Cushnoc Archeological Site

Cushnoc (Cushnoc Archeological Site)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Nearest city:	Augusta, Maine
Built:	1628
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	89001703
Significant dates
Added to NRHP:	October 27, 1989[1]
Designated NHL:	April 12, 1993[2]

Cushnoc Archeological Site, also known as Cushnoc (ME 021.02), is an archaeological site that was the location of a 1628 Plymouth Colony trading post.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1993.^[2][3]

The National Park Service's "Statement of Significance" (as of its designation in 1993) reads:

This site contains the remains of Cushnoc, a Plymouth Colony trading post, one of the most important English outposts along the mid-17th-century Acadian frontier. No exact dates for Cushnoc's construction or abandonment are documented, though evidence suggests Plymouth Colony merchants established the outpost soon after obtaining a patent to land there in 1628, and may have used this site until the establishment during the 1660s of another outpost a few miles downstream. Fort Western, built by British troops in 1754 during the Seven Years War, is nearby.^[2]

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Cushnoc Archeological Site". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2077&ResourceType=Site. Retrieved 2008-03-03. 
3. ^ Note: A National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination document should be available upon request from the National Park Service for this site, but it appears not to be available on-line from the NPS Focus search site.

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