In rebuttal: Douglas Hodgkin: Correcting the 'myth' behind Lewiston's name

Unfortunately, the article by Steve Collins (“One of the Androscoggin’s mysteries: Why did Lewiston Falls become Great Falls?,” June 25) ended with the myth about the Native American named “Lewis” as the source of the name of “Lewiston.” Actually, when the Pejepscot Proprietors granted the land to Moses Little and Jonathan Bagley in 1768, they […]

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