Editing Cushing, Maine (section)

==History==
Part of the [[Waldo Patent]], it was called the Lower Plantation of St. Georges, once extending across both sides of the [[Saint George River|St. George River]]. It was first permanently settled in 1733 with [[Scottish people|Scots]] and [[Irish (people)|Irish]] immigrants recruited from [[Ireland]] by Brigadier-General [[Samuel Waldo]], who offered {{convert|100|acre|km2}} for each household. Attacks during the [[French and Indian Wars]], however, deterred habitation. A stone [[blockhouse]] known as Burton's Fort was built in 1753 by its commander, Captain Benjamin Burton. Hostilities finally ceased in 1759 with the [[Battle of the Plains of Abraham|Fall of Quebec]].<ref name=Coolidge>{{Cite book  | last = Coolidge  | first = Austin J.|author2=John B. Mansfield  | title = A History and Description of New England| publisher = A.J. Coolidge  | year = 1859| location = Boston, Massachusetts| page = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ/page/n133 99]| url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ| quote = coolidge mansfield history description new england 1859.  }}</ref> On January 28, 1789, the town was incorporated and named for [[Thomas Cushing]],<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n97 98]}}</ref> statesman and lieutenant governor of [[Massachusetts]]. On February 7, 1803, the town of [[St. George, Maine|St. George]] was set off and incorporated.<ref>[http://www.cushing.maine.gov/history.pdf Christoph Schmidt, "A Brief History of Cushing, Maine" 1997] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724044040/http://www.cushing.maine.gov/history.pdf |date=July 24, 2008 }}</ref>

The [[Olson House (Cushing, Maine)|Olson House]] was depicted in [[Andrew Wyeth]]'s 1948 painting, ''[[Christina's World]],'' which in turn was used as Dahlia Gillespie's house in the horror video game series ''[[Silent Hill]]'', and inspired the farmer's house in the 1978 film ''[[Days of Heaven]]''. The building is now operated by the [[Farnsworth Art Museum]] of [[Rockland, Maine|Rockland]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.farnsworthmuseum.org/olson-house |title=The Olson House -- Farnsworth Art Museum |access-date=December 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719114802/http://www.farnsworthmuseum.org/olson-house |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>