You Know Bowdoinham ( questions done by students)

Bowdoinham History Night 1999 or 2000 or 2004 or 2005 (a description, links to projects, and much more!)

This map shows pictures of downtown Bowdoinham's past

• Armed Forces
• Bank Robbery
• Barbecue
• Bicentennial
• Blacksmith Shop
• Books and Reviews
• Bowdoinham Organizations (1962)
• Bridges
• Businesses and owners
• Cemeteries
• Churches
• Civil War
• Cooking
• Doctors
• Fairs
• Farming
• Fires and Fire Fighting
• Fishing
• History (General)
• Hunting
• Ice Cutting
• Incorporation
• Inventions
• Kendall's Questions/Courtney's Answers
• Kindling Factory
• Local People
• Merrymeeting Bay
• Merrymeeting Park
• Map 1795
• Map Present
• Native American References
• Newspapers
• Pictorials
• Personals
• Poems
• Post Office
• Railroads
• Revolution
• Sagadahoc Fertilizer Company
• Saw Mill
• Schools
• Shipbuilding and Sailing
• Surrounding Towns
• Taverns
• Town Hall
• Town Services

  

  Motoring difficulties! Center Street on a quiet Sunday in August, 1910. The owner of one of the first cars in Bowdoinham was "Ducky" Richardson, who lived in the Sampson place, now owned (1962) by Dr. Weaver of Brunswick. Pictured from left to right are Tim Millay and his famous hounds, Mr. Richardson, Lysle Temple, owner of the second car shown, John Pratt, Charles Mosher and Levi Stockman.

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