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We left New York on the twenty-fourth of February. My berth was away down in the lower regions of the steamer, but by the third night
9. James Connor Papers, letter written by Jonathan F. Parkhurst from Kelsey, California near Louisville, California to James Connor of Unity, November 21, 1851.
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it was warm enough to sleep on deck, rolled in blankets . .. The steamer, the "Georgia" had as many, probably more, passengers as the law allowed. Food of all kinds was cooked by the barrel . .. Often I passed through the mess room without taking more than a bite . .. In due course we reached Havana and at the same time the "Ohio" reached there with a load of passengers from New Orleans. Both steamers had all the passengers allowed, but at Havana all were taken upon the "Ohio" for the isthmus . . . It was a jam upon decks and between decks and under decks . At Aspinwall the railroad had been finished for about fourteen miles, at which point it reached the river . .. The fare for this ride on flat cars, with no seats was five dollars ... When we reached the river, we found flat bottomed boats with a capacity of from six to twenty . .. The end of boat navigation was at Gorgona from which place one could proceed by 'foot and walker's line,' by jack or mule back, or be carried by natives. The four of us hired three jacks, upon one of which we packed our blankets and extra clothing, and took turns in riding with others.
Arriving at Panama, we found two steamers, "The Panama" and the "Isthmus" awaiting us. Our party was taken out to the "Panama," a mile or more from shore . . . on the morning of April 1st "The "Isthmus" was sighted . .. though being outside, she was no near San Francisco than we. It soon became evident a race was on between the two steamers.10
Curtis E. Mitchell mined in California for fourteen years. His claim was near Brandy City, where he did very well.11 Mitchell returned to Unity in 1865, where, fifteen years later, he was involved in another venture in mining. In the winter and in the spring of 1880 gold was re- ported discovered in Unity. There was great excitement and a mining concern known as the Unity Mining Company formed in March of that year. Curtis Mitchell was president, and B. B. Whitney, secretary. A few shares were sold before it was discovered that the supposed ore was only iron pyrites. Consequently the interest vanished almost as quickly as it arose and those involved hushed up this embarrassing affair.
In January 1854 Jonathan F. Parkhurst, Crosby Fowler, Benjamin Glidden, and Wilfred Mitchell again attracted by the lure of the great west, left Unity traveling via Boston, Albany, Cincinnati, Louisville, arriving at St. Louis about a month later. In Missouri they bought about 151 head of cattle, mostly cows, some horses and two wagons. Starting from Jefferson City they drove the cattle across the plains and arrived at Dutton Fowler's and Simon Knight's ranch near Sac- remento, California, some months later with one hundred and twenty head.12
About 1856 Burnham Kelley and his son, Hannibal Kelley, left
10. Taber, History of Unity, pp. 57-59.
11. He was reported returning to Unity worth forty thousand dol- lars.
12. Jonathan F. Parkhurst Diary, January-September 1854. Some cattle were sold in Nevada, and cows sold mostly to milkmen in Cali- fornia. Though the trip was full of risks, they had little trouble with the Indians, and once cattle stampeded by buffaloes. Most trouble crossing rivers. Somewhere en route they met the great scout Kit Carson.
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Unity and settled near Sacremento, California.13 Hannibal wrote in 1864 to his brother in Unity : 14
I am well and the rest of the folks, also James Adams is here with me and intends to stop this winter. His wife is on the other side of the mountains, or in Nevada territory. She is coming over here next week. James and I are going to mining together this winter. Times are very dull here now, more so than I ever saw them before, but I think we have a chance to do pretty well this winter. Crops were a failure here this year. Everything is very high. I have lost considerable by being gone so long. I found my claims sold and I have to start anew as you mint (sic) say, but there is gold here yet and I know how to find it. My trip on the plains was of no profit to me, but I saw a grait (sic) deel (sic) of good country and many a dam Indian that would take the scalp of a man for two cents . .. I was five months and two days on the plains. I think I could make a pretty good soldier now. I had a pretty rough time of it, but arrived safe in old California and found the times quite dull to what they was when I left . . . James and I have today finished four sluices and will be at work in a few days getting out dirt to wash when water can be obtained and that will be when the rainy season comes ... I often think of you all and also of the happy hours we passed together last winter during my short stay ... I will close beloved brother.
Hannibal Kelley.
Burnham Kelley died in 1863 on his ranch near Sacremento, and Hannibal resided in that state until his death. In November 1859 Dr. John Milton Mussey went to California at first settling in Gib- sonville and then LaPorte.
The end of the frontier came with the settlement of the great plains, that area from the one hundreth meridian westward to the Rocky Mountains. As the excitement over mining quieted, the opening of the vast ranges for cattle and sheep raising became paramount. Here were excellent opportunities for beef and wool production. It seems that the first demand was dairy cattle to supply the needs of the Californians, and men like Crosby Fowler and Jonathan Parkhurst were enterprising enough to drive herds across the plains and sell them at a profit. But too, it was apparent there were better opportu- nities on the plains themselves. One of the first of the pioneer ranchers was Charles W. Cook of Unity.
Charles W. Cook was born in Unity in 1838 and was destined to become one of the important pioneers of Montana. When he was twenty-four he chanced to read in a newspaper an account of the possibilities of Montana territory and immediately decided upon go- ing west. Cook traveled by rail as far as St. Joseph, Missouri, and then by a side-wheeler up the Missouri River to Omaha. At Omaha he bought a team and drove to Denver, Colorado. There he hired out with an outfit carrying mining supplies and driving cattle to Montana. Cook's job was herding the one hundred and twenty-five
13. Taber, History of Unity, p. 56. Burnham Kelley left a large family in Unity.
14. Letter from Hannibal Kelley of Empire District, California, September 30, 1864 to William Kelley of Unity. Original in posses- sion of Claude Kelley of Unity. James Adams was from Unity and a son of Isaac Adams.
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Cherokee cattle to Virginia City, Montana. While on the trail, Cook and seven others of the party were captured by Indians somewhere along Green River, Wyoming. The men persuaded the Indians to accept a steer for their release, which they did. In years afterward Cook, who carried on the negotiations said, "It was his best trade as he traded eight scalps for a steer."15
On the twenty-second of September 1864 the party arrived at Virginia City, traveling from Denver to Montana in four months. Cook worked in Virginia City until March 1865, when he went to Last Chance Gulch, the site of the present city of Helena, but de- cided to try his hand at mining in Confederate Gulch near Diamond City. Cook did some placer mining and also took charge of a ditch company's office which sold water to placer mines.
In September 1869 Charles W. Cook, David E. Folsom and Wil- liam Peterson packed out of Diamond City to locate the headquarters of the Yellowstone River. These three men returned sixty-six days later verifying the fabulous stories of hot springs, geysers and the scenic wonders of that place. In 1872 President U. S. Grant created it into Yellowstone National Park.16 Cook and Folsom were the first to dis- cover the canyon and falls.
In 1871 Charles W. Cook drove a band of sheep from Oregon into Montana, reportedly the third band ever brought into the state, and in the next year located on a ranch in the Smith River Valley near White Sulphur Springs. For twelve years he raised sheep switching for three years to cattle, but in 1887 back to sheep again. Cook's ranch covered ten thousand acres not including the public land which was used for grazing purposes. He kept from fifteen thousand to ten thousand head of sheep, having one of the largest ranches in the valley.17
Charles W. Cook was a member of the Montana vigilantes, sheep inspector for Meagher County, county commissioner, and finally mayor of White Sulphur Springs. He sold his ranch in 1908 and retired. His death occurred in 1927 when he was nearly ninety.
Other Unity boys often received their start in ranching by working on Cook's ranch. Beginning in 1870 more and more of the young men from this town left for the west. In 1877 Samuel S. Berry and Benjamin B. Cook "grub staked" on Charles W. Cook's ranch and
15. Letter from Josephine Cook Mueller of Lewiston, Montana dated July 25, 1946 to author. Mrs. Mueller is a daughter of Charles W. Cook.
16. Merrill J. Mattes, "Behind the Legend of Colters Hell: The Early Exploration of Yellowstone National Park," The Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Vol. XXXVI, September, 1949, p. 282. Also letter from Mrs. Josephine Mueller to author. See also Yellowstone National Park by Hiram M. Chittenden, pp. 58-59. Cook Peak near Folsom Peak in Yellowstone National Park is named for Charles W. Cook of Unity. Chittenden, p. 102.
17. Letter from Mrs. Josephine C. Mueller, Lewiston, Montana, to author dated September 14, 1947. Mr. Cook had a post office called Unity on his ranch.
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later started ranching for themselves. Ralph Berry went in 1878 and joined his brother at White Sulphur Springs. A few years later Ralph Berry, staked out a ranch on the Musselshell River near Harlowtown. Berry drove a band of sheep across the desert from Utah and he formed the Winnecook Ranch Company and became one of the big sheep ranchers in the west.18 The present ranch covers some forty thousand acres with thirty thousand additional government land.
B. B. Cook, younger brother of Charles Cook, came to Gallatin City about 1877 and mined two years in Diamond City. He helped his brother drive sheep from Oregon and in 1883 became a partner with Cook and Clark in the Judith basin. In 1897 he retired to Great Falls, one of the centers of sheep husbandry.
In early spring 1879 Charles Moulton, Guerney Stevens, accom- panied by Evelyn Kelley Berry, went as far west as Bismark in the Dakota territory by rail. From there up the Missouri River to Camp Baker, Montana, taking five weeks to reach that place. From there they traveled to Fort Benton, thence to Helena by stage.19
George Harmon of Unity took up a sheep ranch in the Mussellshell Valley about 1878, and was followed very soon by Frank Harmon. In the eighties more Unity men left for Montana, including Melzer Stevens, Benjamin Stevens, Bert Blethen, Clarence Brown, Charles M. Webster, Samuel K. Webster, Frank S. Webster, Samuel Kelley, Eli Vickery, Frank and Elisha Clark.2º Arthur Fowler, John O. Hus- sey, George Fogg, John Cook, Edwin Hurd, and Fremont Hurd. In the nineties Elwood Varney, James B. Vickery, Melvin Hunt, John Hamilton, Wilbur Lowell, Warren Spinney, Allen Cookson and sev- eral others.21 Some remained, others returned home not finding the opportunities they expected in the west.
The decline in Unity's population is partially attributed to the western migration. Others found work in populous cities and others moved into other agricultural areas within the State. From 1850 there was a steady population decline unchecked until after the turn of the century.
18. Edward Norris Wentworth, American Sheep Trails, Ames, Iowa, 1948, p. 375.
19. S. S. Berry of Redlands, California, to author 1947.
20. Eli Vickery and Elisha Clark left in 1883. James Vickery and Melvin Hunt left Unity in April 1893.
21. Several women went west including Mary E. Berry who mar- ried B. B. Cook at Fort Benton, Montana, in 1878; Evelyn Kelley, who married Ralph Berry; Agnes Clark, Etta Clark, Carrie Clark, Elizabeth Webster, Nellie Hamilton, Marjorie Clark, Theresa Clark, and others.
CHAPTER XVI
SOCIAL CLUBS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND LODGES
With the advent of the stage line through town in the mid-eighteen twenties, a sizable village soon developed. Two stores, one operated by Allen Taber, and the other by Elijah Winslow, opened for busi- ness about 1821, and about the same time the Central House com menced business. Lured by the prospects of business, traveling shows appeared in Unity. On August 6, 1826, Lewis B. Titus presented an exhibition of wax works showing such Revolutionary heroes as Gen. Washington and Gen. Lafayette. Later J. J. Hall put up a tent on the expansive lawn in front of Judge Chase's and showed "his arena and amphitheater." In August 1844 the selectmen licensed a circus to exhibit its curiosities and to provide entertainment of a spectacular nature. Already the village was in the swing of things.
The Union Church opened its doors in 1841, and the Baptist and Methodist ladies formed a Sewing Circle shortly afterwards.1 Since that time as one generation passed on, another regrouped, and though not always with the same name, they have functioned as benefactors of the Union Church. In June 1890 one group formed at Maria Clark's naming themselves the Sewing Circle.2 In 1907 the Ladies' Aid was reorganized through the efforts of Mrs. W. F. Fuller, Mrs. E. D. Chase, Mrs. Benjamin Fogg, Jennie Dodge, Mrs. William Rolfe, Mrs. C. M. Whitney, Ruth Berry and others.3 In the late 1930's this society declined, and about 1940 a younger group formed the Women's Guild to carry on the traditions of aid to the Union Church.4 The
1. Active in this group were: Harriet Fogg, Jane Chase, Achsa Bartlett, Martha Chase, Martha Chandler. One of their achievements was a library consisting of 125 volumes.
2. Composed of Mrs. Eleanor Parkhurst, Maria Clark, Mrs. Samuel Myrick, Mrs. Marcellus Whitney, Almira Connor, Minnie Cornforth, Melissa Chandler, Catharine Whitney, Jesse Whitney, Carrie Clark, Mrs. Starkey.
3. Members prominent in the Ladies' Aid included Mrs. Izie White- house, Mrs. J. B. Vickery, Mrs. Harold Glines, Mrs. Ethel Ward, Mrs. Roy Knights, Mrs. Clair Whitten, Mrs. Reynolds, Thirza Trueworthy, Mrs. Lewis Thompson, Bertha Connor, Maude Woods, Mary Mosher, Alberta Tozier, Mrs. E. B. Rand, Jennie Dodge. The charter members were: Marjie Lowell, Grace Cook, Mrs. Frank Fairbanks, Mrs. C. M. Whitney, Mrs. W. H. Fuller, Marie Clark, Blanche Grant, Mrs. Rhoda Taylor, Mattie Stevens, Abbie Mosher, Ruth Berry, Mary Cook, Clara Mussey, Mrs. Ira Libby, Nellie Whitten, Addie Fogg, Mrs. E. D. Chase.
4. In 1945 through the suggestion of the Rev. Leslie Howland the younger Ladies' Guild formed the Women's Society of Christian Service. This recent organization affiliated with a national organization achieved the same work accomplished by the now defunct Ladies' Aid.
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Ladies' Aid raised money by monthly suppers of baked beans, salads, and pies or cakes, and climaxed their activities with a yearly fair and play (dramas, as locally called). They held their suppers in the din- ing-room of the Masonic Hall, and their fairs in the I.O.O.F. Hall.
LODGES
STAR IN THE WEST NO. 85
An early Masonic lodge met in this town in the 1820's and 1830's, but disbanded about the time of the anti-masonic activities in the 1840's.5 These early meetings were held at Col. James Connor's or Richard Cornforth's homes. On May 24, 1856, the present Star in the West Lodge No. 85 received its charter. William McGray was probably its first Worshipful Master.6 During 1880's and 1890's the Masons opened their chapters in the so-called Connor's Hall, which stood on the former site of Lyle Adam's Store. Since 1905 the Ma- sons have met in their present hall, which was formerly the old High School.7
GRANGE
The Sandy Stream Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, No. 72, was organized on March 11, 1875, in the Temperance Hall. This society was active for slightly over a quarter of a century, but its charter was revoked about 1910.8 At its height the Grange consisted of sixty-six members.
INVICTUS LODGE, I. O. O. F.
On July 2, 1882, The Invictus Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows was instituted.
5. It is probable that the first Masonic meetings were instituted here about 1828. This lodge's precedence dates from May 4, 1855.
6. Other W.M.'s were: Charles Taylor, Richard Whitten, 3. S. Collar, W. H. J. Moulton, Augustus Fogg, Ruel S. Ward, Daniel W. Parkhurst, Aaron Perkins, James Libby, Jr., Amaziah T. Woods, William G. Fuller, James Craig, B. A. Fogg, W. H. Rolfe, B. B. Cook, Reuel Berry, Fred A. Whitten, Albert Bacon, E. B. Hunt, G. R. Mosher, E. D. Chase, C. M. Whitney, E. E. McCauslin, E. M. Soule, Leroy Knights; of late years, E. S. Farwell, Eric Vickery, William Laselle, Jack Edgerly, James Neal. The Antioch, Chapter 163, Order of Eastern Star was formed on March 26, 1913, constituted on Oct. 11, 1913. Cora M. Whitaker, Matron; Addie Fogg, Assistant Matron; Mary W. Mosher, secretary. Prominent members have been: Ethel Ward, Julia Farwell, Izora Knights, Francis Taylor, Laura Graffam, Izora Whitehouse, Maude Cornforth, Ora Ward, Mrs. George Patterson, Alberta Tozier, Maggie Tozier Lutz, Annie Vickery, Mrs. Burley Ward, Virginia Farwell.
7. The Troy Masonic Lodge disbanded about fifty years ago, and since then Troy lodge members have joined the Unity lodge.
8. In 1887, F. B. Lane was master; Mrs. Henry Bacon, lecturer; Her- bert Stevens, steward; George Varney, chaplain; F. A. Bartlett, Treas- urer; Nellie K. Mussey, secretary; Henry Bacon, gate keeper; Mrs. F. Lane, Ceres; Lynnie Knights, organist.
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In the spring of 1882 James R. Taber and eleven other men of Unity went to Belfast for instruction in order to form an I.O.O.F. lodge here. On Thursday July 2, 1882, twenty Belfast lodge mem- bers met with the Grand Officers at Unity and instituted Invictus Lodge No. 38. They had prepared Lodge rooms above J. R. Taber's Store. The work of instruction began at eight o'clock but the "labors" were not completed until 3 A. M. on Friday. There were eleven can- didates received, eight of whom went through all the degrees and one admitted by card, which with twelve charter members gives the new body twenty-four members. The officers elected included: James R. Taber, N. G .; Andrew R. Myrick, V. G .; J. C. Whitney, R. S .; James Libby, P. S .; Ashley Giles, Treas .; Alton Pilley, W .; J. W. Craig, C .; A. F. McManus, Q. G .; G. W. Murch, O. G .; Joseph Libby, R. S. N. G .; J. W. Harmon, I. S .; Amos Webb, R. S. S .; Elisha Webster, R. S. V. G .; Samuel A. Myrick, L. S. V. G.
The lodge has continued to flourish. In the summer of 1904 they built a new hall with upper chambers used for lodge work, as well as another room for a dining-room.º Downstairs they rented a hall for social purposes. Until World War II practically all social programs, plays, fairs, and meetings were held here. When the hall was con- verted into a movie theater about 1946 the community was de- prived of an adequate public hall.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC CALVIN PILLEY POST, G. A. R. No. 35
Early in the year 1882 about forty Civil War veterans met and formed the Calvin Pilley Post, named in honor of a veteran of the Fourth Maine from Brooks. This post was formed through the efforts of Dr. A. J. Billings, Joseph P. Libbey, Ruel Berry, William Hamil- ton, and other war veterans. Their first Memorial Day service was an auspicious affair with the comrades holding services first in Thorn- dike, in Sayward's cemetery, where a few graves were decorated and remarks made by the Hon. Seth Miliken. The comrades then re- turned to Johnson's Hall for a picnic lunch. After lunch they drove by teams to Farwell's Cemetery. Then the company drove to Unity village, held a third memorial service at the Pond Cemetery, returned to listen to Hon. Seth Miliken's oration, and closed the day's cele- bration by an elaborate dinner prepared by their ladies. Thereafter, for several decades the Post held annual services on Memorial Day, and the town has appropriated twenty-five dollars for decorating vet- eran's graves with appropriate flags.10
9. About this time the companion lodge, the Unity Encampment No. 61, Favori Rebecca was instituted.
10. The G. A. R. served as a social organization also. A Belfast paper noted in March, 1887, that the G. A. R. held their third assembly at Connor's Hall following an oyster supper. Whitten's Quad- rille Band of Belfast furnished the music.
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LADIES' IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY
In 1892 a group of homemakers organized the Ladies' Improvement Society; the aims of this group were to improve the appearance of the village. The leaders included: Mrs. William Rolfe, Mrs. W. F. Fuller, Mrs. John Van Deets, Mrs. James R. Taber, Mrs. Jennie Frost, Mrs. Starkey, Mrs. Curtis Mitchell, Mrs. Charles Taylor, with assist- ance of others.11
The most urgent need according to the ladies was a wooden side- walk extending from the Connor to the Berry house.12 By numerous pie socials and evening entertainments the ladies raised enough money to build a sidewalk. Later, they saw to it that the main street was lighted by kerosene carriage lamps placed atop whitewashed wooden posts. Another project included furnishing of the Union Church with new windows; getting a new chandelier for the Church, which was donated by Sprague Adams; and new pulpit chairs donated by Senator Nelson Dingley.
THE UNA BASEBALL CLUB
Thirty-one years after the invention of the game baseball, there ap- peared the first organized athletic club in this town. In the spring and summer of 1870 a group of Unity youths organized the Una Baseball Club.13 They played games with neighboring towns and had a credit- able season.
By 1890 the Unity fans had caught "baseball fever" and another later team was winning renown of the diamond. This team was made up of Foss, Myrick, Harmon, Whitehouse, Roberts, Grant, Jones, Whitney and Pilley. The height of the season came when the Unity nine played Dixmont on a Saturday afternoon. The Unity lads won the day with a 16-13 run game, John Van Deets, umpire. In the evening the young ladies got up a party in honor of the team, where they en- tertained the boys with readings, harmonica solos, a special tableau, and the rendition of an original poem,14 a part of which is quoted:
This dear little town of Unity, Maine Is suffering badly baseball on the brain, They are a splendid lot, the brave Winnecooks, In point of good looks.
11. Nearly all the women of the village belonged to this society.
12. At the town meeting of 1894 the voters declined to vote an appropriation of $100 for the use of the Ladies Improvement Society, but realizing the tenacity of female character, they agreed to permit the ladies to lay sidewalks "where they think proper."
13. The club met in a schoolhouse in district No. 3, and drew up rules and bylaws on April 20, 1870 and elected officers; N. C. Parkhurst, President; B. A. Fogg, Vice President. The members included B. F. Perkins, Albert Bacon, Thomas H. Parkhurst, Arthur Stevens, E. H. Murch, Burnham Kelley, James Libby, Jr., Charles Taylor, John Mc- Gray, Elisha Webster, Mark Libby, Eli A. Chase, Ralph Berry, F. A. Whitten, Eben Dodge, W. E. Connor, Samuel Libbly, Benjamin B. Cook and George Rollins.
14. Composed by Mrs. Mary W. Lawrence, and Mrs. Fuller.
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And when they are dressed in their uniforms smart They please the eye, and capture the heart. Whitney for captain, and Harmon first base, Connor and Roberts cach in his place. Right field, Mitchell, left field, Jones, When they get started look out for your bones,
Short stop Smith, and center field Chase, With pitcher Grant, so full of grace.
and so on.
Unity has always turned out some exceedingly able athletes. After the formation of the Waldo County High School league Unity High School has been successful as county champions.15
THE BAND
In the 1880's Unity had a band comprised of approximately a dozen men. Benjamin Fogg was the leader and directed rehearsals in the evenings in Temperance Hall. Members of the band included Amanda Rackliff, drummer, George Taylor, Weston Whitten, Albert Bacon, Frank Bartlett, Frank Mussey, Samuel A. Myrick, Lewis Thompson, George Mosher, Dr. Craig, and others. Around the turn of the century Frank Fairbanks organized a boy's band which was quite successful.
BENJAMIN BERRY POST, No. 41, AMERICAN LEGION
In 1921 Dr. Whitaker with a few other World War I veterans formed an American Legion Post here, but after the doctor left town, the post came to nothing. In 1923 the post was re-organized through the efforts of Fred Harold Whitehouse, Wellington Taylor, G. B. Jones, and other Unity war veterans.1 The post was named in honor of Benjamin Berry, a gold-star veteran who was killed in the Marne sector on July 22, 1918. The legion carried on for a time the traditional field day and dance instituted by the G. A. R. on August thirteenth at Windermere Park.
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