Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-02-20
1aily Sennetse ganfnat.
THE SACO VALLEY.
Its Early Settlements and Pio-
neer Families.
An Exhaustive Work Historical, Bio
graphical, Traditional and Legendary
BY G. T. Rdlon. Sr Embodying the Data Col
lecicd in Twenty five Years Of Researches.

One of the greatest works of local his
! tory and biography ever written in Maine
has recently been published by &. 7.
| Ridlou, Sr., Of Kczar Falls, Maine and is
entitled "Saco Valley Settlements and
| Families This work has been in prep
aration for twenty five years, and is an
exhaustive one, comprising no less than
| 1900 pages. The genealogical part of the
work alone embraces many thousands Of
names, and must have called for years of
careful and patient research. MIR, Ridlon
I has not only given us a most valuable and
extensive addition to the historical liter
| ature of our State; but he has enlyened
| It's traditions and legends that give spicy
| interest to its pages, and, at the same
/ time, impart to them a vivdnes, of color
| not often found in works Of this character.
| Some idea of the immense amount of
labor attendant upon the preparation of
this volume will be gathered from the fol
lowing extract from the author preface
which, by the way, is by no means the
least interesting part Of the book. He
says:
hen the compiler began the classifi-
cation and composition Of the mass Of in
digested matter he had accumulated.
there were stupendous Chasms 10 bridge,
and many disconnected family chains to
be linked together 10 procure the ad-
denda necessary for this purpose. the
author has travelled hundreds Of miles
with his team, to copy from probate.
town, church, and family records; he
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