Hollis, Maine

Hollis, United States

Hollis, Maine shares 32 connections with 2530 other places across 11 topics, with its history rooted in water-powered industry and early colonial settlement. The town's mills produced lumber, spools, and wooden goods along the Saco River, which also hosted a stockaded blockhouse built in 1728 for trade with Native Americans. It has strong ties to neighboring Maine towns, including Windham. Author Kate Douglas Wiggin kept her summer home, Quillcote, in Hollis, linking the town to a broad literary network.

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