Milo Historical Society

12 High Street - Milo, Maine

Fourth Annual Art Show

Scheduled Program Postponed

The Milo Historical Society program, Milo’s Native History, scheduled for April 27 at the Milo Town Hall at 6 PM, has been postponed until a later date due to circumstances beyond our control. Thank you.

The next monthly meeting of the Milo Historical Society will be on Thursday, April 20 at 7 PM at the museum on High Street (next to Bailey Lumber Co.). Anyone with an interest in our community’s history is welcomed and encouraged to attend.

Museum summer hours

The Milo Historical Society will hold their next meeting on May 19th at 7 PM at the museum on High Street. The public is cordially invited to this and all meetings of the society.

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Local Folklore relates that Theophilus Sargent, one of our community's earliest settlers, was given the honor of choosing the town's name. His choice was in all probability based upon the following Greek legend:

Milo (6th Century B.C.)
Milo was a famous Greek athlete in the latter part of the 6th century B.C. It was claimed that he once carried a four-year-old cow through the stadium at Olympia. Afterwards, he ate the whole animal. The story goes that, as an old man, he tried to tear an oak tree in two, but the trunk closed on his hands and pinned him to the tree. While held there, he was attacked and devoured by wolves.

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