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1848 3.00
Apr. 22, 3 days on the Tannery 1849
Augst. 26, 21/4 days on Bark mill 1.75
In connection with this tannery, Mr. Lake maintained a boot and shoe manufactory, in the building where the post office now is, and where at that time he had a mercantile business. In 1850, he sold the mercantile business to Moses Brown and discontinued the tannery and shoe factory.
Traders of Brownville
Deacon Francis Brown was the first trader in town. As early as 1823 he kept store in a barn attached to his house on Brown's Hill. In 1830, E. A. Jenks became a partner with him in a larger store, which they built near the village.
A few years later Jefferson Lake, who was in the lumber business, opened another store. Other traders kept coming in, among whom we find S. A. Smith, a trader for over fifty years, C. L. Dunning, who began trading in 1852 and continued until 1902, and at Brownville Junction, A. C. Dougherty, who was in business from 1889 to 1911.
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At the present time the traders at the village are C. W. Parker, J. P. Crandlemire, Mrs. M. C. Chase, Earl Gerrish, S. H. Cohen, Mrs. S. H. Cohen and C. M. Foulkes.
At Brownville Junction we find The Gerry Company doing business in the store formerly owned by A. C. Dougherty, P. M. Jones doing business in the store formerly run by Moses Herrick and later by Henry Williams, E. H. Bemis, R. R. McClain, S. I. Kaminsky, Brownville Junction Baking Company, Lemay's Resta- urant, Mrs. Dinsmore, Miss Nie, Mrs. Dickenson, Charles Robin- son, S. H. Cohen and Russell & Gould.
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Isaac E. Wilkins, son of Dr. Wilkins, attended Bangor Theo- logical Seminary in 1825.
In 1831, voted in town meeting to raise $30.00 toward church support. Any tax payer, by filling a written request, could be exempted.
Tileston Snow came to Brownville in 1833 and had a small shop where he made household furniture.
July 27, 1848, a tornado blew down seven barns and uprooted many large trees in North Brownville. 1836
Robert Evans came to Brownville about 1840 and began testing slate.
The large barn on the Cheston Davis farm was moved from the Crocker Quarry, ninety-two yoke of oxen being the propelling power.
In 1840, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Davis went to Massachusetts, making the journey by sailing vessel from Augusta, and were on the water three weeks. So much did they suffer from seasickness that they bought a horse and returned by land, being on the road two weeks. They brought the first matches to Brownville.
In 1845, the Katahdin Iron Works was built.
In 1846, Merrill's Quarry was opened.
Walter G. Morrill was the only survivor in 1911 of the fifty four men leaving Brownville May 1st, 1861.
Eber Davis Thomas was a member of the first class ever graduated from the University of Maine.
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In 1881, the B. & A. Station opened in Brownville. George Herrick was the first station agent. He served faithfully for thirty-five years, under Superintendents Cram, Mclaughlin, Todd, Brown, Sr., and Brown, Jr. He also served as express agent during the greater part of this time.
Judson Briggs' barn was struck by lightning in 1899, result- ing in the destruction of two houses and four barns.
Daniel Howard sent six sons to the Civil War, Hiram, his brother, sent four, John, another brother,sent one.
Eleanor Thomas, mother of Ichabod Thomas, died at Brown- ville, June 24, 1823, aged 95 years and nine months. She was one of the first to be buried in Brownville Cemetery.
Hiram Gerrish came to Brownville in 1823. He cleared up a farm on the Schoodic Road where he lived until his death, November 9, 1888. He was twice married, and had a family of seventeen children, eleven boys and six girls.
1824
Elisha Johnson came to Brownville, in 1812, bringing his fam- ily on horse back, his wife having one child strapped to her back while she held the younger one in her arms.
Ichabod Thomas presented his son's wife with a lady's saddle cn her wedding day. This saddle will be found among the ex- hibits at Grange Hall, on Centennial Days.
In 1875, the Calliopean Baseball Club was organized in Brownville. In the many years the Calliopeans played ball, they never lost a game. Many of the stories we hear about the Calli- opeans at the present time, are almost unbelievable, yet it is a recorded fact that this team has never had an equal in this sec- tion.
In 1905, a Library Association was organized through the instrumentality of Rev. D. S. Pugh and Mrs. Pugh, aided by others.
In 1829, Isaac Jacquith, his wife and family of five young children came to Brownville by ox team bringing household goods with them.
In 1899, the Welsh Presbyterian Church was organized by Rev. David Pugh, who came as a missionary. Meetings were held in Grange Hall.
In 1813, Nicholas Berry came to Brownville, bringing his wife and seven children, and settled near what is called Lake View.
In 1838, Piscataquis County was formed, taking four tiers of townships from Penobscot and three from Somerset County.
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Historical Data
In 1803, Park Holland of Bangor surveyed the town and di- vided it into lots for Joseph Blake. Blake being unable to com- plete the terms of settlement, the land reverted to the state and was afterward sold to Major Hills and Moses Brown of Newbury- port.
In 1806 Francis Brown (nephew of Moses Brown) was sent by the proprietors to build a dam and mills-the second mills in the county. Work finished by fall and Major Hills moved in and took charge of them and Francis Brown took returned to maradhat
(Major Hills afterward sold out to Brown and removed to a farm, and later the family removed to Bangor.)
In 1808, Dr. Isaac Wilkins moved in, the first practising phy- sician in the county.
In 1808, Rev. Hezekiah May sent and sustained by the pro- prietors to teach and preach. Remained six years. Graduate of Yale. First Congregational minister to enter county. Built a frame house on what afterward became the "Brown Place."
In 1819, August 25th, Council convened and organized a church. The following October Father Sawyer administered communion and baptized six children, in the Brown stable, then new.
In 1825, Brownville was incorporated as a town and held its first town meeting. Of course there had been plantation meet- ings before.
In 1828, Moses Greenleaf (Judge of the Superior Sessions of Penobscot County) discovered slate beneath the soil of Brownville and the towns lying in the same range. Robert Evans, a Welsh- man, investigated the slate, comparing it with samples of slate from the famous Penrhyn Quarries of Wales.
About 1830 lumbering flourished, great rafts of it being floated down the river to Bangor.
In 1843, the first quarry was opened. This brought in a good number of Welsh people, first, men alone, and later families who settled here permanently and whose descendants are still here.
In 1861-1865, we sent a large number of soldiers to the Civil War. Probably there are 150 buried in our cemetery.
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About 1867-1879, ten families of negroes were here, arrange- ments for their living having been made between A. H. Merrill, quarry owner, and General O. O. Howard of the Freedmen's Bu- reau who visited the town for that purpose. The negroes worked in the quarry but the climate was too harsh for them, and they left, a few at a time.
In 1881, the Katahdin Iron Works branch of the Bangor & Piscataquis Railway passed through the town. Previous to that, slate and other freight had been hauled, first to Bangor, and later to Milo Junction.
In 1888, the Canadian Pacific Railway passed through Brown- ville. As a result, the town increased in population, doubling its growth, on account of the Machine Shops located at Brownville Junction. We now have two villages with schools, churches, &c.
In 1894, the Bangor & Aroostook Railway passed through Brownville, connecting the town with the Northern part of the state.
In 1914, the World War called our young men to the front. When the first Canadian troops passed through Brownville Junc- tion on their way to the east (via C. P. R.) the train stopped and two companies of Maine soldiers who were in camp at Brownville met them, and the Canadian and Maine troops were photographed together under the different flags.
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Schoodic Lake
(By Cora Arbo, a North Brownville resident)
Like some bright gem the lovely Schoodic lics, Maine's faircst lake, reflecting azure skies; Across her bosom at the close of day The great blue heron slowly wings its way; And from yon cove where dark spruce meets the sky, Comes back the northern diver's lonely cry.
In days long past, across the waters blue, The red man's paddle urged his light canoe; Along the shore, when summer moons were late, The Indian hunter wooed his dusky mate; And warrior eyes enkindled at the sight When the wind capped the tossing waves with white.
Today the white man treads the forest floor Or guides his boat to lonely island shore; His eye with wonder brightens at the view Of distant mountains throned against the blue; And his heart thrills as woodland echoes wake To sing thy praise, O lovely Schoodic Lake.
Ebeeme (By H. L. Koopman)
Upon its heaving shallows the anchored lilies nod, Greeting the purple asters and plumy golden-rod; Hushed are the summer's voices its uproar and its song, All but the picket challenge the shy crows pass along. With bow-string twang the wild fowl wing hence their arrow-flight What time the full moon lingers above the floor of night. While, last of summer's tokens, new-born to feebler glow, Like love in old age quickened, the dandelions blow.
Oh, lovely is the springtime, with fragrance of new life, And lovely is the summer, with song and hue at strife, But blessings smile at parting, the year is then most fair, When its low summons calls it, far whispering down the air. "Tis then on all Ebeeme comes down a wondrous light, Faint golden mists by daytime, the golden moon by night; Then all Ebeeme's waters, on every wooded strand, Are drenched with light no sunset stole yet from Elfin-Land.
For now is heaven nearer; through all the woodland round, No bush but hath its angel, and burneth without sound; No sound there is, yet voices are haunting all the air, And some have said, who listened, that God spake with them there.
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THE PAGEANT-PROGRAM List of Characters
Miss Brownville
Columbia,
Father Time
Pioneer Man
Pioneer Woman
Fever
Famine
Death
Spirit of the Wilderness Solo Dancer Indian Chief
Maine Canada
Dorothy Gerrish Alma V. McNeil Claude Stineford Ted Berg Pauline Green Cornelia Adair Gladys Marshall Robert Pierce Carolyn Herrick Edna Cohen
Will Thomas Mrs. Paul Ryder Grace E. McNeil
PROLOGUE
ARRIVAL OF MISS BROWNVILLE AND HER ATTEND- ANTS-Beauty, National Pride, Strength, Patriotism, Peace, Courage, Faith, Hope, Liberty, Health, Wealth, Thrift, Tolerance.
ADDRESS OF WELCOME
My fellow citizens: In the name of the inhabitants of this goodly village and in honor of this occasion, as we meet to cele- brate in pageantry the one hundredth anniversary of Brownville, I bid you one and all a most cordial welcome. The poet has truly said :
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"Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Until they stand together at God's great judgment seat; But there's neither East nor West, nor border, nor creed, nor birth,
When two strong men stand face to face though they come from the ends of the earth."
And so whether you were born within the ancient boundaries of Brownville united with those who compose this brotherhood into one great family of our union, or whether you have come from some other town, city, state, or country, and are here pres- ent to enjoy with us this celebration, in the name of the village of Brownville, I address you as fellow citizens and bid you one and all a most cordial welcome.
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ARRIVAL OF MISS COLUMBIA AND THE FORTY EIGHT STATES. Welcome, welcome, Columbia and you, her faithful daughters, the fair states, welcome to Brownville and the His- torical Pageant of Brownville.
Interlude One-Prophecy of Time
FATHER TIME, THE PROPHET
"I came I know not whence,
I go, I know not whither,
Eyes of things created never
Upon my coming looked, nor shall it see my passing.
First and last of all things, I,
For I am Time.
Look ye upon the Dawning of Creation. Called Universe.
When out of chaos, order is brought,
You will see the birth of sky, flowers, land,
And last Man-the Red Man."
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EPISODE ONE
1. THE DAWNING OF CREATION-Creation, Flowers, Sky and Land Girls.
NOTE-Just as everything is in perfect harmony with the creation growing in its merry play, the voice of man is heard. This breaks the stilled harmony of nature and in gross confusion the Creation Spirits run and hide under cover of the forest.
2. THE COMING OF THE INDIANS-Indian Camp and Primitive Occupations.
NOTE-When this land was discovered it had been inhabited by the Red Man. Where this race came from, how many years it had dwelt here and what people it replaced has been a question of much dispute. There are historians who believe that the In- dians were preceded by another race who built beautiful palaces and large cities, which long ago have crumbled into the dust. Others suppose that mounds and various evidences of an earlier occupation were the works of ancestors of these Indians. There- fore, with no direct knowledge or evidence at hand of the an- cestry of the Indians, their coming is merely symbolic.
The Penobscot Indians had a camp above here some distance and used to paddle on these waters in search of additional game and fish. ยท The camp which is depicted in such a one as would be built when on one of these expeditions, their permanent camps were more substantial and the small tepees which they carried were nothing as compared with the mighty wigwams which graced the banks of the river a little farther up. The dance which the braves will execute around the fire is not a war dance but a prayer dance, an invocation, to the Great Spirit to grant them abundant game and fish while on their expedition. They did not paint their faces except when at war After the ceremonies are completed, they return to the river and proceed on their way.
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EPISODE TWO
PIONEERS-Early Settlers
NOTE-John Heath was one of the first, being a trapper and hunter. The date of his arrival is uncertain but it must have been about 1794. The next arrival of importance was Francis Brown, who came with a crew of six men by boat in 1806 to erect a dam and start mills. By fall of that year the mills were finished and Major Hills came with his wife, two sons and three daughters to take charge. Brown is to undertake to sell the lots. In 1808, Dr. Isaac Wilkins moved in. He was the first practising physician in the county. Elisha Johnson and his wife with two children arrived by horse, having followed a blazed trail through the woods. A minister, Rev. Hezekiah May, was sent by the pro- prietors to teach and preach. He remained six years. Samuel Stickney was the first mail man. He walked from Brownville to Bangor for the mail and frequently made purchase for the in- habitants of Brownville. His fee for such a service was nine- pence.
The First Baptism
In 1819, Father Sawyer, a missionary preacher arrived and administered communion and baptised six children.
Interlude Two
FATHER TIME
"The Powers of the Forest and the Powers of the River which menace them altrove,
Had to Je conquered and bent to their will,
With danger en'ling by day and by night,
Here lit their hearth fires to gleam through the years, Clear as a beacon light."
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EPISODE THREE
THE PIONEER CONQUERING THE FOREST DANCE OF THE WILDERNESS
1. This is a symbolical dance representing the Spirit of the Wilderness in its most playful mood, with the Powers of the River, the Powers of the Forest, and Mist, merrily dance in the forest.
2. Conquering the Forest. The sufferings of the settlers. the hindrance of the Forests, Rivers, and Mists. Also the rav- ages of Fever, Famine and Death were finally surmounted until eventually in the Spirit of the West, the pioneers conquered. This episode is purely symbolical.
Interlude Three
FATHER TIME
"Witness here ye days of old See their homes and tents unfold, Glad of hearts and records read Of high courage, faithful deed. As men build their home and town Coming in from miles around. Years of growth and power to stand A goodly town in a mighty land."
EPISODE FOUR
INCORPORATION AND NAMING OF TOWN
In 1825, application was made to the Commonwealth for a charter making Brownville a town. The settlement had been known for some time as "Brown's Mills" and in the corporation papers the name was spelled without the final "e."
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EPISODE FIVE
DISCOVERY OF SLATE AND COMING OF THE WELSH FAMILIES
In 1828, Judge Greenleaf discovered slate beneath the soil which he had Robert Evans examine This slate corresponded very closely to the slate from the Penrhyn quarries of Wales. The Welsh understanding the quarrying of slate, several families were brought here to work the range. They were very fond of music and sang a lot. All their songs, however, were sad and spoke of their homesickness for their native land, Wales.
Interlude Four
"And so a town was born to live And to this place a name we give-Brownville! So away with care
Let every heart with quickened fervor glow,
While we brush the dust from bygone years and
Bid the records show the
Honored deeds of those lived many years ago.
Fads and fancies of yesterdays,
With time have evolved in many ways, Customs and styles have seen a change
In courtships and dancing, but
Youth still supremely reigns."
EPISODE SIX THE CIVIL WAR
When President Lincoln sent the call for men in 1861, we were ready and our young men rushed to join the colors. The re- cruits were drilled here on the village green by Moses Brown. They were known as the Brownville Rifles and marched to Bangor by way of Dover, gathering additional recruits on the way. They were cheered by the populace as they drilled and this episode closes with the Virginia Reel and the farewell to the troops.
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HISTORY OF BROWNVILLE EPISODE SEVEN THE C. P. R. AND BROWNVILLE JUNCTION
In 1887 the Canadian Pacific Railroad asked and received per- mission to pass through the state. This brought a railroad to Brownville and as a result the town increased in population. Machine shops being located three miles from Brownville, a set- tlement was made there known as Brownville Junction. We now have two villages with schools, churches, &c.
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Interlude Five
FATHER TIME
"Now that the book of records is closed, And in them the deeds of old repose,
Let us then turn to your enlightened age And see the wonders of today displayed.
I've seen the birth of man,
Seen how through strife and strain man struggled on, I've seen him with trials and tears
Man rises still and learns that he is Soul, For I am Time."
EPISODE EIGHT THE MELTING POT OF THE NATIONS
A mammoth spectacle symbolizing the spirit and growth of America, the melting pot of the nations, where people from every corner of the earth unite and are amalgamated into one and an inseparable nation.
Character dances of every nation will be given with correct costumes for every country, from the smallest to the mightiest.
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Centennial Committees
On May 6, 1924, the following Committees were appointed by L. F Johnson, Mrs. John Lewis, Mrs. John Humphreys and C. E. Herrick, the General Committee:
POLICE FORCE: Two Fire Companies.
STREET PARADE: J. P. Crandlemire and R. R. Johnson.
EXHIBITS: C. S. Stickney and Mrs. Wallace Tufts.
MUSIC: James Hay, Mrs. John Lewis, Mrs. Wallace McQuarrie and Hiram Gerrish.
FOOD: W. A. Crozier, A. A. Price and E. G. Ryder. SPORTS: E. L. Chase and Joseph Ross.
PUBLICITY : Hiram Gerrish and George Howard. DECORATIONS: A. A. Price and E. G. Ryder. SIGNS: Clarence Parker and T. Weymouth.
GROUNDS: W. A. Crozier, J. P. Crandlemire, C. E. Herrick.
PAGEANT: Mrs. John Lewis, Mrs. Hiram Gerrish and Mrs. W. G. Hagarty.
PAGEANT GROUND COMMITTEE: E. L. Chase, A. C. Wolfe, Paul Arbo, Kenneth McLeod, A. G. Strout, A. A. Price, Max Reilly, William Edmondson, Ernest Knight, W. A. Crozier, C. E. Herrick and J. P. Crandlemire.
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CONTINUED
Owen Williams came to Brownville in 1847. He went to Wales in 1850 and returned in 1851, bringing his wife. They had a family of seven children. Mr. Williams worked in Crocker Quarry for a great many years, but finally gave up this work to devote his time to farming. One of his daughters, Mrs. Susie Owen, now lives on the Williams farm where all of the children were born.
Samuel Stickney, who was one of the early settlers, was em- ployed for a time to carry the mail between Bangor and Brown- ville. He traveled on foot and was in the habit of doing errands for the settlers. It is said that at one time he was engaged to bring a grindstone from Bangor, which he cheerfully did, and when asked what he charged, he replied "ninepence, all I ever ask for doing an errand."
Among the exhibits at Mrs. M. C. Chase's store will be shown on Centennial Days many old relics of great value to their own- ers. Drop in and look them over.
The Merrill Quarry was operated for sixty years without being shut down except temporarily, during the frost periods.
The first train that did construction work in Brownville Junc- tion, for the Canadian Pacific Railway, operated in the early sum- mer of 1888, by a crew consisting of Charles Laskey, Engineer, J. F. Hughes, Fireman, F. A. Lawton, Conductor, John Hodgman and Cyrus Lawton, Brakemen.
The first Canadian Pacific Railway train that came through from the West arrived at Brownville Junction, July 22, 1888, operated by Elmer Ames, Engineer, W. E. Rutherford, Fireman, F. A. Lawton, Conductor, G. W. Foster and Cyrus Lawton, Brake- men. This train also did construction work.
The first Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train arrived in Brownville Junction from the West, June 3, 1889. Joseph R. Crandall was the Engineer coming in and James McKlusky was the Engineer who took the train East. Peter Lefebvre was Con- ductor.
There are many old houses in Brownville. Among them are the Dr. Crosby house situated on Pleasant Street and for many
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years vacated ; the house now owned by Jacob Larson and for- merly owned by the Willard family, the Calvin Davis house, the Stephen Thomas house and the house owned by Benjamin Harris, which was moved from Brown's Hill, being formerly the Francis Brown house. Doubtless there are others but these have been brought to our attention. Most of those mentioned are over a hundred years old.
The first dwelling house that was constructed in Brownville Junction was built in the year of 1288 by J. F. Hughes. It is a portion of the residence of Thomas Williams.
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