Michael Davis is the Assistant Director of the Bridgton Historical Society and the author of the weekly history column, ‘In Ye Olden Times' for the Bridgton News.  By combining period documents and original research Davis brings the past to life and finds engaging ways to learn and apply the lessons of our region’s history in our modern communities. Davis will focus his talk on the story of the Timber Rattlesnake and its extermination in Maine. Hear exciting stories of the olden days and meet the varied cast of characters responsible for the extermination of the timber rattler; from sturdy pioneer woodsmen to eccentric doctors, wily snake oil salesmen and superstitious squires, as together they worked to change Maine’s natural environment forever.

This is an in-person talk.

The Speaker Series is supported in part by a generous contribution from the Norway Savings Bank.