The Sagadahoc History and Genealogy Room announces its eleventh annual Town History Series, jointly sponsored by the Patten Free Library and the Bath Historical Society. On five Saturday mornings in January and February, from 10:30-11:30 a.m., people from the five towns that support the Library will present aspects of their towns’ histories in the Community Room of the Patten Free Library. This year’s Series will be dedicated to Daniel Donovan, a very significant contributor to the History Room. And once again, Raymond James, Inc. will be the financial sponsor of the Series. The Series will be filmed for showing on local TV.

On January 24, Georgetown will present their talk, entitled “The Artifacts of Georgetown,” by Megan G. Theriault.

Megan G. Theriault is a summer resident of Georgetown who graduated from Bates College and is now working on her master’s degree in archaeology. She will be presenting a look at the history of Georgetown as revealed by a variety of artifacts left behind by those who once called Georgetown “home.” Those artifacts include: stone tools, arrowheads and shell middens left by Native Americans; 18th Century gun flints, tobacco pipes, bottles and coins; and 19th Century pottery, sea glass, marbles and toys.

Additional history talks include:

January 31
Arrowsic: Nancy Sferra, “History of the
Mill Pond Area”
February 7
West Bath: David Hennessey, “Raising
Oysters in West Bath”
February 14
Bath: Charlie Burden, “A History of
Bath Newspapers: Loving the Bath
Daily Times”
February 21
Woolwich: WHS Board, “Woolwich and
the Civil War: A Story told in Artifacts”