Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-05-05

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over his grave. Hts 80. Jam<s honisSn-
sss for aany yeaxs oos 81 the beet known
etsissos Of the town.
Ia 1900 came John Putnam and In III
same year Aaron PusnaD returned and ths
sexs yssr bsilr the Afss aiil dam upon the
ssssan. This dAn vaS vsshsd asay and
rebuilt sumter Of HDss before perms-
Dsss dam vas sscafed. DR.. Rice and fan,
ily came 10 1911 and Mr.. NORWOOD and
family 10 1873. Ia 1874 came Des. Samuel
KsndaIi and family aod With them Mr.. I'd
yin Townsend. Nearly all these fsmihes
had grown pp sous and daughters and these
interassri<d and started nsv homes. In
1905 yos~ph HvaIton 80 spposntsd Reg
iss<s Of DECIDE for the northern district Of
Washington county, BY Gov. Sullivan Of
Massachusetts,. This ONCE he held until
August esh, 1889. only four dsys before
othy Yrisbie. Ia June. 1889. the new
County Of Afoossook uAs formed and the
first Aroostook deed vas recorded ea jane
18Th Of that year. After the var u 1879.
new settlers began TO CON. In and quite al
migration from the Provinces commenced.
Mr.. VIM Williams and family we're the
nrst Corners from New Brunsw,ck and their
defendants are nos ameng the principal
the setti.rs were all living in log houses
and the nrst frsms building in the town ~as
the dwelling house Of DR.. Rice built In
1918. and which VS. years afssr~ ards the
re. idsncc Of M. Charles =. Tenney until
IL vas destroyed BY the nrs Of 1919. The
ners frame house vas erected BY AAro"
putin, m and 10 10 day 10 . moderated form
occupied by Col. b. II. Putnam ~ = resi-
~. I'll to
the place vas Rev. Edmund Eastman OF
Limerick Who organized the Firs. Congre-
r.,ionsI Church October 18th, 1911 This
gentle man died in Portland but few yea.
Afterwards. No meeting hou,e ss built
In Houlton until 1887. though religious ser
vices were held la the houses Of the ci;i
gems. In 1887 the Unitarian society. com
posed of some twent, Ave members who
had withdrawn from the Congregational
Church, erected the meeting house which 10
still standing, though much damaged by
fi,e In 1883 aud abandoned A. church ed
ince. In 1888 the Copgreaatio ,ai meeting
house was built. Rev. Chas. G. BeemAn
,eing then pastor Of the church and also
chaplain Of the garrison.
The years Of 1916 and 1917 were hard
yesrs for the new settlement. They are
The traditional .'cold years" and the suffer
ing must have been severe. Heavy and
continued frost occurred during every
month and snow whilened the ground IN
June. No crops we're harvested in these
wears and the condition Of the settlers was
mos, destitute. In those hard years all who
had mvsns shared with those who had none
and BY the aid Of the abundant supply of
nsh In the streams and Of flour obtained
from Fredericton At great expense the pro
ple somehow came through without s'srv-
ing. Daring these years MIR. Joseph Houl'
ton built his large mansion. which, remod-
.lsd IN many respects. is still standing In
1917 Colonel Turner Of Vermont AMI Mr.
johnson Of Massachusetts. commissioners
on the part Of the United States. and Sir
Archibald Campbell and Mr.. Bouchette On
the part Of Great Britain came with party
Of about sky surveyors and wOrkmen to
establish . boundary line. This party made
hes6auarters At Houlton for time and on
the ith of July occurred what was long
known to the old settlers ~ the 'Iinemen's
Ball" given by the commissioners and Gu
cheering stn6 at Mr.. Ilonlton's new house.
| This vas the srandest occasion OF the set
| Element up to that time. Army ofiicers on
the survey appe red in full uniform and
sttired In their best. A sumptuous dinner
was served and the festivities were kept
up during the day, and when evening came
on the house was brilliantly lighted. though
At that time unfinished within and contain
ing only one immense room on the ground
floor Sir Archibald Campbell led the dance
and chose for his partner Miss Christiann
NORWOOD, the youngest dsmsel present.
l In
ing party did not remain long after this As
the location Of the boundary was u matter
| # dispute between the two nations and no
further attempts were made to establish the
line until after the Ashburton Treaty of
1912.
In 1918 a petition was sent to the Massa
chusetts Legislature for the incorporate
Of the half township together with the al
joining half township granted to Gro'on
Academy, which latter now constitutes the
north half OF the town Of Hodgdoi, into N
town TO be called H0ultOn. This petition
shared the fate OF n similar one sent in
1909 and the settlers were still left unor-
gsnized. Sometime previous to this Mr.
Houlion had built q grist mill on the Cook
Brook, Aaron Putnam = saw and grist mil!
near the bridge and Ebenezef Warner, who
came In 1910. = saw mill ut the West HOul
ton Falls. In 1920 these pioneer settlers
found themselves under the Jurisdiction Of
the new State OF Maine, but still without
local organization. Soon after that year
came the children Of Varhey Pearce, one
Of the original proprietors who did not
settle on the grant and had recently died
At New Salem. The descendants Of this
family are numerous and are among the
foremost business men of the town to day.
| II 1922. Mr.. VIM. II. Cary, Of New
Salem. removed with his family TO the new
settlement and Immediately commenced the
erection Of . spacious residence which is
| still standing on the hill above the station.
Mr.. James Houiton was keeping tavern at
the time and with him the Cary family
boarded until their house was finished
Shepard Cary the second son Afterwards
became the most prominent business man
Of the county and probably no man ever
came to Aroostook who did so much TO
further Its business interests, or for the
benefit Of the laboring men Of the county
Mr. Cary vas In his young manhood when
the family moved TO Huuiton, being then
but seventeen years Of age. He commenced
.ork a. q carpenter on his fathers new
house and AFT rwarda worked for . number
OF years in the adjoining Province. In
1926, he returned to Houlton and opened
q store In part Of the Cary residence and
soon after formed copartnership with Mr..
Collins Whitaker from New Salem. whose
sister Mr.. Cary hal married. The new firm
OFFS Cary 4 Co commenced the business
Of trading and numbering. which they contin-
ued TO enlarge until II attained di neDsiOns
hitherto unknown in this eastern section.
The principal part Of their lumber business
~as cutting and sQuafing pine timber upon
the upper 81. John and Allega,h rivers and
driving the came to Fredericton. The ex-
tensive and beautiful farm At Seven Islands,
some eighty miles above Fort Kent. WAS
cleared and upon this farm immense guam
titles of hay and grain were r. sed for the
lumber operations. The crews remained in
the woods throughout the year, some being
employ ed In cutting and hauling timber
and in work upon the farm. Teams Of six
and eight horses and some teams Of sig
oxen were used for hauling the timber and
sometimes ~ many - 800 men and 200
horses and oxen were in their employ. Mr..
| W. Holman Cary Jr., 4 broti er Of Shepard
Cary, was overseer In the woods This
gentleman Afterwards continued the lumbsr
| business In conns ction with Mr. W. II
| Cunli6e 81 Fort Kent under the firm name
OF Cary & Cunline and later moved to
| Minnesota where he died. His two sons
W. NJ. Cary and W. II. Cary Jr.. are now
wealthy and prosperous business men in
that State. Mr.. Cunli6e 10 now = resident
of Fort Kent and still continues in the
| lumber business.
In all these years that Shepard Cary car.
ried on this immense business and employed
= ich large numbers Of men. no man vho