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The Bethel Journals are compiled by

Donald G. Bennett

P.O. Box 763

Bethel, Maine 04217

207-824-2094

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These journals are intended to be a research source. Peruse  what interests you and send me your comments or questions. Collecting information for these journals has been as fascinating as it is educational. Much appreciation goes from me to the people who have contributed and commented already—to them I offer a very big Thank You.

 

 

The journals were

made possible by  resources  of  the

Bethel Historical Society.

 

Contributions to the Society enable others to study Bethel’s regional, local and family history.  Interested in Bethel’s origins and early history? Check the Society’s website.

 

Click here for a look

at research tools available.

 

 

 

 

  The Bethel Journals

Donald G. Bennett

PO Box 763

Bethel, Maine 04217

207-824-2094

The Bethel Journals is a collection of local history journals about events and life in Bethel, Maine and its surrounding communities beginning with 1886

 

 

 

The Journals start in  Bethel with the year 1886.

Latest additions:

Skiing at Vernon St   

The 1895 Journal—Part One

 

Table of Contents

 

1886   1887   1888  1889   1890   1891   1892  1893  1894  1895  1931

 

 Dates in Bethel History   Railroad Journal  Gould Academy 

 

Chair Factory  Corn Canning  Bethel Creamery

 

Bethel Steam Mill  Cole Block  1890 Bethel Water Co  

 

Poplar Tavern  My Summers At Poplar Tavern

 

Innkeeping   Summer Boarders    The Boarders  

 

Chapman Homestead Farm

 

Names in the News   Dr. Nathaniel T. True   J.A. Thurston

 

John Philbrook, Livestock and Brighton Market   Mason Farm in Mayville

 

Riverside Cemetery   Sunday River Cemetery  Mt. Will Cemetery 

 

Bethel Lock-Up   Bethel Sidewalks 1895  Samuel Twitchell’s Barn

 

The Outlook   NTL in Bethel   Mayville  Bethel Trails

 

Snowmobiling  1958 Sunday River and Mt. Abram   Viking Village  Founders Photo

Images from 1960  Mike Lynch

 

Why read these journals?

 

Perhaps you will get a better idea how old Bethel became the new Bethel— or at least the Bethel you see today.

 

The only person who talked publicly about future Bethel residents (us) looking  back and comparing the current times with the old times was George Thompson in 1931. 

 

  

 

 

 

 

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