Brownfield Maine:
An Illustrated History
An Illustrated History
Publication History:
First published in 2019 as an illustrated historical study of Brownfield, Maine.
Brownfield, Maine: An Illustrated History
Proceeds benefit the Brownfield Public Library & the Brownfield Historical Society
Photo by the author: the center of Brownfield looking west toward Mt. Washington / Agiocochook.
Some suppose the White Mountains were first raised by three earthquakes... They are hollow, as may be guessed by the resounding of the rain upon the level on the top.
— John Josselyn, An Account of Two Voyages to New England
— John Josselyn, An Account of Two Voyages to New England
This book begins with ice and ends with fire; the climate defined life then as it does now.
Brownfield and the surrounding towns, which make up the original Pequawket tribal area, are rich in history. For at least 12,000 years, the inhabitants used the Saco River and the cleared forests for seasonal hunting, gathering, and eventually planting. Their relationship to the land continues in the town today.
The story can only be pieced together out of what's been left behind — handwritten notes on the backs of envelopes, town reports, diaries, school reports, bits of light captured on glass-plate negatives stored in cardboard boxes, journals, and calligraphed cards. Together they tell a story of the town, and of what its people share in common.
2nd Edition available in 2025.
This book begins with ice and ends with fire.
Climate shaped life then, as it does now.
