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Rendezvous At Chesuncook: A Chronicle Of Surveyors, Landowners, Loggers, Settlers, & Sports, William W. Geller

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Abstract provided by the author:

Rendezvous at Chesuncook, 1827-1902 is the only comprehensive history of Chesuncook Lake and Chesuncook settlement (village) from 1827 through 1902.

The text’s two major focal points are people and old photographs. Over 350 biographical sketches include surveyors, landowners, lumbermen, drive bosses, loggers, settlers, and builders of dams and boats. For the 170 plus pictures this book is their only aggregate presentation. The photos communicate a history of what the landscape and settlements once looked like and how they changed over the decades in this book.

This book purposely ends December 30, 1902. Through 1902 the …

Schoodic Cove: A History, Chapter 1, A Path Through History To Schoodic Cove, Mary A. Y. Gallagher

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The first chapter in a history of Schoodic Cove that traces the developments that preceded and followed the coming of the railroad to Schoodic and explores the history of the sporting camps that emerged between 1897 and 1940. The chapter is broken into four parts: Part 1: The Path Through History to Schoodic Cove; Part 2: The First Sporting Camps in Schoodic Cove; Part 3: Nelson and Emma McNaughton's Lakeside Camps; and Part 4: The Cables and Schoodic Lake Camps.

Schoodic Cove: A History, Chapter 2, The Gourley Years (1940 To 1972), Mary A. Y. Gallagher

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The second chapter in a history of Schoodic Cove that explores the history of Schoodic Lake Camps and how the Gourleys managed by exceedingly hard work and charm to provide a few hundred families with outdoor vacations in the tradition of the Maine Sporting Camp. This chapter includes Part 5: William J. Gourley and Katherine Maud Stowe Gourley; Part 6: Buying Schoodic Lake Camps and Raising a Family; Part 7: Expanding and Improving the Business; Part 8: Maintenance: Wood, Water, Telephone and the Camp Road; Part 9: Docks, Boats, Motors and Guests--Fisherman and Hunters; Part 10: Those Who Came to …

832,000 Acres: Maine's 1825 Fire And Its Piscataquis Logging Aftermath, Chapters 5-6, William W. Geller

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Author's abstract:

The 1825 fire consumed 832,000 acres, a great deal of it in the Piscataquis River valley, and was nearly four times the size of Maine’s 1947 fires that consumed 220,000 acres. This is the only book that has more than a couple paragraphs about the fire; it includes all the limited amount of recorded information about the fire that started in the township of Guilford and burned in every direction on a compass. Furthermore, it is the only publication of any form that uses existing information to create a possible map of its boundary lines.

The central focus …

832,000 Acres: Maine's 1825 Fire And Its Piscataquis Logging Aftermath, Chapter 4, William W. Geller

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Author's abstract:

The 1825 fire consumed 832,000 acres, a great deal of it in the Piscataquis River valley, and was nearly four times the size of Maine’s 1947 fires that consumed 220,000 acres. This is the only book that has more than a couple paragraphs about the fire; it includes all the limited amount of recorded information about the fire that started in the township of Guilford and burned in every direction on a compass. Furthermore, it is the only publication of any form that uses existing information to create a possible map of its boundary lines.

The central focus …

832,000 Acres: Maine's 1825 Fire And Its Piscataquis Logging Aftermath, Chapter 3, William W. Geller

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Author's abstract:

The 1825 fire consumed 832,000 acres, a great deal of it in the Piscataquis River valley, and was nearly four times the size of Maine’s 1947 fires that consumed 220,000 acres. This is the only book that has more than a couple paragraphs about the fire; it includes all the limited amount of recorded information about the fire that started in the township of Guilford and burned in every direction on a compass. Furthermore, it is the only publication of any form that uses existing information to create a possible map of its boundary lines.

The central focus …

832,000 Acres: Maine's 1825 Fire And Its Piscataquis Logging Aftermath, Chapter 2, William W. Geller

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Author's abstract:

The 1825 fire consumed 832,000 acres, a great deal of it in the Piscataquis River valley, and was nearly four times the size of Maine’s 1947 fires that consumed 220,000 acres. This is the only book that has more than a couple paragraphs about the fire; it includes all the limited amount of recorded information about the fire that started in the township of Guilford and burned in every direction on a compass. Furthermore, it is the only publication of any form that uses existing information to create a possible map of its boundary lines.

The central focus …

832,000 Acres: Maine's 1825 Fire And Its Piscataquis Logging Aftermath, Chapter 1 And Introductory Material, William W. Geller

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Author's abstract:

The 1825 fire consumed 832,000 acres, a great deal of it in the Piscataquis River valley, and was nearly four times the size of Maine’s 1947 fires that consumed 220,000 acres. This is the only book that has more than a couple paragraphs about the fire; it includes all the limited amount of recorded information about the fire that started in the township of Guilford and burned in every direction on a compass. Furthermore, it is the only publication of any form that uses existing information to create a possible map of its boundary lines.

The central focus …

History Of Monson Maine, Town Of Monson

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The Mount Katahdin Peaks: The First 12 Women Climbers, 1849-1855, William W. Geller

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This article traces the chronology of the first twelve women to climb Mount Katahdin in Maine, using historical accounts and clues to identify women mentioned only with pseudonyms in newspaper accounts during the era of 1849 to 1855.

Brownville's Ice Man: Jakob Larson, William R. Sawtell

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A pamphlet providing information about Jakob "Jake" Larson's ice business in Brownville, Maine, in the early 1900s. Written by local historian Bill Sawtell, circa 2000.

Moosehead Lake: Gateway To Happiness, Marion J. Bradshaw, Robert Mayhew

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A travel brochure published with support of the merchants, hotels and camps of the Moosehead Region of Maine.

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Mount Katahdin In Maine, Bangor And Aroostook Railroad

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A pamphlet highlighting several routes to Mount Katahdin, including the Millinocket Trail, Hunt Trail, and Abol Trail, noting that the area could be reached by the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad from Norcross, Millinocket and Stacyville stations. Includes several photographs, the 1927 Appalachian Mountain Club Map of Mt. Katahdin, and a map of the Bangor & Aroostook rail lines in Maine.

Rock Creep On Mt. Ktaadn, Maine, Edward S. C. Smith

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An article on conditions that lead rocks to shift over time in the area of Mount Katahdin in Maine. Reprinted from The Geographical Review, Vol. XIV, No. 3, July, 1924.

Piscataquis County Historical Society: Its By-Laws And Membership, Etc., And A Bibliography Of Piscataquis County, Piscataquis County Historical Society

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A document on the history of the Piscataquis County Historical Society, list of books, pamphlets, manuscripts, records and unpublished papers held by the society, and a bibliography of resources on the history of the county compiled by John Francis Sprague.

A Study Of The Physiographic Ecology Of Mount Ktaadn, Maine, Leroy Harris Harvey

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A report of plant species observed in the region of Mount Katahdin, Maine. From the introduction: "The material for the present paper has been gathered from two visits to the mountain. The first made in 1898 during the last two weeks of September; the second in 1902 extending over the last two weeks in August."

Mammals Of Mt. Katahdin, Maine, B. H. Dutcher

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The report of a naturalist who spent from July 10 to September 5, 1902, in the area of Mount Katahdin, Maine. A reprint from Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Vol. XVI, pp. 63-72, May 29, 1903.

York's Twin Pine Camps, Earle W. York

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A brochure highlighting scenery and recreation opportunities of the Katahdin mountain range between Greenville and Millinocket, Maine. Includes several photographs and a map of the Katahdin District showing the location of York's Twin Pine Camps, circa 1900.

Long Pond Camps, Ralph E. York, Prop.: Katahdin Iron Works, Maine, Long Pond Camps

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A brochure highlighting Long Pond Camps for outdoor recreation, scenery, and fishing near Katahdin Iron Works in Maine, circa 1900. The printed name of the proprietor was Ralph E. York, but it was updated in handwriting to read Earl W. Perham.

Biographical Review: Containing Life Sketches Of Leading Citizens Of Somerset, Piscataquis, Hancock, Washington, And Aroostook Counties, Maine, Biographical Review Publishing Company

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THe present volume of the BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW, the XXIX. of our "Atlantic Series," is the fifth devoted to the Pine Tree State. It covers a wide field, comprising the border counties of Aroostook and Washington, Hancock of the southern coast, central Piscataquis, and far-reaching Somerset. With upward of four hundred and seventy names in the index, denoting that number of biographical sketches of prominent workers in various fields of useful activity, factors of progress and worthy of remembrance, this book may be considered, without undue assumption on our part, we trust, fairly representative of the industrial, the professional, and the …

Routes To Ktaadn, Charles E. Hamlin

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A reprint of an article that appeared in Appalachia, vol. II, no. 4. From the introduction: "Mt. Ktaadn is so inaccessible that practically it is remote even to New Englanders. It is probably true that a greater number of eastern men now annually visit Pike's Peak than penetrate to the Maine mountain, and a hundred Bostonians have been among the Alps for one who has climbed Ktaadn. Of the few who have published narratives of their excursions to this unique mountain, some have presented more or less definite accounts of the routes by which they reached it. Thus the …

History Of Piscataquis County, Maine: From Its Earliest Settlement To 1880, Amasa Loring

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It is proposed in the following pages, to sketch a brief geographical view of Piscataquis County; to state its early surveys, grants, proprietors and settlers; to present its natural resources: and to detail the progress of its pecuniary, social, literary and religious interests. We also hope to rescue from oblivion, those incidents of historical value, which are fast and forever departing to. the grave, with those hoary head's, who in the sprightliness of their childhood and youth both witnessed and helped to enact them.

Catalogue Of The Officers And Members Of The Teachers' Institute For The County Of Piscataquis, Held At Dover, November, 1850, The Institute

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Lists of committee members, and members of the male department and female department participating in the 1850 teachers' institute for Piscataquis County, Maine.

A Discourse Delivered In The Baptist Meeting-House In Parkman, September 12, 1832, Thomas B. Ripley

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Full title: A Discourse Delivered in the Baptist Meeting-House in Parkman, September 12, 1832, before the Penobscot Association, by T. B. Ripley, Pastor of the Baptist Church in Bangor, [Maine].