Ellen Bowman, who recently wrote a tribute to Mattie Hackett, a 17-year-old girl murdered in 1905, looks at another Hackett family grave marker on Thursday at Readfield Corner Cemetery.
From left Aaron Bowman Neily, Ellen Bowman and Charlie Moen perform as The Thundercastle Trio, which performs original and old-time music.
This Thursday photo shows the grave of Mattie Hackett, a 17-year-old girl murdered in 1905, who has been remembered in a ballad by local musician Ellen Bowman.
Ellen Bowman stands in a driveway and talks about where the Hackett family farm used to be during a tour of the Mattie Hackett murder scene on Thursday in Readfield.
Headlines from the Daily Kennebec Journal from 1905 show the coverage of the murder of 17-year-old Mattie Hackett of Readfield.
The Daily Kennebec Journal wrote several stories about the 1905 murder of Mattie Hackett, 17, of Readfield.
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