Welcome to the website of the Belgrade Historical Society! We look forward to enhancing your understanding of the rich history of Belgrade and its lakes while keeping you up to date on upcoming events and new developments.

New to our Collections

The Belgrade Historical Society welcomes the opportunity to scan early images of Belgrade families, camps, and activities, as well as obituaries and other newspaper clippings that chronicle events in the areas around the lakes. Lately several people have come forward, and we’ve added their images to our collections. If you have things you’d like to either donate or let us scan for use on our website, on Facebook, and in our e-Newsletter, please call Mary Vogel at 495-2913

Here are a few of our new pictures:

Unidentified waitresses in an earlier time at Jamaica Point Camps on Great Pond in Rome ~ Murray Collection of the Belgrade Historical Society

Lillian Guptill Bickford at Chase’s vegetable stand that was located at the intersection of Cemetery Road and Rte. 8/11. From the Perkins Collection of the Belgrade Historical Society

The Belgrade was a naptha powered “steamer” belonging to Captain Curtis which took visitors on tours of Great Pond. From the Greenspon Collection of the Belgrade Historical Society.

Martha Gleason (1843-1936), widow of George Gleason. The Gleasons owned a great deal of land on the east side of Great Pond in North Belgrade, and were proprietors of Snug Harbor Camps. From the Ramsdell Collection of the Belgrade Historical Society

Camp Somerset, located on East Pond in Oakland, operated as a girls camp between 1898-1986. From the Leibfried Collection of the Belgrade Historical Society.

In 1990, this newspaper article announced a new public access to Salmon Lake. From the Retha Stevens Libby Collection of the Belgrade Historical Society.