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    Norridgewock was the name of both an Indigenous village and a band of the Abenaki ("People of the Dawn") Native Americans/First Nations, an Eastern Algonquian...
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    four largest Native villages in the region: one on the Kennebec River (Norridgewock), one farther north on the Penobscot River (Penobscot Indian Island Reservation)...
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  • Norridgewock is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Norridgewock in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,351 at the...
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    The Norridgewock massacre was a raid on the Abenaki settlement of Norridgewock by a group of colonial militiamen from the New England Colonies. Occurring...
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    Norridgewock is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,278 at the 2020 census. Situated on the New England and Acadia border...
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    territory of the Kinipekw (later known as Kennebec) Norridgewock tribe of Abenaki. The Norridgewock village was located on the land now known as Madison...
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    (1849). The History of Norridgewock. Norridgewock ME: Edward J. Peet. p. 10. ISBN 9780665608186. Retrieved March 28, 2011. Norridgewock history. Wiseman, Fred...
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    The former Norridgewock Female Academy, now home to the Norridgewock Historical Society, is a historic school property on Mercer Road (United States Route...
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  • Madison (formerly Norridgewock) is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,726 at the 2020 census. The area was once territory...
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    means "fertile land". During much of the 17th and early 18th centuries, Norridgewock on the Kennebec River and Castine at the end of the Penobscot River were...
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    Sébastien Rale (category People from Norridgewock, Maine)
    at Kaskaskia. In 1694, Rale was sent to direct the Abenaki mission at Norridgewock, Maine on the Kennebec River. He made his headquarters there and erected...
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    severe defeats, particularly during Dummer's War, with the capture of Norridgewock in 1724 and the defeat of the Pequawket in 1725, which significantly...
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    that were once part of the Confederation. Native tribes such as the Norridgewock, Alemousiski, Pennacook, Sokoki, and Canibas, through massacres, tribal...
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    The Norridgewock Free Public Library is the principal public library of Norridgewock, Maine. It has two facilities: the main branch at 40 Mercer Road,...
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    School, in Norridgewock, Maine, also known as Somerset Grange #18, is a historic community building at Main Street and Mercer Road in Norridgewock, Maine...
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    St. Croix, and Penobscot rivers. In the 1600s the Abenaki village of Norridgewock was located along the Kennebec. The English founded the Popham Colony...
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    Caniba, later known as Norridgewock), lived in the Kennebec River Valley in northern Maine. Principal village: Norridgewock (Naridgewalk, Neridgewok...
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  • includes the towns of Skowhegan, Canaan, Mercer, Smithfield, Cornville, and Norridgewock. Abner Coburn, 30th Governor of Maine (1863–64) Susan Clark (sailor)...
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    largest indigenous villages in the region: one on the Kennebec River (Norridgewock); one further north on the Penobscot River (Penobscot) and one on the...
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  • Central Maine Airport of Norridgewock (IATA: OWK, ICAO: KOWK, FAA LID: OWK) is a public use airport in Somerset County, Maine, United States. It is owned...
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    Sharon New Vineyard Newburgh Newcastle Newfield Newport Newry Nobleboro Norridgewock North Hill (Brighton Plantation) North Yarmouth Northport Norway Orland...
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    United States. Charles H. Sawyer was born on March 24, 1868, probably in Norridgewock, Maine, the third son of Henry K. Sawyer, who ran a hotel and livery...
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    hostility toward British settlements was located further up the Kennebec at Norridgewock. In 1722, the tribe and its allies attacked Fort Richmond (now Richmond)...
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    falls. But during Dummer's War on July 13, 1722, Abenaki warriors from Norridgewock burned the village. Consequently, Governor Samuel Shute declared war...
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    largest Indigenous villages in the region: one on the Kennebec River (Norridgewock); one further north on the Penobscot River (Penobscot) and one on the...
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    former alignment designated US 201A runs through the towns of Madison and Norridgewock. US 201 follows old river trading routes of the Abenaki people. Parts...
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    the Kennebec River in southern Maine. There were Catholic missions at Norridgewock and Penobscot and a French settlement in Penobscot Bay near Castine,...
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    Oxford 3,369 58.3 1777 Fort Fairfield Town Aroostook 3,322 76.7 1858 Norridgewock Town Somerset 3,278 50.0 1788 Holden Town Penobscot 3,277 31.3 1852 Belgrade...
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    Lucy Taylor [12 children] (134363) Amasa Bixby (1794-1872) born in Norridgewock, Maine; m. Fanny Weston (1794?-1869); [13 children] Llewellyn Bixby (1825-96)...
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    Trey Stewart Rep Presque Isle Aroostook 2020 2028 3 Bradlee Farrin Rep Norridgewock Somerset 2018 2026 4 Stacey Guerin Rep Glenburn Penobscot 2018 2026 5...
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