LIVERMORE, Maine — Ethel “Billie” Gammon, founder of the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center in Livermore, has died at age 92.
Gammon, who died Sunday at her home in Livermore, envisioned Norlands as a place where visitors could experience life as it was in rural Maine during the 18th and 19th centuries.
The museum is located at the home of the Washburn family, a political and industrial dynasty whose members included governors, congressmen, a U.S. senator and other luminaries.
Erik Jorgensen, executive director of Maine Humanities Council, says Gammon had a great vision for how the story of Maine should be told.
A funeral service is planned for Thursday at North Livermore Baptist Church.