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Over 134 years of preservation and study of
Kennebec County history (1891-Present)
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KHS March Program:
"History and Fate of the
Clipper Ship Snow Squall"
The American clipper ship Snow Squall was a Maine-built merchant carrier
that participated in the China Trade and Gold Rushes of California and
Australia. It tangled with Confederate raider ships during the American Civil
War and faced numerous roundings of Cape Horn, one of which helped bring about its end. Condemned in the Falkland Islands, the ship was eventually recognized as one of the last remaining representations of the clipper ship era, which brought about the incredible effort to bring Snow Squall back home to Maine.
KHS presenter, Charles H. Lagerbom received his BA in History at Kansas
State University and MA in History and Archaeology at the University of
Maine. He has organized shipwreck surveys in Maine lakes, sites from the
1779 Penobscot Expedition as well as the search for the 17-Century English galleon Angel Gabriel off Pemaquid. Two field seasons were spent in
Antarctica as a glacial geology field assistant for University of Maine
Quaternary Institute, now Climate Change Institute. He is author of Henry R. Bowers: The Fifth Man (1999); Whaling in Maine (2020) and Maine to
Cape Horn: The Most Dangerous Journey (2021). His latest book The Hero Way: History and Science of an Antarctic Research Vessel is due out this winter. A 30+ year veteran teacher at Belfast Area High School, Charles is
the
Social Studies Department Chair and teaches AP US History and an
archaeology elective. He is also part of the Belfast Marine Institute (BMI) Floating Classroom, an initiative to get students out, in, around, on and under
the waters of Penobscot Bay, for marine commercial, career and education opportunities. Charles “Chip” Lagerbom travels to and speaks on topics regarding Antarctica, Cape Horn, Maine whaling and New England colonial
and maritime history.
Lagerbom’s presentation will be posted on the society’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/KHS1891) on March 18, 2026. It also will be archived
at the society’s headquarters for those who want to watch it later. For more information, call Scott Wood, the society’s executive director, at 622-7718.
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Did you miss the KHS January
or February Presentation?
You can watch them by clicking on the links below:
“A Firsthand Look at
Secondhand Books”
"Re-Collecting Jim"
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Remembering Bob Fuller
Robert G. Fuller Jr. visits the field house in 2022 at Chicago’s Fuller Park, which is named for Fuller’s collateral ancestor Melville Weston Fuller, a U.S. Supreme Court chief justice.
Photo provided by Henry Weld Fuller.
The Kennebec Historical Society and many other local institutions, former colleagues, and friends are struggling to absorb the news that Robert G.
Fuller, Jr. a longtime benefactor of local charities, apparently has become the victim of a homicide.
Fuller, 87, was found dead on the morning of February 14, 2026, in his residence at the Potomac Senior Living facility in Potomac, Maryland,
according to Montgomery County police. He had been shot, and a suspect
is in custody, according to a police news release.
Bob Fuller provided game-changing financial assistance to many Augusta-
area organizations and projects over recent decades, including the Kennebec Historical Society. He was the top donor to a 2006 capital campaign that
enable to society to buy and upgrade its current headquarters, the Henry
Weld Fuller Jr. House, on Winthrop Street in Augusta. He became a major contributor to an annual KHS fundraising campaign named after his late wife, Moira Hastings Fuller (1935-2023).
Bob Fuller was a leading sponsor of the construction or expansion of the Kennebec Valley YMCA, the Cony High School building, the Cony athletic fields, Lithgow Public Library, MaineGeneral Medical Center, and Old Fort Western. Before moving from Winthrop to Maryland several years ago, he
also showed his commitment to those institutions by attending their events, consulting with their administrators, and donating useful items to them.
The society mourns him and recalls with admiration his wide-ranging
affection and support for the region he called home throughout most of his
adult life.
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Discovering, preserving, and disseminating
Kennebec County history
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KHS is located in Maine's Capital City ... in
historic Kennebec Valley at
Henry Weld Fuller, Jr. House
107 Winthrop Street
Augusta, ME
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Phone:
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622-7718
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 5582
Augusta, Maine 04332-5582
Those unable to visit us may send questions to our email:
kennhis1891@gmail.com
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