Canton Maine Historical Society

Information:

• A List of Canton’s Cemeteries

• Table of Contents for Norman Vashaw’s “What Was Ain’t What Is”

• Aug. 5, 2021 Bicentennial Celebration, Founders Dinner - Historical Presentation Script

• Halifax Explosion Centennial Commemoration

For RESEARCH:

Browse images of Canton History:
The Maine State Library’s
Digital Maine

The Maine Historical Society's Maine Memory Network

Now available on Digital Maine:

Hartford, Maine Baptist Church Records circa 1810-1848.
Of interest to the region since many of Canton’s early residents came from Hartford.

Now available on Digital Maine:

Issues of the Canton Telephone newspaper from 1878 to 1879, as well as almost all issues from 1883-1889. We are still looking for the missing issues. Please contact us if you have copies. cantonmehistorical@gmail.com.

Alvira Hayford’s Poetry book, 1878