Walton Elementary School second grade teacher Ben Lavigne hopes his student, Lily Slocomb, is good with a hammer as she pounds the tap for a sap line in a tree in front of the Auburn school Monday morning. Next to her is Majick Starchild. In addition to the hands on lesson outside, the children will make a how to book using book creator on their i-pads.

A rusting, ornate, guard on the bridge across the canal on Canal Street in Lewiston frames city hall. The Bates Mill comples is on the left. Thousands of locals walked across this and others on their way to the mills.