LOVELL — The Charlotte Hobbs Library Speaker Series is set to continue at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, with a talk by Michael Davis on “Rattlesnake: a Western Maine Story.”
Davis is the assistant director of the Bridgton Historical Society and the author of the weekly history column “In Ye Olden Times” for the Bridgton News. He combines period documents and original research in presenting lectures before many area historical societies and will speak on the extermination of the rattlesnake in western Maine.
His special focus is bringing the past to life and finding engaging ways to learn and apply the lessons of the region’s history in the modern communities, according to a news release from the library.
Those who attend can hear stories of the olden days and meet the varied cast of characters responsible for the extermination of the timber rattler; from sturdy pioneer woodsmen to eccentric doctors, wily snake oil salesmen and superstitious squires, as together they worked to change Maine’s natural environment forever.
The Charlotte Hobbs Library Speaker Series is supported in part by a contribution from Norway Savings Bank.
For more information, visit hobbslibrary.org or call the library at 207-925-3177.
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