Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-01-20


binary level formation of islands. it is
thrown up into huge granite mountains to
the number of thirteen. The attitude of
Greer Mountain is | 1852 feet OF Sargent's
Mt, LOIS feet; Browns, $50 feet; Mt.
Robinson, $50 feet; Dog, $50 feet and
Carriers, GEO feet. Ia 1888. Bartlett's.
Hardwood. and Robinson's islands. were
set of and incorporated into .'Seaville. -
Christopher Bartlett first settled on Bart
let's Island about l170. The Act mcor-
porating SeavIllc, was repeated Feb. ~.
1859. Birtlctt's Island was annexed To
Mt Desert. II town has be- rntwcr ti-
rided, Eden taking OF 23.00O acres. aud
fremont half of what remained
Union soldiers, l6l: State Aid. ! ,I55
Town bounty. sli723; cost Of recruit.
sIG0.
i. BUCK>PoRT. Tue. (9-79 town. June
p. 1872. Pop, 3,I33. Decennary loss.
l2l. Wealth per cJp.- $500. State Val.
sl.2l9.ssl. U. 5. Val, sl.75G. Cps. This
was township No. !. in the grant To Marsh.
Ii was incorporated as Buckstown. and
was not changed to BucSsport till 1917 -
The township was surveyed BY William
Chamberlain, ia l762 Col Jonathan
Buck. from Haverhill. Mass. commenced
the first settlement in I7Gi For him the
town was named. The next year. Laugh
lin Mcdonald and his son Roderick. took
up lots. In 1861. AsaheI Hartman. Io-
nathan Frye. Benia'n Page phincaS Ames.
and Ehenezer Buck came The first
preacher was Rev. John kenney. IN 1876.
First settled minister, Rev. Mighil Blood,
In 1903. In IL the British Burnt part
OF the town. The L. q. established in
1893. About 1904. the "Gasette Of Maine"
WAS printed. In 1906. "Penobscot Bank"
The ill-treatment which the Inhabitants re-
ceived from the British in l.7G-7-S. drove
many families away, and they employed
Indian guides TO pilot them through the
woods TO kennebec. Some of them re-
turn d in 1884.
Union soldiers, 40; State Aid. s73f5;
Town bounty, $50 .Gls: cost Ter recruit.
$50.
10. CAsTINE. Inc. (l0-l0j town Feb.
10, 1896. Pop, 1908. Decennagy glin.53.
Wealth pcr cap. s335. State Val, siGI.-
3i3. L. ;. Val, 1864. 1873. The History
Of thi, old town" has been prepared aud
published. by G. \. Wheeler. VI. y. II Is
an interesting, and trustworthy compia-
tor. The town appropriated $3.50 therefor.
Castinc perpet yates the name OF Baron de-
-. Castn. \ French noblcman, who e.
tablishcd a residence here Ia 1867. IL has
tradtionary history running back to
ljji. Under the name af 'Pnntagoct." it
became known TO the English settlers Of
New England, about 1926. IL has never
been without a garrison from 1880 to 1883.
II has been successfully possessed by the
Indians, French. Dutch and English. Five
naval engagements have taken place on the
bosom OF it, harbpr. One OF those er-
gagements, called the ''Pcnobscot eXpcdi-
ton" is said to be the most disastrous H.
sue our arms have ever experienced. The
first permanent English settlements made
within the present limits OF Castine. were
IN leo, by Aaron Banks. William Stover.
and Reuben Gray. 'Oid Hit" who died
in Brooksvlle az the advanced age Of lOi
years. WAS born upon the Dea. Hatch farm.
The first chill, William Slower. was born
upon the farm where +. II. Buker lives. in
Nov, 1864. In 1877, one Marian Frccthy.
shiftless person, was EARNED to leave the
place--they had "tramps" in those days.
Tle first corporate town meeting was held
at the house of Jacob Orcut, ut CIRCUITS
liarbor During the decennial period, end
Ing $50, its per cdpjtl wealth, with one eN-
ception New Haven, exceeded that of
any other town in the United States. For
many years, it was the Fishing Emporium
Of Maine. The repeal OF the Fishing
Epnntv Act aud losses by by Rebel CruiS-
ers, have almost completed it, commercial
ruin. lis loss Of taxable estates from lsG0
10 1870. MAS nearly 40 per cent. Ii was
the shire town from 1896 10 1888
Union soldiers, 1877; State Aid, s. .G27;
Town bounty, sl5, $50; cost per recruit.
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