Saco Valley

Garrisons, Block-Houses, and Forts in the Saco Valley

Leave a Comment / Maine, Military / 20 minutes of reading

During the Indian wars various kinds of fortifications were built by the settlers along the Saco river. Some of these were put up by individuals for the better protection of their own families, and others were built by authority of the Provincial Government and paid for from appropriations voted “for the defense of the frontier.” […]

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Lovewell’s Defeat in the Saco Valley

Leave a Comment / Maine, Military, New Hampshire / 16 minutes of reading

Our grandfathers have related this old fireside story with much animation and circumstantiality. It has been handed down to us upon the historic page attended with many inconsistent, and some contradictory, statements. We have not found one published account of the march, battle, and retreat that would stand the first shock of intelligent criticism. Successive

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