The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-06-01
We will not forget!

MANY. who go over the trail stop
at "Armistice" for drink; and then
continuing. pass near Take Five Ca
bin"-a cosy affair, tucked away in
the deep woods, SO secluded that one
ia likely to pass it unaYares and con
tinue on In search of it, a cabin that
Jaers great opportunity for enjoy
ment and for change from the routine
OF life. For the owner of it, Mr.. \.
Fl. Hinckley, assistant supervisor, at
Good Will the words "a cabin in the
woods" have a special charm. And
Take Five is only five minute
walk from Joy Bubble Spring"
The Maine Trail winds through
variety of wood land, highland and
marsh, past pine and fir and hem
lock, birch and maple. and finally
comes. out at "Hemlock Cabin" and
Audubon Rapids on Marten Stream.
when the days work is over, and
the bright sun has set,
In sea of purple and gold,
| will think of the trails and the
quiet of their shade,
And my spirit shall never grow old
THE GOOD WILL TRAIL
Four of the trails at Good Will
Farm-Colby, BowdOin,y Dartmouth
and Maine-are named after the New
England colleges, which have been
chosen by the larger number of Good
Will graduates who are able to go
further than the high school course in
their education.
The Good VIII Trail is named for
the Good VIII boys themselves about
one hundred and eightyfiye of them
who responded to the call of their
country and were in the army or navy
in the World war; thirteen of this
number sacrificed their lives; others
there are who can never recover nor
cease to suffer while they live.
This trail begins at Marten Stream
bridge, near the state road from Wa
terville to Skowhegan.
Marten Stream has been mentined
several times already. and attention
Is here called to the spelling of the
word. On the maps it is Martin
| in this article it is "Marten. No
one, so far as the writer can ascer-
| ia In, seems to be able to give any rea-
| son for spelling it one way or an
| other. 1t is stated that once, long
| time ago, there was man who lived
| IN the banks of the stream and did
much trapping; it is further stated
| that the man lived in the west part
Of the town and that the stream came
| to be called Martin" because that
was the trapper's name, but If he
| lived there where rumor says lie did.
| OF p1a Nrh Of
] was very small. II is quite as prob
| able that this man, and others, trap
| ped martens on the stream, and that
I was named for the animal rather
than the trapper, just as number
| Of other streams have been named,
! Mink" Beaver" and otter"
| Anyway there is another Martin
Stream" in Somerset County, and If
J for no other reason than to avoid
confusion in the future no other spell
ling than "Marten an 'e" for an q
! is recognized.
The Good viii Trail follows Mar
| ten Stream closely for long distance,
once or twice it swings away for a
few rods but returns to it again. \
snort walk through birches and un-
Acadia Rapids" and here again the
nomenclature should be noted.
Thirty years ago, the awft water
referred to was usually mentioned as
The RIPS" which is probably an alb
breyiaton for rapids. But there
was a time long ago when all the
land east of the Kennebec River be-
onged to France and was called "Ac-
'dia." the land, west of the Kenne
bee belonged to the British, it was
New England. Presumably the
dividing line between the British and
french possessions was the middle of
the Kennebec If so then Marten
Stream started on it's course to the
sea in British territory. rippled and
ratified over the edges of slate ledge,
and flowed silently along the deep
places, until il came to what is now
called Acadia Rapids; here Marten
Stream still British waters, mind
you,-made its last plunge before
mingling with the waters of Arcadia
Some one will say: Rather far
fetched" and il is admitted, but in
those days the spot was too pretty
to be called the Rips" and so some
things was done about it. For a
time we called it the Cascades" and
then in 1910. the junior class in the
Good VIII High School held its class
day exercises at the Rips" Harold
Chauncey Warren was the orator of
the day and in course of his address
announced that in consideration of the
above facts, the place would be called
Arcadia Rapids" and so it has been
known unto this day.
(To be continued next week.