Benedict Arnold

[1775] Augusta, Maine’s First Murder

September 24, 1775 – a time when Augusta was little more than Fort Western and its military inhabitants – right here near the Eastern bank of the Kennebec River occurred…

Major Reuben Colburn House

Reuben Colburn arrived here, in what is now Pittston, Maine in 1761. He was 21 years old and full of energy, focus, and direction so it came as no surprise…