Fryeburg is a small rural town in western Maine, well known for its annual Fryeburg Fair each fall season. Long before this centerpiece event put Fryeburg “on the map” of rural New England, is our very rich and interesting history. One of the most exceptional and intriguing pieces of local history is the story of Molly Ockett and the Abenaki extirpation.

Before the white settlers came to the area now known as Fryeburg, it was once a major Abenaki Indian village known as Pequawket which meant “crooked place,” as this place is where the Saco River makes a significant change of direction. The native people who lived here were of the local Sokokis tribe.

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