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E.H. 82a-186a
Stephens, Preeda
Perkins, Phineas, Jr.
Strong, Eli
W.H. 217
Perkins, Phineas, Sr.
E.H. 84-180a
Taylor, Childs
E.H. 68-W.H. 60
Phelps, Charles
E.H. 66
Taylor, Prince
W.H. 60
Porter, Justus
E.H. 174
Tiffany, Timothy
W.H. 20
Porter, Thomas
E.H. 174
Treat, George
W.H. 40
Post, Ebenezer
E.H. 182
Treat, John
W.H.
43
Pratt, Nathaniel
E.H.
82
Warner, Aaron
E.H. 110
Reed, Benjamin
E.H. 93
Waters, Abner, Jr.
E.H.
84a
Reed, Elijah
E.H. 93
Waters, John
Rexford, William
W.H. 12-45
Weir, Samuel
Rice, Jonathan
W.H.
16
W.H. 12-45
Roberts, Seth
E.H. 134
Wilder, Gamaliel
W.H. 21-139
Pratt, Phineas
Wilder, John
W.H. 13
Robinson, John
W.H.
82
Wilder, Jonathan
W.H. 12-13-21
Rood, David
Wilder, Moses
Ruby, Thomas
W.H.
22
Wilder, Thomas
W.H. 14-21
Sanders, David
E.H.
92
Wilson, John
W.H. 108
Sawyer, Asa
E.H. 165
Woodbridge, David
W.H. 48
Sawyer, Jacob
E.H. 165
Woodbridge, Rev. Samuel
Sawyer, Samuel
H.H. 165
Woodruff, Joseph
E.H. 121
Scovel, Michael
E.H. 97
Wooster, Moses
Seward, Daniel
W.H.
91
Wright, Ephriam
E.H. 145a
Sheldon, Remembrance
E.H. 177
Wright, William
E.H. 145a
Shephard, George
W.H.
72
Wright, Beriah
E.H. 145a
Shephard, Daniel
W.H.
72
Wright, Ezekiel
E.H. 11
Shipman, Samuel
E.H. 91
Zenas, Bruce
Selvee, William
Since the above list was compiled, three Hartland men have been added. Probably more will be found later. Their names are as follows:
Baxter, William E.H. 31A
Griswold, Caleb
Ruick, Owen
E.H. 92-186A
The total of Hartland men known to have served in the Revolution- War has now reached the figure of 359.
THE FOLLOWING HARTLAND MEN FOUGHT IN THE WAR OF 1812
Adams, George
E.H. 182
Burnham, Isaac
E.H. 80
Andrews, Nehemiah
E.H. 24
Burnham, Thomas E.H. 157
Banning, Benjamin
Bushnell, Abner
E.H. 21
*Banning, Calvin
E.H. 134
Bushnell, Jedediah
W.H. 169
Bates, John, Jr.
E.H. 176
Bushnell, Martin
W.H. 65
Beach, Calvin
W.H. 134
Bushnell, Stephen
E.H. 165
Beach, Charles
W.H. 134
Clark, Chauncey
E.H. 96
Beach, Elias
W.H. 134
Clark, Nathaniel
E.H. 103
Beach, Elihu
W.H. 134
Church, David
E.H. 122
Belden, Ebenezer
W.H. 130
Church, Jonathan
E.H. 122
Wilder, Ephriam
133
Church, Robert
E.H. 122
*Hayes, Gaylord
E.H. 40a
Church, Uriah
E.H. 85 Hoadley, Ebenezer
E.H. 28
*Cowles, Elisha
E.H. 132
*Hosmer, Collins
E.H. 90
Daniels, David
E.H. 108
Jones, Daniel
E.H. 106
Ensign, Moses, Jr.
Jones, Elam
Fox, Samuel, Jr.
Jones, Sylvester
E.H. 108-126
*Fuller, Henry
E.H.
48
King, Stephen
E.H.
94
Fuller, William
E.H.
13
Latham, Chester
E.H. 12
Gates, John
E.H.
3
Latham, David
E.H.G. 5
Gates, Braziliel
W.H.
21
Loomis, Chauncy
Over B. Line
*Gates, Samuel
E.H. 5
*Loomis, Luke
E.H. 86
Giddings, Orris
E.H.
52
*Moses, Martin
E.H. 57
Giddings, Erastus
E.H.
27
* Olmstead, Timothy
W.H. 21
Giddings, Loraine
E.H. 185
Perkins, Elisha
E.H. 84-18
H.H.
69
Perkins, Phineas
E.H.
84
Gilbert, Jonathan
W.H.
28
Wright, Bildad
W.H. 152
Hayden, Nathaniel
W.H. 66
Wright, Henry
W.H. 152
*Hayes, Ezekiel
B. 222
*Names marked with a star fought in both the War of 1812 and the War of the American Revolution.
CIVIL WAR
In 1860 the population of Hartland had dropped to 846 - a loss of 472 from the high of 1318 in 1800. The Civil War did not find as great a response as that of earlier days. Some inducement had to be offered, and at a Special Town Meeting held on July 23rd, 1862, it was voted: "That the Town pay $100.00 to each volunteer from this Town immedi- ately after he shall have been accepted and sworn into the United States service to fill the quota from the town, of the 300,000 men called by the President."
Eventually, 49 men answered the call.
THE FOLLOWING HARTLAND MEN FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR
Alford, Samuel
E.H. 33
Coe, Leverett H.
W.H. 83
Banning, Alman C.
E.H. 135
Coe, Nathan
W.H. 83
Banning, Elbert J.
E.H. 67
Cook, Sylvester T.
E.H. 63
Banning, John F.
E.H. 140
Couch, George
E.H. 144
Banning, Richmond H.
E.H. 134
Cowdrey, Junis H.
E.H. 117
Barnes, Ham A.
E.H. 137
Cowdrey, Theron L.
E.H. 19
Braman, Leonard
Emmons, Casseus
E.H. 103
Bunnell, Solomon J.
E.H.G.
1
Emmons, Henry N.
E.H. 221
Carrier, Miletus
E.H. 219
Emmons, James C.
E.H. 63
Carrier, Samuel
E.H. 218
Emmons. Leverett
E.H. 103
Clark, Chauncey
Farley, Patrick
W.H.
201
Clark, Franklin
E.H. 64
Gates, Henry J.
E.H.
1
Clark, George H.
E.H. 114
*Gibbs, Samuel
W.H.
83
Clark. Marcellus
E.H. 152
Gower, Edwin J.
E.H.
48
Clark, Miles C.
E.H. 156
Gower, James E.
E.H.
48
Clark, William W.
E.H. 64
Hyer, Elizer
E.H. 57
Coe, DeWitt C.
E.H 137
Jones, Alazno S.
E.H. 123
*
Meacham. Dennis
W.H. 168
Perkins, Eliphat
E.H. 84-18
Gates, Uriah
E.H.
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Lawton, Samuel
E.H. 26 Simmons, John F.
W.H. 201
Loomis, George M.
E.H. 234
Squire, Hiram
W.H. 35
Loomis, Henry M. E.H. 234 Thompson, Francis
E.H. 160
Moore, Andrew N. E.H. 32 Tillotson, LaFayette
E.H. 181
Moore. Richard
E.H. 55 Twining, Charles E.
E.H. 164
O'Neal, John
E.H. 93
Viets, Charles W.
E.H. 2
Roberts, John O.
E.H. 93
Warner, Hiram L.
E.H. 113
Rowe, Rodolphus D. E.H. 29
*"Killed at Cold Harbor, Va. June 1. 1864 and there buried." (From monu- ment in West Hartland Cemetery.)
THE FOLLOWING HARTLAND MEN SERVED IN WORLD WAR I (List compiled from names listed in Vol. 2 Service Records of Connecticut, Page 1217)
Gorse, Harry J. Jr. E.H. 139 Ransom, Stanley A. W.H.
McLean, Roderick, Jr. H.H. 168 Schwaller, Fred A. E.H. 33
Nelson, Carl O., Jr. W.H. 30 Wallace, William James
Ransom, Charles M. E.H. 81 Wright, F. Cossitte E.H. 7
The following additional names appear on list compiled by David N. Gaines, as printed in program of Bunker Hill Day Celebration of June 17, 1930:
Frazier, Everett
H.H. 183 Hopkins, Charles E. W.H.
Hayes, Lewis
E.H.G. 12 Stratton, Irving H.H. 171
THE FOLLOWING HARTLAND MEN SERVED IN WORLD WAR II - 1941 to 1945
(List compiled from names appearing on Honor Roll located in Hartland's Town Halls.)
Anstett, Richard P.
Barber, John R.
Bayard, Lloyd
Berg, Arthur C.
Gundersen, Jacob, Jr.
Bettinger, Fred A.
Hayes, Russell E.
Brady, Bernard
Kelley, Harold M.
Brunies, Robert
Kittlesen. Christian
Cole, Herbert L.
Cole, Walter E.
Crain, Maurice
Parmelee, Elliot L.
Dalene, Henry A.
Pedersen, Peder T.
Delton, John, Jr.
Pedersen, Robert N.
Delton, Walter
Ransom, Donald
Derose, Frank
Ransom, Ernest H.
Derose, Louis, Jr.
Ransom, Gordon D.
*Derose, William
Ransom, Lawrence E.
Ransom, Leonard B.
Ransom, Stanley A., Jr.
*Elson. Albert G. Emerick, Charles L.
*Emerick. Kenneth J. Goetz, George, Jr. Gower, George W.
Larsen, Olaf Law, Robert R.
Crunden, Clayton E.
Pasquariello, Anthony
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Rosati, Maurice
Thomas, Russell
Skaret, Oscar
Tuffy, John W.
Skaret, Stanley L.
Williams, Milton C.
Stipek, Rev. Charles W.
Wright, Frederick C.
Sturman, Martin E.
Wright, Gordon C.
*Deceased while in the service of their country.
During World War II both men and women played an active and important part in the Civil Defense program. A system of Air Raid Warning Signals was established and functioned throughout the con- flict.
In addition, an Observation Post for spotting aeroplanes was set up in West Hartland. The building was located on the site of the old "Town Pound" and was manned on a 24-hour schedule by local men and wom- en. The material and work used in construction was obtained from "scrap drives" and volunteer labor.
Later, a similar Post was set up in East Hartland, being located on the roof of the Town Garage. This was maintained on the same basis with both men and women of East Hartland contributing their volun- tary services over a long period.
The introduction of Radar Systems made the work of the Posts obsolete and they were discontinued.
A Civil Defense program has been inaugurated and still functions under the direction of the Selectmen, with Warren Pinter as Co-ordina- tor and Stanley A. Ransom as assistant.
MEMORIALS
Memorials for Hartland's Soldiers and War dead are not too numer- ous. A tree for every Hartland soldier serving in the Revolutionary War was planted in a field adjacent to the East Hartland Cemetery, and is now a young forest.
A flag-pole with field-stone base was erected in West Hartland on the grounds of the Second Congregational Church, with bronze plaque:
"In memory of Sgt. Albert Elson who was killed on Okinawa."
The money was obtained from subscriptions of West Hartland residents, and from friends and associates at the Wm. L. Gilbert Clock Company in Winsted.
Bronze plaques in the form of an "Honor Roll" containing the names of those from Hartland who served in World War II have been placed in the Town Hall Auditoriums of both East and West Hartland. These were erected by vote and authorization of the entire Town of Hartland as an expression to honor those who served their country during this period.
There are many more, however, who still lic-
"Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the Judgment Day," who await their turn to be signally honored.
CHAPTER XI
Reservoirs, Fields and Forests
A HISTORY OF THE WATER BUREAU OF THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT OF HARTFORD, CONN. AND ITS ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE TOWN OF HARTLAND
(By Stanley A. Ransom)
After a period of over two hundred years much of the land con- tained in the Town of Hartland originally given to the tax-payers of Hartford, whose names appeared on Hartford's tax list of 1720, was to return indirectly to them in a form and manner undreamed of through the two centuries which had elapsed since their first ownership.
That section of Hartland comprising a deep valley lying between the East and the West Mountains had over the years become generally known as "Hartland Hollow". Because of the alluvial soil deposits which had accumulated for centuries along the East Branch of the Farming- ton, it had become an area of fertile farms whose occupants, for the most part, had lived in their ancestral homes and tilled the land for generations.
On the northern boundary of this section next to the Massachusetts line were located the earliest saw and grist mills because of the natural water power sites. Two centuries of incessant toil had brought the land in this valley to a high state of fertility, and tobacco, potatoes and corn were raised in abundance. Herds of the dairy farmers grazed in the peaceful pastures. Never thickly populated and having no church or social center, the inhabitants joined in the community life of the East or West village according to personal choice. Nevertheless, two district schools were maintained for many years, known as the North Hollow and the South Hollow Districts. Also, a post office was located in the North Hollow section. Hartland Hollow was also the site of the local government, as the Town Hall was located in this area because of its being in the geographical center of the town.
The need for an additional water supply by Hartford and the towns which later joined in the formation of the Metropolitan District was first voiced in the mid 1920's. Even before the necessary legislation was introduced, land purchases were made in the neighboring town of Bark- hamsted on a limited scale, and it was not until 1929 that a bill for con-
Reservoirs, Fields and Forests
-Courtesy Metropolitan District Commission
The Hogback Pool on the West Branch of the Farmington. Bridge erected in 1955 by Metropolitan District Commission. No bridge before that date.
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struction of a dam and reservoir in Barkhamsted was introduced in the 1929 General Assembly. The legislation was opposed by both Barkham- sted and Hartland and became the subject of much publie controversy. The bill failed of passage at that time. The "handwriting on the wall" however had become clear to the citizens of Hartland and Barkhamsted.
In the meantime some of the more anxious land owners continued to sell substantial acreage in both towns so that by 1931 the Metropoli- tan District was in a much better position, both in Barkhamsted and Hartland, to gain support for the proposed dam and reservoir. New leg- islation containing inany compromises and revisions from the original plan was introduced in the 1931 session of the General Assembly, and after much public controversy as well as heated debates among the residents and representatives of the towns affected, Bill No. 505 of the Special Acts of 1931, known as the East Branch Water Supply Act was passed and made a law on May 14, 1931.
The passage of this legislation gave the Metropolitan District the authority to proceed with the construction of the Barkhamsted Reser- voir and the Saville Dam, and acquisition of additional land in Hart- land by the Metropolitan District began in earnest. It was by this act that the doom of Hartland Hollow was forever sealed so far as the fore- seeable future is concerned. The ultimate result was the town being split into two separate communities having a reservoir occupying the entire breadth of the town and lying between the two sections called the East and the West Mountains.
Courtesy Byron C. Stratton
Home of Azariah Stebbins in Hartland Hollow. Later the home of Byron and Dorothy Stratton
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The effect of removing such a large area from habitation was a blow from which the town of Hartland has never fully recovered and has served in some measure to promote the traditional rivalry between the two remaining communities.
When it became known for a certainty that Hartland Hollow and much of the area comprising the West Mountain was to be eventually acquired by the Metropolitan District for reservoir and water shed pur- poses, there were feelings of mixed emotions on the part of those in- habitants directly affected. Some congratulated themselves on their good fortune in having their land acquired at above the average market price, while others, whose roots ran deep in Hartland soil, were re- luctant to relinquish their ancestral acreage. It was only a matter of a few years, however, before most of them had become reconciled to their fate, had disposed of their property and migrated to nearby towns.
The following is a list of some of the larger land purchases made by the Metropolitan District in the Hartland Hollow and West Mount- ain sections for Reservoir and Water Shed purposes:
Acres
Acres
1. Isabel C. Emerick
53
15.
Clifford Cable
140
2. Joanna D. Carrier
60
16. Byron C. Stratton
344
3. Amos R. Holcomb
55
17. Arthur H. Miller
137
4. Waldo Miller
220
18. Talcott T. Banning
160
5. Wilbur S. Miller
256
19. Augustus Feley
345
6. J. Alfred Cables
205
20. Ford Bros.
167
7.
G. H. Elton
187
21. Elnora Snow
238
8. Achille Fornatoro
242
22.
John Foster, et ux
251
9. Amy and Edith Miller
128
23.
Newgate Coon Club
89
10. Anna Schramm
80
24. Theodore N. Irwin
68
11. F. D. Stevens, et ux
95
25. Est. Mary Talcott
87
12. Florence N. Irwin
226
26. John Nelson
69
13. E. A. Gaylord
139
27.
Mary French
50
14. L. M. Dickinson
208
28.
Anna Henderson
55
The decade 1930-1940 marked the end of Hartland Hollow as a place of habitation for the living and the dead. The Town Hall, the two school-houses, and the roads and bridges were sold to the Metropolitan District by the Town of Hartland, and one by one the farms were ac- quired, the houses razed, and the occupants departed, "nor failed to cast one longing, lingering look behind." The Hartland Hollow Cemetery was moved to a new location adjoining the one in West Hartland, and by special request some of the graves to East Hartland and other places.
Popular sentiment rose to the occasion and became the subject of the muse in high and low places. Odell Shepard in his book, Connecticut Past and Present, has the following lines entitled "Lament for Hart- land:"
"Nine miles there were of still and breathing beauty,
Of wedded wood and meadow stretching down
From Massachusetts into Satan's Kingdom.
Two hundred years of toil had made them human; A thousand toilsome lives had made them fair;
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"The fields were cleared, the granite walls were builded, And underneath the soil their hands had labored The little helpless groups of toilers slept . Still may they slumber, and never know till Doomsday That we have sunk their homes ten fathom deep; But if the dead arise, grant, Lord, I may be present When those who made that vale meet those who slew!"*
-Courtesy Alice Cables Calabrese
View from Lookout on West Mountain Road showing flooded section of North Hartland Hollow
While under date of August 28, 1932 there appeared in the Hartford Courant the following poem written by an unknown who used the nom- de-plume "Full Fathom Five":
"No more will Hartland farms be spread By many a dusty, winding road, Or know the eager homing tread Of sons they reared to serve abroad.
"Tho' Nature's floods were always kind To homes along the Farmington The meddler, Man, now bends his mind To drown the valley, waste the town.
"So close the church, dismiss the school And seek us distant homes and strange;
No more we'll meet to vote and rule The town or go to monthly Grange.
"For deep across the Hollow soon Will rise the prisoned water's gleam,
That Hartford's streets may claim the boon Of Hartland's one-time crystal stream.
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"And few will know, or few will care That Hartland homes are stricken down,
For this is but a small affair,
The drowning of a little town."
Hartland gradually became adjusted to the new situation and to derive some indirect benefits from it. The 191/2 miles of highway aban- doned on the East Branch was replaced by 111/2 miles of new highway at a cost of nearly one-half million dollars. The land acquired by the Metropolitan District was subject to higher assessment and a corres- ponding increase in tax revenue. Although the distance from West to East Hartland was increased by some four miles, the scenic drive along the picturesque reservoir and the improved grades of the new road compensated to a great extent for the increased mileage.
The acquisition by the Metropolitan District Commission of so much acreage on the West Mountain for watershed purposes, however, eliminated once and for all any possibility of a potential development of this land for building purposes.
Hartland had hardly become accustomed to its central reservoir and divided communities when once again the Metropolitan District Commission made demands upon the sparkling waters of the West Branch of the Farmington as it pursued its rapid course through the southwest corner of the town.
The necessity for this additional request and its subsequent approv- al is explained by the Metropolitan District as follows:
"In the World War II years and those that followed, the District's water demands were even more greatly accelerated under the impetus of a tremendous industrial boom. The District sought approval for its plans to impound the floodwaters of the West Branch of the Farmington River and carry the water through a tunnel to Barkhamsted Reservoir.
"History repeated itself. Again there were sharp public debates about the necessity or wisdom of tapping new sources of water supply. A bill authorizing the creation of 'Hogback' Dam and Reservoir found its way before the 1945 General Assembly. The name 'Hogback'-at one time called 'Hogsback'-arose from the peculiar terrain of the coun- tryside where the projected damnsite and reservoir in the towns of Hart- land and Colebrook were to be located. The 1945 General Assembly turned down the bill.
"The Hogback proposal came up again before the 1947 General Assembly and again the bill was defeated. During the next several months the District and the bill's opponents reached a compromise over certain controversial points. As a result the 1949 Assembly passed a bill authorizing construction of the Hogback project."
Based on the original proposal the "Hogback" project would have necessitated the acquisition of the entire western part of the town in- cluding control of Hartland Pond and its drainage area. The contempla- tion of such an additional catastrophe brought dismay and despair to an already unhappy citizenry. The adjoining town of Colebrook, how- ever, was the one to eventually suffer the severest blow from this new development.
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One of the compromises agreed upon was that the Dean (sometimes called the Thorne) Brook which carries the overflow of Hartland Pond was to be diverted so that it would enter the river below the site of the proposed dam, thus eliminating any possibility of contamination, should the water in the proposed reservoir eventually be used for drinking pur- poses. This provision made it no longer necessary for the Metropolitan District to acquire this water shed area, and the entire project became more palatable to the residents of Hartland. Also, in view of this change it was necessary for the Metropolitan District to purchase only 600 acres within the Town of Hartland instead of the entire Hartland Pond sec- tion, and this included the land necessary for the proposed tunnel from the Hogback Reservoir under the mountain to the Barkhamsted Reser- voir on the East Branch.
Of the 104 square miles of water shed area in the Hogback Reser- voir Development there are only approximately 600 acres within the Town of Hartland but the Charles A. Goodwin Dam and the tunnel from one Reservoir to the other are both located in Hartland. The Goodwin Dam has now been completed but construction of the tunnel is still in progress.
Taking into consideration the land purchased by the Metropolitan District within the Town of Hartland for both the Hartland Hollow and Hogsback developments, the total acreage acquired amounts to more than 5,000 acres for which they have expended slightly more than $400,000, or a rough average of $80. per acre. At the present time the Metropolitan District owns more than 20% of the acreage contained in the entire town, and since 1930 they have paid in property taxes to the Town of Hartland more than $250,000.
The name "Hogsback" which later became shortened to "Hogback" and the section immediately surrounding this area is worthy of a more detailed description. The name originated because of a steep hill in the road leading from Colebrook River to Riverton, as it wound along the East Bank of the West Branch of the Farmington River. A ledge of rock in the river extended eastward some 150 feet, and the road passed over the top of a hill with a steep ascent on one side and an equally steep descent on the other, the sides and the top forming an arc similar to a half-circle. This section of the road became known as the "Hogback" from the time this section was first settled.
This was one of the most picturesque and scenic spots along the West Branch. In the early days the old road was a much traveled thor- oughfare, it being one of the Stagecoach routes from Hartford to Pitts- field and Albany. Immediately north of the Hogback was a stretch of comparatively level land which was early developed into one of the few farms along this road between Hitchcockville and Colebrook River. No bridge ever spanned the stream at this point but there was a ford across the river used, except at flood stage, to connect the road from Hartland to the one emerging at the top of Eno Hill in Robertsville.
Jonathan Bates built his homestead on the West Side of the river in 1780, and his sons, John and David, continued to occupy the place until around 1860 when it became the property of Harlow Dean. On the
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East Side of the River directly opposite the Bates homestead, Isaac Bushnell built a substantial farm-house and outbuildings shortly after 1800. He also operated a saw-mill at this location. The records show that he lived at this location from 1815 to 1852. In 1852 Peletiah Ran- som ran a hotel here for some years, or Country Inn along the stage- coach road, and later sold to Loren De Wolfe. Both of these places were acquired shortly after by Harlow Dean and his wife, Mary (Church) Dean. From then on it became generally known and commonly called "the Dean place", while the brook originating from the overflow of Hartland Pond and entering the river at this location became com- monly known as the "Dean Brook".
Harlow Dean died in 1885 and his widow in 1903. It then became the property of his sons and daughters, but the buildings were not occu- pied and soon fell to decay. By 1925 there was hardly a trace of the once prosperous farm, mill or other activities in operation for so many years at this location.
There is, however, an interesting side-light in connection with the Dean heirs and their Hogback holdings - one that is almost forgotten by the present generation.
Harlow and Mary Dean had two sons and four daughters. Their daughter, Mary, married Uriah Nickerson, and had a son named Edwin.
After the death of their parents in 1885 and 1903, they became the heirs and sole owners of the Hogback properties which included the site of the present Goodwin Dan.
Nature had provided the necessary qualifications to make this spot an ideal location for the construction of a dam on either a large or small scale. Rock ledges extended into the stream on either bank, and the channel between them culminated in a large deep pool-a favorite spot for trout fishing or swimming in mid-summer. The heavily wooded areas on each bank contributed to making this a scene of sylvan beauty.
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