The Republican journal., 1882-02-16
The Early History of Monroe.

/ There is no history written record giving the
date of the time the first families to this town
to settle. The writer of this sketch, learns by
port that one Adam Couillard, Of French descent,
| fatherles1 boy grown up to manhood in the town
| of Bucksport, married and moved to a npghbor
| hood in the town of Frankfort, called Goshen,
| where they had several children. We find him v-
| ing in small log house, Il little distance from
| Monroe village on the 4th of April, l7s when his
son Oliver born. Oliver is now living in
| Hampden There is doubt but Mr.. Couillard
was the first settler. Up to his moving to Monroe
| the territory Wbroken wilderness. Oliver
was the first child born in this town 1t may sur
prise some who are now acquainted with the farms,
buildings, roads, school houses, churches, and the
wealth Of the town, that not than cighty-tiye
| years have passed since this was Wilderness
| The towns all around Morroe-east, west, north
and south-Wcre considerably settled before there
was a settler here. Soon after the settlement began
people from al directions, and the town grew
| rapidly notwithstanding the land had not been
loted out and was not in the market for sale set
| tiers came and pitched their camps where they
pleased, taking their chunce~ buy when the land
was pnt into market At this date but little if any
| property WAS exempt from debt. Once in Il while
| some settler would lie visited by deputy sheriff
| and part or I'LL Of his scany effects carried OFF.
The settlers had sympathy for each other and by
common consent were in sort of q self protection
society, ana when suspicious person was seen,
| horns were blown guns fired and Indians would be
seen lodging behind trees or moving from place to
place with their muskets | think no officer was
hurt but it is understood that several were stopped,
| their papers taken and destroyed, and that they
| were then started for home. 1t is reported that
| clergyman was travelling through the town on
| horseback picking his way as well as he could,
| when the first he knew il horn blown from
hill near by, and soon other horns footing, and
| it not long before he was surrounded by In
| dams who demanded ID know who he was, and
| what his Business was ga being told, and not in
tending to be deceived, they searched him, and
they could find nothing but a Bible and hymn
| book th NJ concluded to let him pass with special
Instructions not to visit that vicinity against their
rules. At that time this called Lee. presume
many Of the ol r-t citizens viii remember about the
lee Indians.
TO return II Mr.. Couillar.l. About 1893 Mr..
Mason moved from Turner, Me. 20 Monroe, and
bought Mr. Couillari out, who returned to Frank
fort where he afterwarl live to geod old age.
Mr., Mason moved into the Couillarl house, that
being the only house In town at that time About
Soi Mr. Mason built mill on the falls at the
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miH and ,lld not rnturn homo A. ri,,ht mi a.
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to run to one Of her nearest neighbors and while
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ahd the snow drlfted in every direction. Ga her
Nay nome she lost the pAtl got lost and wandered
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nome, anu of her situation is night came On, wa
anytbino hut pheasant # rr,,.oI - ~ ,
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storm Nhe WaS out all night the next day and the
next night The alarm was given the fore part Of
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aia inc men an turned out to search for her, but
without Success That dav The noxt n,orn;r, +h
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"i 'e 'l5l'i qii'e carry htr trall was found and
followed and sh" WAS found under a thick
bunrh of ham IN. .itti,,,r ,,,, I,,i,,. ; d.,
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'o'ne7 "i some trees, 600 weak to get up without
help to talk. She recovered in due time and lived
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IN the tan Of 1901 4 Mr. Putnam moved from Wa
tervillc ty Jackson INTO tbp Rich nai,,hl,nrbno1