Editing Newfield, Maine (section)

==History==
This was part of the large tract sold on November 28, 1668, by [[Newichawannock]] [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indian]] Chief Sunday (or Wesumbe) to [[Francis Small]], a [[Kittery, Maine|Kittery]] trader. The price was two large Indian [[blanket]]s, two gallons of [[rum]], two pounds of [[gunpowder]], four pounds of [[musket]] balls and twenty strings of beads.<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/n260 225]| url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ| quote = coolidge mansfield history description new england 1859.  }}</ref> The township was surveyed and first settled as Washington Plantation in 1778. A number of settlers had been soldiers in the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. It was incorporated as Newfield on February 25, 1794, and by 1859, the population was 1,418.<ref name="Coolidge"/>

The [[Little Ossipee River]] runs through Newfield village and once provided [[water power]] to operate two [[gristmill]]s, two [[lumber]] mills, a [[barrel|barrel stave]] mill, a shook mill, a [[planing mill]] and a [[carding]] mill. West Newfield had a [[sawmill]], gristmill and stave mill. There was an attempt in the community to [[mining|mine]] [[silver]] and [[iron]], but it was not profitable. By 1880, the population was 995.<ref>{{Citation
  | last = Varney
  | first = George J.
  | title = Gazetteer of the state of Maine. Newfield
  | place = Boston
  | publisher = Russell
  | year = 1886
  | url = http://history.rays-place.com/me/newfield-me.htm }}
</ref> Newfield would be heavily damaged by the [[The Great Fires of 1947|Great Fires of 1947]].

Don King of [[Topsfield, Massachusetts]] bought an old farm at Newfield in 1965, marking the beginning of what would become [[Willowbrook Museum Village]], a re-created 19th-century village. Other properties and historic buildings were added, together with a collection of early [[farm implement]]s, tools, [[carriage]]s and [[sleigh]]s. The museum is now a tourist attraction.<ref>[http://www.willowbrookmuseum.org/history.html Willowbrook History]</ref>

On March 17, 2009, Newfield adopted a local law to stop [[Nestlé]] and other corporations from taking over their [[groundwater]]. The volunteer community organization, Protecting Our Water and Wildlife Resources (POWWR), with the assistance of Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) who drafted the ordinance, were responsible for advocating the legislation.<ref>[http://www.celdf.org/Default.aspx?tabid=559 Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund]</ref>