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Skowhegan, ME 04976
Skowhegan, Maine Town, Travel & Tourist Information
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Skowhegan Maine has been called the cross-roads of Maine as well as the shire town of Somerset County. It is the birthplace and life long home of Senator Margaret Chase Smith and the beginning of the historic Canada Road Skowhegan, maine is the economic heart of central Maine. Skowhegan is an Indian name for "place of the watch or "watching place for fish." The Indians named the town this because they would camp here and spear the salmon as they made their way up the river to spawn.
