EUSTIS — The Dead River Area Historical Society will feature what is believed to be, the largest collection of artifacts from the Arnold March to Quebec on Sunday, July 3, hosted by Alan Burnell, of Eustis, and Rocky Freeman, of Rangeley. The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Route 27.

Burnell will share the story of how Col. Benedict Arnold marched through Maine on his Trek to Quebec City in the 1700s during the Revolutionary War. Freeman will demonstrate how these men lived with the 1770’s era tent and wearing Revolutionary War clothing. Ken and Duluth Wing spent many years searching the area of Arnold’s march with a metal detector and found a wide assortment of items left by Arnold and his men. The book, “The Lost Villages of Flagstaff Lake,” will be available for sale as well as signing.

On display in the museum are artifacts, manuscripts and photographs that have been donated or loaned by interested townspeople and descendants of original families of the Dead River region. Collections from 1850 on include old carpentry and logging tools, china, glass, church organ, furniture from native families, a complete schoolroom, a memorial room to the “lost” towns of Flagstaff and Dead River, the lineage of several native families, and a host of memorabilia from native homesteads.

For more information, call Mary Henderson at 246-2271.

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