From the Author x
A Special Note xi
Prologue xiii
Introduction 1(2)
The Many Names of Whiskeag
3(4)
Notable People and Deeds
7(4)
Maine Indians on the Lower Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers
11(2)
Private Burial Grounds
13(2)
Maps and Their Makers
15(14)
Part One Big Whiskeag Creek & Thorne Head
29(10)
Big Whiskeag Creek
29(2)
Thorne Head
31(4)
Ferries on Thorne Head
35(4)
Part Two The Road to Ireland---North Bath Road
39(18)
Purington Burial Ground
39(2)
Mount Edgecombe
41(4)
The Sagadahoc Rod, Gun & Skeet Club
45(2)
Lines and the Whiskeag Islands
47(2)
Rocky Reach
49(5)
Little Whiskeag Creek
54(3)
Part Three Ireland---North of Bath
57(22)
The Irish and the Ulster-Scots
57(2)
The Grace Family
59(8)
The Union Chapel
67(1)
The North Bath School
67(3)
The North Bath Post Office
70(3)
The Wing Family
73(1)
The Crooker Family
74(3)
Varney's Island
77(2)
Part Four Merrymeeting Bay---The Lake of New Somerset
79(16)
Merrymeeting Bay
79(6)
Summer Camps on the Water
85(2)
Swan Island
87(4)
John Adams and the Pownalborough Courthouse
91(4)
Part Five Bayshore Road to New Meadows---Wigwam Point via Lovers Retreat
95(36)
Bayshore Road
95(2)
Ward Burial Ground
97(1)
Whittam Burial Ground
98(1)
Ice Harvest on the Kennebec
98(1)
Fresh Meadow
99(4)
New Meadows
103(5)
Indian Carrying Places
108(2)
The Peterson Family
110(5)
The Ham Family
115(2)
African-Americans on Merrymeeting Bay and the Brunswick Plains
117(4)
Thomas Purchase
121(1)
The Bay Bridge and Samuel Foote
122(5)
Deposition on Wigwam Point
127(4)
Census Data: Driving Logs and Keeping House
131(62)
Endnotes
193(10)
Bibliography
203(8)
Books
203(4)
Manuscripts, Documents, Booklets, and Records
207(1)
Field Trip Suggestions, Resources, and Associations
208(3)
About the Author 211