Winslow has grown up aroundFort Halifax in its many, many incarnations. Beginning as a French and IndianWar garrison and trading post, the fort welcomed historic figures from BenedictArnold and ron Burr to Paul Revere and Chief Joseph Orono. Reduced to onesmall blockhouse in the 1800s, Fort Halifax hosted archaeologists, travelers, artists,politicians and students. The Flood of 1987 swept away the blockhouse, leaving thefort and its supporters to fight an uphill battle for reconstruction. Throughoutvaried iterations, uses, trials and tribulations, Fort Halifax has remained thesymbol of a community. Join historian Daniel J. Tortora in this engagingnarrative of Fort Halifax's fight for survival. Meet the famous visitors to thefort, the local residents who have cared for it and the figures who have keptits memory relevant and its future hopeful.