Prepare to be surprised and intrigued
by what was happening in Windham
and thereabouts in days gone by!

Published date Article Title

Apr 16, 2021 ~ Clang, Clang, Clang Went the Trolley ~ (Trolley service in Windham 1902 - 1928)

Mar 15, 2021 ~ A Worthwhile Endeavor ~ (The The Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor 1881)

Feb 19, 2021 ~ The Town Hearse and the Hearse House ~ (A “State of the Art” Relic from 1885)

Jan 22, 2021 ~ Let it Snow ~ (The Great Blizzard of 1888)

Nov 27, 2020 ~ A Housemaid’s Tale ~ (1898 - A young woman’s life as a Victorian housemaid in Portland’s West End.)

Oct 16, 2020 ~ A Civil War Soldier’s Tales ~ (1861 - Joseph K. Manchester’s letters: an intimate look at his fight for the Northern cause.)

Sept 18, 2020 ~ A Boy’s Adventure ~ (1747 - Sixteen years old, captured by Native Americans, taken to Canada and sold into servitude.)

July 7, 2020 ~ A Look Back at Main Street, South Windham ~ (A trip through 1940’s South Windham as described by a young resident.)

June 24, 2020 ~ William Mayberry – Forging a Way Through the Wilderness ~ (1735 - The first blacksmith in New Marblehead was William Mayberry.)

May 15, 2020 ~ A History of Groceries in Windham ~ (1738 - The first grocer we know of was New Marblehead’s first settler, Thomas Chute.)

Apr 17, 2020 ~ The 1918 Spanish Flu ~ (A deadly influenza would claim 5,000 lives in Maine alone.)

Mar 20,2020 ~ The Old Townhouse ~ (The sturdy little brick building has been a fixture in Windham Center since 1833.)

Feb 21, 2020 ~ The 1820s – They Were Very Good Years ~ (Mar 15, 1820 - Maine became the 23rd state of the Union, part of the Missouri Compromise.)

Jan 24, 2020 ~ The Town Farm – Home to the Poor and Disabled ~ (1820 - In Windham, as in other communities, the poor have been a concern for centuries.)

Dec 27, 2019 ~ A Winter of Struggle and Hope ~ (Dec 1777 - Soldiers marching into the rural farming community of Valley Forge included some early Windham settlers.)

Nov 29, 2019 ~ Forefathers for Freedom ~ (November 1776 - Capt. Richard Mayberry of Windham put out the call for local men to join him in the fight for American freedom by enlisting in the Continental Army.)