Readfield 1790-1820 ~ The Beginning of a Town

In 1621 King James of England granted a large tract of land to the Plymouth Council in England to plan and govern New England. In 1629 the N...

The first white men who came to Readfield (then part of Winthrop) were hunters and trappers - perhaps as early as the 1750s. About 1763 Sam...

Excerpt from A Brief History of Winthrop from 1764 to October 1855; Written and published by vote of the town of Winthrop, ME; Publisher: Br...

The original log cabins soon became too small for their large families – some might say they provided substandard living at best. They bu...

1772: A ROAD AROUND CHANDLER'S MILL POND  In 1771 when Winthrop Selectman planned and laid out a road around Chandler’s Mi...