Join us for a Concert of New England Fiddle Tunes and Civil War Songs performed by Kris Paprocki on the restored 1903 Leighton Violin, with a brief illustrated biography of the life and work of Captain William E. Leighton, 1840-1925: Inventor, Civil War veteran, organ manufacturer, violin maker, sardine factory owner, Justice of the Peace, […]
The Merrill Library on the University of Maine at Machias Campus will host a discussion on the making of the Dennys River Historical Society's interactive story map Discovering the Dennys: A River Through Time. The project traces the history of the Dennys River through the past 9,000 Years. Members of the team that created this interactive […]
Join the Dennys River Historical Society for a program on the Story of Ice Harvesting on Tuesday, January 30 at 6: 30 p.m. at the Lincoln House Woodshed in Dennysville. We will see short video with historic film footage of ice harvesting in Maine, hear the story of "Kennebec Crystals" by Robert P. Tristram Coffin, […]
The annual Show and Tell program of the Dennys River Historical Society, where members and friends bring an item of personal or historical meaning with a story to tell.
Did you know that this country's most notorious traitor once did business with Dennysville's John Allan and invited General Benjamin Lincoln to dinner? Join us for our monthly program on Tuesday, March 26 at 6:30 p.m. at Dennysville's Lincoln Memorial Library for a lively presentation on Benedict Arnold Down East, with documents, pictures and stories […]
Join us for a continuation of the story of America’s most notorious traitor and his wife, Peggy Shippen, following the American Revolution, at Dennysville's Lincoln Library. Special attention will be given to Peggy's letters written during their sojourn in St. John, New Brunswick, and the second part of the video detailing their disloyalty and treachery […]
“This Old House” is the featured topic for the May program of the Dennys River Historical Society, on Tuesday, May 28 at the Lincoln Library in Dennysville at 6:30 p.m. Society President Ronald Windhorst will explain the process by which Dennysville became a National Historic District in the 1970’s, and the houses and structures that […]
Would you like to learn how to recognize and identify wildflowers in the region? On Monday, June 24, the Dennys River Historical Society is featuring a presentation by Kris and Allison Paprocki on “Wildflower Identification Around Cobscook Bay” with the use of field guides and other tools at the Lincoln Memorial Library in Dennysville at […]
Did you know one of the earliest tide mills in the area was located on the estuary of Wilson’s Stream? The Dennys River Historical Society is inviting the public to join a tour to visit this early industrial site. It is marked on a hand drawn survey of Townships 1 and 2 prepared by Rufus […]
ALR Gardner's front door, now in Perry, Maine. Everyone is invited to join an expedition to explore the story of a house that moved twice after it was first built by Ebenezer Gardner in Dennysville, Maine in the1830’s. The tour will begin at the Lincoln Library in Dennysville at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, August 20th, […]
