Local Narratives

·Greenville Chapter 23 by Amasa Loring.History of Piscataquis County, Maine. From its Earliest Settlement to 1880.

·Maine Historical & Genealogical Recorder Index

·Sprague's Journal of Maine HistoryPublished 1913-1926.The articles below are stored online at Maine Achievesof the USGenProject. For Example, type Moosehead or a surname into the search engine to retrieve similar articles as the ones below. Greenville/ Moosehead sources:

o“The Eveleth Family of Monson and Greenville, Maine” 

o“MAKING HISTORY IN THE MAINE WOODS- . . . LUMBERJACK” 

o“The Moose Horn Sign in Abbot, Maine”

o“Mount Kineo and the Maine Summer Resort Industry” 

o“ODD FELLOWSHIP IN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY (part 2)”

o“ UNOFFICIAL POSTAL REGULATIONS IN THE MAINE WOODS”

o“ VICTOR WELLS MACFARLANE”

·Thoreau, Henry D. The Maine Woods, 1891. (Many other versions available too.) His articles first appeared in “Ktaadn and the Maine Woods.” The Union Magazine, New York, 1848 and in “Chesuncook.”Atlantic Monthly, 1858.

o“Chesuncook.”“First Part” and “Conclusion” On-line. 

·Quilibet, Philip. “Driftwood.” The Galaxy. Sheldon and Company, 1868-1878. Volume 12, Issue 3 September 1871. View IT on-line.

·Smyth, Newman. “The Lake Country of New England.” Scribner’s Magazine VIII, 1890.View it on-line.

·Stillman, W. J. “Recreation and Solitude.” Atlantic Monthly, July 1877.view IT on line.

·Ward, Julius Hammon. “Moosehead Lake.” Harper’s New Monthly Magazine,51, 1875. view it on-line.

·Winthrop, Theodore. “Life in the Open Air.” The Atlantic Monthly. Boston, September 1862and November 1862.