Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-02-01
The Roads in Ellsworth in 1920.

Neither pleasure Wagons nor bug.ir.
Ner" owned or used In those days. ain
journey, from town to town or village tn
village, we're made on horseback a,I innr-
net up rivrF in batcau-. aai Vii i,urY,,
20 Boston or Portland by coaster. IA.
Mail, were transported from EurA,u.rf
East, scmi-wcekly On hhr-rhaca g.l. ti.u,-
hui and Nurry q Ellsworth. thcstte n WI.
livan, oNer the Ferry Gould>boro ~,cu-
ben g., 90 Machia,.
fho ro-r Office At Ellsworth. Tho,n,.
Whiting. Ell, Postmaster. then served f.r
AL ~ The Island OF Nj. Desert. where
There are now eleven Post Office. for Ir.ii-
tuH and inmoinc, three offices. far thr
t'wn, up Union River. Xix Offices. arI NJ
Ellsworth threr anu Hancock tNo uiilr..
making ia an - post Offices. There wa,
= gu'd from the village % the Fan, two
miles. another NJ Branch FOND Mn, FOUR
m.i"~. hoth travelled ~ ox-t,am. Ibn
road East had been LAID out ;.ui fenced q
short ~ .inee bur very impcrfcctly made.
"r rather beyond the Hill East IL wv. y.l-
l1-r uut made at all Th. ruaI /. NJ
Desert. was " alter street and Ia The Beech
Land thence - birdie pAth through .h.
weeds ~ Jordan River. thence, III ,hr
beafh (" the narrow ito ford acro-. Al Ioyy
water, and on The I,Iand> there wrr,. path,
from place o. place, do not rcrpllret a
dozeu Toi, IF ruad then. even in ~ym,..
vl'c. Tn road T. Trenton Aal trnu wv
Beech Lana tu Tie village, now High .fr,et
"a' laid out In l,a7. l. va-a very unpnr-
u.ar measure 4nd highly couiemna.!. !, 4.
useless barthen ugeu tAe inhabitants.
There ~a- SORT IT faih 10 Dollard
Town. a road wa- laid ogt 20 Orland and
made pa,-Ibi- for the mail. on horseback
thrice weekly thlnA IL early a. l-3i.
y NJ Hale and j. a pctur. both no,y
living irli Belfast in the al, ernoon Of Jy..,
-ith, Isl, with horse and chai.c bound
home q Ellsworth, they were uyer,aArn
h} thunder shower a. Orllui about .t,u.
ct aud were obliged h. put Up AZ Einrr-
>"hS Tavern. during the vveuin, one chal-
lcngrj the other H. takr thu uev r..d
nome ~ thc morning, SUNDAY thu choI.
l"nse Wa accepted; they had an earl,
breakfast and started, bat were cautioned
n"t e. attempt 4, they 70, along epmforta-
4 bly, a. far az Mason, MILL. and Their,
/ adopted the old method OF, 70 ride and tie
/ reversed, Hale rode and Deanc went ahea.
/ on foot, he walked on TO where one Crox.
q ffFI hail En ,.l
house now stands there he waited lonu
/ half hour for Mr.. Hale 10 CONE. M tho,
both walked, led their hor Sc and llftrd ,beil
chai~e along to Doliard Town, aud frou
poliArd Town to the village they got along
very we'll where they arrived Just a, til,
people we're going y meeting There wer,
no bells or aoapvd horns then used ID cal
The people together. This Mas The nr.,
chai,e and think the first pleasure v.hi
Gle on wheels that ever passed nom OR
land % Ellsworth.
Inc ROAD to Bangor was laid out and made
rassable In 1850. During tina, summer
seth Iisdale and the writer, started win
Dr. Grcely's horse and chalsc on snnJa,
morning 70 90 10 Bangor to breakfast. III,
road was ploushed and partially made all
the way with the exception OF about four
miles, and arrived AZ the Hatch House I'll !,
before eleven O'Clock, A. NJ The roud
was completed and daily line Of stage.
established in 1898.
4, early a, $50, d. J. Tinker ana Fben
/ French had winter line OF stages between
Ellsworth and Bangor, and Al an earlier
peF'od We sometimes lad good winter
I ROAD y Bangor as follows: the road to
Branch Pond Mills, and up the Pond ID the
head, then by wood, road to Coon Pond.
| Thence through the wood, a short distance
TO ftts Pond. thence down Fit, Pond 10
his mills and up the slip or hauling way
INTO The mill and oat the rolling way.
thence by Fits board road to Bangor.