Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-11-02
OUR GARDEN COUNTY.
Interesting Facts About the
HorlheisIsra Boundary Line,
Ind Stretches Of tho feIH 81 0flaDt
TN the Sehoodie Lakes.
ny uOy. EDWARD wIsGIN.
M HOy. EDWARD wIsGIy.

NE u 81 nO9hncEt whs FisSto A~eAtp -
have - yet been unsbls 10 determine -
that orisinsl i4aafnxrk 10 DOT nov TO De
found II 10 CERTAIN, however, thaf there
v4s = monument tnere - early rs the De-
sianisg Of the present esutufy, fef sneh
Pax Holland 10 1901 surveyed the Wet
| ford Academy grant, row the s9uth half OF
| the town Of Hodgdon, he describes that
hall tosn,hip ss BEGINNING q . spruce
tree marked -four miles from the monn-
ment 1t toe head OF the s. Csoix >" The
s,andariss OF FIR. Fairfield and ohsf
4 ,sns, surveyed By Hol AID ia ths ans
year add the year fo.losHg, are indicated
BIZ ,,artipg from this same monunen. and
N assuring - many miles due north to the
| C. .rner of the town. This then see ms
J., have been an ancient landmark and the
pfiacipal starting poiot in all the early ssr'
veys Of the border towns.
History of the Boundary Line.
Asve have said the oris inAl landmark
d,es not nov appear and the earliest mon
| u nsnt now standing 1t the headwatefs Of
the 81. Croix vas placed there on the 3lH
| Of July, 1917. This is cedar shaft one
foot .qu.rs 81 the base and ten feet In
| height, tapering to eight inches square at
the top. On the west face Of this hewn
eedsr shaft 10 inscribed With surveyors
| marking iron the words United States, 81
July, 1917" On the south face the words
John johnson, U. s. Surveyor and 8. 6
"" Ga the cas-. face the inscription is now
illesibls, only the letters BR being now dis
tinguishsbls. On the north face is name,
now il.egible and the words III. b. NJ Sur
veyor." At the base Of the cedar shsft on
the west side rough granite stone 10 placed,
upon which this inscription is ehiseled ;
at. S July 81, 1917" Ga the east side is
q similar stone with the inscription IN. Il.
July 81, 1917" About II reds due south
Of his cedar monument is large
stone, apparently taken from the bed
Of the brook, on which is cut
this inscription. &C. Turner, U. S. Asst.
Surveyor, July 81, 1911"
We sre told that up to . recent date q
similar stone lay near this marked with the
name Of another asst. surveyor. This
stone has beed removed, but its where
soouts Is known. The cedar monument. de.
| scribed above remained ~ the Recognized
| lard mark defaing the boundary at this point
until after the treaty or 1912 when the iron
monument was erected. This IN onument
snds about two feet north of the cedar
s1aft erected in 1917. A large flat stone
was placed Immediately over the small
spring which WAS decided to be the ultimate
head of the St. Croix waters. and upon this
stone the iron monument was erected.
This monument is . hollow iron shaft.
foot and half square at the base and ten
feet Lish. II was cast in three sections and
tapers to six inches square at the top. Its
stay ed by two iron braces, two feet long on
each side, connected with the shaft By rings
and locked TO the rock on which the nonu-
ment rests. On the south face OF
the shaft is this inscription. cast
in the iron in raised letters:
Boundary, Aug OH, 1912 " Ga the north
side are the words Treaty of Washing
| ton " On the west side, Albeit Smith, U.
s Commissioner" and on the east side,
LIT. Col. L. B. B. Estcourt. II. B. Nj.
C nissiouer. The trees have been recen :
| been cut down on space two rods wide
| running due north from the monument to
the road leading to the post office at North
Amity. This work was done by party OF
the
u. q. Coast Survey
ho were at work o the eastern boundary
during the psst summer. The line for the
space thus cut out runs through low bog
| ssd the approach from the Amity road to
the monument Is a weary tramp over fallen
| trees and through soft, miry ground, The
| Coast Survey during the past summer also
erected pole some fifty feet high imme-
dately over The iron monument and sup
ported by an immense tripod. Up3n the
top of this pole signal flag was placed
u hich could be seen with the field glass
from long distance. For some
distance south Of the monument there
lis no apparent running water. but
| simply wet, miry bog and it is some
twelve or fifteen rods before we come to .
we'll defined stream Of water. This how
ever, soon enlsrges and becomes stream
| Of considerable volume. called the Monu.
ment stream, aud empties into the North
lake on the eastern boundary OF Orient.
Another COAT Town."
The town Of Orient, another Of the coast
| towns of Arc ostook county, lies imm adiate-
| Iy south Of Amlty and 10 bounded on the
vest By the town of Hsynesville. and on the
south in sn irregular line by the town OF
| Weston The Monument stream, flowing
here with considerable volume in south
easterly course, forms the eastern bound
sry for some two miles and half. This
stream then empties into North lake which
| UtCUuitb tllc io' hSohAJ " "''fN
the coast line running nearly in southerly
direction until we come to the thorough
fare" narrow passage some half mile in
length connecting North lake with Grand
lske. The irregular coast of Grand lake IL
hen the boundary to the south line Of the
town. To speak more accurately, the
channel Of the lake 10 the exact bound
airy between the two countries, but
this chsuuei has not yet been definitely de-
tsrmiued The road from Houlton TO Cal
ais runs in general southe'!y direction
through the entire town, but the frst settle
ment i, the town was made near the shori
of the lake q number Of years before any
road was built.
The Early Pioneers.
The first settlers Who made q clearing on
the town we're William Tfssk, Willism
Dsering and James Lambert. These pion-
sers came in 1880. william Tfask Wa
from Kesnebec county and he made hi'
first clearing near the head Of Grand lake,
q short distance below the thoroughfare
on the farm now owned by George Buby,
Mr.. Trssk made farm here on the lske
shors srd lived upon it until about 1856
when he moved to Minnesots. james Lsm
bert c,ue At the same time and settled or
the 10, ns1s west Of Mr.. Trssk. He re.
msiued on the lot until 1856, when with Mr.
rrssk h. removed 70 Minnesota. Willism
tD.eri, moved from II dadon to Orient in
1890 and settled on the lot nesr the shore
of the lake OF rhich Mrs. Jacob Peters
nov lives. William Philorook had made 4
small opping on the lot, hut did not set
tie on it. This vas in reality the q 81
chepyiug n,sd up IN the town. Mr.. Dee
log cared the farm and lived on it unti
h 8 ct ath in 1912 Jacob Peters Afterwards
it1ok ,is fam and lived on j: Il til hi
d. a.s vesr ago. II widow still lives or
the farm Mr. Abrsm L1nsley vas one oil
til, piou eer sett ers OF o lent aud csme
from the toxn Of DIVER not long after the
settlers mentioned sbave. Be s'ttled on
the linz. Of the Calais road in thu southern
part of the town. small lake in the rea!
u his lot still bears the name of I,ngley
lake and discharges its waters through q
brock into Grand lake. Mr.. Longley wa.
veil kaorn resident of Orient for many
wears snd hi. house, after the Calsis rosd
vas tult through the town, was well
known stopping p.sce for travellers ard fol
teams era bon this rosH. The cd house
lis Il Il stan Jog but IL nos unoccupied and
i. sns Of the old isD1msfks along this road
Mr.. Lougley q ard q large farm and
pt1n'ei .u extensive orchard which sti'l
btsr, quite snund .nily. He died on the
old pSce come twelve years ago. Jeremiah
FiaeId came from Lee in 1886 and made O
cieari z il the extreme southern part OF
III, torn. He remained bu: . short time
and returned to Lee. Thomas and Rober'
CsIyer we're early settlers near the head Of
| .ha l.. r and rama mt many wears Aftei