"A Cabbin of Bark:" Joncaire's Magazin Royal, 1720

By Robert L. Emerson - April 28, 2020

Three centuries ago, French traders established this small, but important site in what is now Lewiston.

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"A Cabbin of Bark:" Joncaire's Magazin Royal, 1720