Northeast Carry, Piscataquis County, MaineTimeline

1809 Somerset County established, March 1, 1809. County seat is Skowhegan.

1819 Maine constitution approved, October, 1819.

1820 Maine constitution ratified, March 4, 1820.

1820 Maine granted statehood from Massachusetts, March 15, 1820.

1838, Piscataquis County Incorporated, March 23, 1838, annexing portions of Somerset County(Northwest Unorganized Territories, including Northeast Carry Township) and portions of Penobscot County(Northeast Unorganized Territories). The northern portion extended to the Canadian border but, in 1844, the northern portion was annexed by Aroostook County. The Piscataquis county seat is Dover-Foxcroft. Land/map references list the Northeast Carry Township as TWP 3, Range 14 & 15. W.E.L.S. means “West of the Easterly Line of the State”.

1853, September, Thoreau--The Maine Woods. Describes arriving by steamer at the long pier and not much else. He describes the rude log railway and the ox “truck”. Also describes a clearing which was, probably what we remember as the “middle field”.

1867 In Minstrelsy of Maine, by Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, Gryphon Books, 1927, Pages,65,76,80,133,134,and 135, there is a story about Dan Golden who wrote two songs, “Katahdin Green” and John Ross”. The “John Ross” song was reported as being sung at Ross’s Lobster camps. Golden worked for Ross, in the woods, for 36 winters, from 1867.Also, from the registry at the Lily Bay House, there is a notation identifying Mel Whitten as a jobber for John Ross(Parker, Beyond Moosehead II, page 23).

1870 U. S. Census:

Luce, George C., Birth: abt 1836, Residence: Township 3, Piscataquis, Maine.

1870’s Morrison’s Tavern, described as the first building at Northeast Carry(The Moosehead Lake Region, Nathan D. Hamilton and Cynthia A. Thayer, page 54). The Tavern had two distinctive architectural features which can be seen in later photos of the Winnegarnock House. The features are: the tall narrow second floor window above the front entrance; and the two chimneys, one at each end of the building. At the time of this picture, there is no building on the site of the store, which was always referred to as the “Hotel”, during Bill and Floss LaCrosse’s ownership.

Sometime between Morrison’s time, and 1878, John Ross must have acquired the Tavern, if it is the “Carry House” described in the Ross-Savage transaction, next. Also, I found a reference that John Ross had a Lobster Lake Operation. There are descriptions of a land trail from the Ross Farm, over the ridge to Lobster. Guests would, often, take the

West Branch boat trip to Lobster and return by the land route. I found a reference to a song written by a Ross employee. See 1867, Eckstorm.

1871 Morris Farm, at the end of the Carry road, at the West Branch of the Penobscot. Operated by Joseph Morris. Offered guest lodging and hauling. A tote road existed from the Morris Farm to Chesuncook. The reference was found in the book, “Illustrated Guide Book to Moosehead Lake and Vicinity”, by Charles Alden and John Farrar, copyright 1879, published 1880. Copy is in the Harvard College Widener Library.

1873 Thomas Buck Snow, born, December 25, 1873, Piscataquis, Maine.

1878 In August, Mr. and Mrs. Simeon Savage purchase the Carry house and 600 acres from John Ross. The Savages had or were operating the Lake House in Greenville. The Lake House was reported to have burned in 1897 or 1898(The Moosehead Lake Region, Hamilton & Thayer, page 14). Mr. Savage’s ownership of Carry operation is referenced in the Alden-Captain Charles A.J. Farrar’s book, Farrar’s Illustrated Guide Book to Moosehead lake and the North Maine Wilderness(note discrepancies in names and titles—need to research) with a mention of Charlie Nicholas, an Indian guide, from Greenville.

Also, there is mention of the ox railroad built “years ago” by Major Samuel Strickland, a prominent lumber operator from Bangor. Parker, in Railroads of the North Woods, page 1, states that Strickland and fellow lumbermen partners; George King, Philander Coburn and others, formed the Moosehead Lake Railroad Company. The reference indicates the railroad was built shortly before 1850(Thoreau described the railroad from his 1853 trip across the Carry). There is a mention that the railroad was still in operation around 1860. The wooden ox railroad burned but, no date reference except a mention by Farrar the only traces remained by 1880(I recall PHN saying he remembered finding pieces of the rails, when he was a child). I read one account it burned in a fire set by blueberry pickers(Wilson,Logging And Lumbering in Maine, page 86), another account blamed a forest fire.

Farrar’s book mentions that George C. Luce bought the Morris Farm(Parker, Railroads of the North Woods, page 1). An ad attributed to In The Maine Woods, 1900, lists “George C. Luce, Proprietor”(Wilson, Maine’s Angling Past, page 81. The picture of the Penobscot House is the same as in an ad reproduced in Wilson, Maine Lodges And Sporting Camps, page 75. See 1902, Penobscot House, below.

1880 Federal Census

1884 Farrar’s Illustrated Guide To Moosehead Lake And Vicinity, 1884, Chapter XIX, pages 218 and 219, list: Morris Farm House, Joseph Morris, Proprietor; and Winnegarnock House, Simeon Savage, Proprietor.

1886 Chester Cliford Worthing, born April 5, 1886. Resided in Belfast, Waldo, Maine, age 14, in 1900 Census. By 1918, age 32, residence is listed as Piscataquis, Maine.

1889 First U.S. Postmaster appointed to Northeast Carry, , August Alexander Doherty, August 2, 1889, cancels first letter(“Pittston Farm Weekly”, December 10, 1964, Volume 3, No. 2).

1890 October 2, 1890, George C. Luce is appointed Postmaster, at the Northeast Carry, Piscataquis, Maine.

1890 The steamboat “John Ross”, a scow, was constructed at the Northeast Carry and transported to the West Branch and on to Chesuncook, to be used towing booms. The “John Ross” was piloted down the river by Captain Louis Gill. In 1902 the “A.B.Smith” was built and replaced the “John Ross”, using the engine and boilers from the “Ross”(Parker, Beyond Moosehead II, pages 10 & 38).

1893 The Seboomock Dam Company is incorporated by an act of the Maine Legislature(Parker, Seboomook, page 7). Work starts on “The Bradstreet Project” to move logs from Seboomook Lake/West Branch of the Penobscot to Moosehead Lake, at the Northwest Carry(Seboomook). The first Seboomock dam is built, at Seboomook Falls(once known as “Henderson’s Pitch), as part of this project.

1893 An ad in Hubbard’s Hubbard’s Guide To Moosehead Lake And Northern Maine, 1893, at the end of the book, offers “...a good hotel at either end of the NORTHEAST CARRY, MOOSEHEAD LAKE.” The ad lists “George C. Luce, Proprietor, Winnegarnock and Penobscot Houses”. The ad, also, offers a “United States Post-Office at the Carry”.

1897 John Ross launches the “Minnie Orono” at Northeast Carry. The Lewiston Evening Journal, Monday, August 9, 1897.

John Ross, injured while open a door to a storage shed, at his farm at the Northeast Carry, The Lewiston Evening Journal, November 23, 1897.

1897-98 The first telephone line in the North Woods is run from the Mount Kineo House to the Northeast Carry along the eastern shore of the Lake. Mr. Millard Metcalf of Greenville Junction, a clerk at the Mount Kineo House, with manager C.A. Judkins, join Will Shaw and George Turner to form the Kineo and Northeast Carry Telephone company, in 1897. The line was run during the winter of 1897-1898, supervised by William Moriarty. The line had six stations, the Mount Kineo House, the Shaw Farm, The Folsom Farm, the Ross Farm, the Winnegarnock House and the Morris Farm. I remember walking the phone line to the Ross Farm with my mother and Nancy. We started from the end of the shore road, behind Bill DuPlisse’s house and at the bend where the road turned to General Hill’s camp. The trail was away from the shore and very over grown.

1898 In a 1898 publication(Google), I found an ad for the Winnegarnock House, listing S. S. Hibbard as manager. Also, an article in a 1898 publication, "Forest and Stream", Volume 50, Page 432, describing a fish catch by a guest & S. S. Hibbard.

1899 John Ross’s boat, the “Minnie Orono”, burns at her mooring. The Lewiston Evening Journal, Wednesday, May 31,1899

1899 The Great Northern Paper Company purchases Seboomook Township(including the Northwest Inn) and Pittston Academy Township(site of the Pittson Farm). Parker, Seboomook, page 10.

1900 U.S. Federal Census:George Luce, Age: 53, Birth: Sept. 1846, Widowed, Head of Household.

Household Members:Grace C. Doe, 20Addie M. Edgely, 18Alonzo Deavenport, 57Alonzo Deavenport, 28Timothy Meservy, 61Maud Deavenport, 26Mary Deavenport, 23Rosco Deavenport, 16Oscar Deavenport, 16Elexander Mcinnis, 27Fred Trombley, 22

1900 U.S. Federal Census: Thomas B. Snow(26--Born Dec. 1873), Edith E.(28--Married 1894), Donald B. Snow 7/12(need additional research). Gilford, Piscataquis, Maine

1900-1901 In The Maine Woods, Winfield Martin Thompson, Published by the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad, 1901. Held by Harvard College, Widner Library. Page 91, features three ads:

1. The Penobscot Hotel, The Penobscot Hotel and Trading Co., “Formerly owned by Geo. C. Luce”, Edgar E. Harlow, Manager. (Hotel picture matches other ads from 1900-1902)

2. The Winnegarnock House, Fred Davis, Proprietor. The picture of the Carry from the water, shows a storage shed and barn on the left, the Store in the middle, and the Winnegarnock House on the right. There is no pier visible.

Who is Fred Davis? New player

3. The Seboomook House, M.P. Colbath, (P.O.) Seboomook Maine.

1901 The Moosehead Lake Sanatorium opens and operates until 1909.

1902 January 29, 1902, The Penobscot Hotel burned. It was located at the West Branch end of the Carry road. An ad, from The Penobscot Hotel & Trading Company, giving notice that the Hotel would be rebuilt, listed Frank L. Gipson, Manager. Also, the ad mentions a phone and telegraph, as well as an in house post office. Below the ad, is a picture of the Penobscot House, matching the ad. The author adds that there is no confirmation that the hotel was rebuilt. I do not remember, PHN or ORS, talking about the Penobscot House so, I suspect it was not rebuilt. Had it been rebuilt, and destroyed after 1903, I would have expected some references.

PHN told a story of a shooting and killing in the building we knew as the Penobscot Farm house. The story tells of a man killed on the first floor and PHN pointed out a hole in the side of the building(Lake side of the house) he claimed was the bullet hole. I do not remember whether the victim was a worker or guest. I suspect that there is a reference to this event, if the story is real. I doubt there were many murders, at the time, not mentioned in some record or publication. A reference in Dr. Everett Parker’s, Beyond Moosehead II, page 21, describes two warehouses near the water’s edge, as having been built by The Penobscot Hotel and Trading Company. In a photo of Morrison’s Tavern, in Hamilton & Thayer’s, The Moosehead Lake Region, page 54, shows the pier with rails, and buildings on the shore at the end of the pier. Another ad from In The Maine Woods, 1900, lists George C Luce, Proprietor(Wilson’s Maine’s Hunting Past, page 51). No mention of The Penobscot Hotel and Trading Company. The description states the establishment burned in 1903.

Lucius L. Hubbard’s book, Hubbard’s Guide to Moosehead and Northern Maine, shows up frequently in my Google searches, and mentions the hotel at the Carry and Luce’s Farm at the West Branch end of the Carry road. The reference describes two teams available for hauling, one at the hotel and the other at the farm(early reference to the Penobscot Farm).

In Maine Lodges and Sporting Camps, Donald A. Wilson, page 79, there is a picture of the Squaw Mt. Inn and a reference to its past use as a sanatorium (TB), from 1901 to 1909, when it closed because the DR left. 1902 Enter Dr. Alden Russell Newhall, graduated from Dartmouth Medical School, 1902. Interned at the sanatorium after graduation, 1902 to ?Mrs. Candy Russell, Director of the Moosehead Historical Society, emailed me about a reference to DR. A.R. Newhall and a patient dated in January, 1903.

Enter clerk Thomas Buck Snow. T.B. Snow worked as a clerk for Arthur A. Crafts, at his store in the Junction. Newhall and Snow became friends and continued the friendship at the Carry. Don’t know how or when they met, but if Dr. Newhall was the attending physician at O. Russell Snow’s birth, as indicated by the reference on the Squaw Mountain Inn postcard, that could have created a lasting bond.

I have a book(The Moosehead Lake Region, by Nathan Hamilton & Cynthia Thayer, Page 32) with a picture of the Arthur A. Crafts Store in Greenville Junction, after a fire in 1926. 1902 Oliver Russell “Bud” Snow is born, November 13, 1902, in Greenville, at the Moosehead Lake Sanatorium, Dr. Alden Russell Newhall, attending physician.

Somewhere around this time, Arthur A. Crafts starts appearing as a major owner of land and buildings at the Carry(The Annual Report of Bureau of Taxation, Volume 26, Piscataquis County Wild Lands, Page 164 and 165.(the 26th annual report, pages 164 and 165). There is a deed reference, Piscataquis County Registry of Deeds, Volume 160, Page 92. The next logical jump is that, Craft has T.B. Snow manage the Winnegarnock House.

1904-1926 Arthur A. Crafts serves as president of the Penobscot Hotel and Trading Company(per Candy Russell, “from The National Cyclopedia - I don't have a publication date - I found a photocopy of an article on Arthur A. Crafts containing this: "From 1904 to 1926 he was also president of the Penobscot Hotel & Trading Co. at North East Carry, Maine"”).

Question, does Crafts and the Penobscot Hotel and Trading Co., take over the Winnegarnock House operation and decide not to rebuild the Penobscot Hotel? Does Crafts move T.B. Snow to manager?

Question, when does T.B. Snow become Winnegarnock House manager? According to Russell Billings, the Snows bought the Winnegarnock House operation and the Penobscot Farm, totaling around 700 acres, with help from Arthur A. Crafts, who was a silent partner.

Question, who owns the Winnegarnock after Fred Davis(1900-1901) and before the Snow’s era, 1907-1925/6?

1902-1907 Bill Jenkins, stated in newspaper interview/article(undated, un-sourced), supplied by C. Russell, Dir. Of MHS., that he was postmaster during this time-not specific. T.B. Snow, appointed postmaster in 1907.

1906-1907 T.B.Snow purchases the Winnegarnock House and Penobscot Farm, approximately 700 acres, with the help of Arthur A. Crafts. Mr. Crafts is a silent partner(per Russell Billings). Snows move April, 1906, and open for business, June, 1907(per Russell Billings). However, the 1907 Directory: Greenville and Lily Bay pages show T.B. Snow in Greenville and C.L. Ray, Postmaster at NEC, with PH&TCo. Running the Winnegarnock House and the Penobscot House.

1907 May 31,1907, an advertising brochure/booklet, “Souvenir Letter, Northeast Carry, Me.”, promoting The Winnegarnock House, is mailed, from Greenville Junction, by Edith Snow, to a friend, Mrs. Julis E. Sylvester, Guilford Maine. The text indicates that the Snows will be moving to the Carry to manage the Winnegarnock operation. There are several pictures of the property, including pictures of the farm house and barn, at the West Branch of the Penobscot(the buildings we, always, referred to as the Penobscot Farm. It is not the building, seen in ads for the Penobscot Hotel, which burned in 1902, and apparently, was not rebuilt, despite the ad). The booklet was produced by the Penobscot Hotel and Trading Company, Joseph M. Patten, Manager. This is a direct link between the Penobscot Hotel and Trading Company-Arthur A. Crafts-and the Winnegarnock House operation. The Winnegarnock House was operated for 18 years, under the Snows(per Russell Billings).

1907 I have found a “U.S., Appointment of U.S. Postmaster” record, showing Thomas B. Snow, appointed Postmaster at North East Carry, Piscataquis, Maine, August 22, 1907(Volume #81, 1892-1930).

1907 “Directory: Greenville and Lily Bay, Piscataquis County, Maine, 1907”. Greenville and Lily Bay pages transcribed from “Piscataquis County (Maine) Business and Residential Directory, 1907”. Contributed by Deborah (Pelletier) Tajmajer, to the USGenWeb Archives, http://www.usgwarchives.net.Listed are: Dave F. Brown, Game Warden

Arthur A. Crafts, Merchant Thomas B. Snow Moosehead Lake Sanatorium, Greenville Junction, Me. Situated at the foot of Squaw Mountain. L.F. Hatch, President. North East Carry. No. 3 in Range 15, W.E.L.S. Unorganized. Head of Moosehead Lake. Population, 1900, 24. Postmaster, C.L. Ray, Penobscot Hotel and Trading Co., general stores.

Also, run the Winnegannock(spell) House and Penobscot House*.

*Note: Penobscot House burned in 1902 without evidence it was rebuilt.

1910 Federal Census I have found a 1910 US Federal Census listing the Snows at Kineo, Piscataquis, Maine. The “Household Members” list Thomas B.(36), Edith C.(38), Doris I.(9) and O. Russell(7). It, also, lists 18 other individuals. I suspect the Snows were, actually, at the Carry and these additional folks were staff at the Carry. Johnson, Hayden, Richards, and Mulligan were guides at the Carry.

1910 U.S. Federal Census:Thomas B. Snow; 36; Home-Kineo; Piscataquis, Maine; Married-

Edith C. Snow.Household Members:

Thomas b. Snow, 36Edith C. Snow, 38Doris I. Snow, 9O. Russell Snow, 7Moneda Dowe, 19Vina Poss, 25Mabel Mckay, 29Joseph Ross, 23Emma A. Searway, 22Annie William, 24Verna Clark, 20Anna Johnson, 30, Wife of William “Nutty” JohnsonWilliam Johnson, 39, “Nutty” Johnson, Listed as guide in

“Vacation Fun”,several photos,identified.John C. Doherty, 27Charles H. Jordan, 40, Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun”

brochure, photo in “Winnegarnock House” brochure photo with Browns at the Lodge.

Peter Surgeon, 35David Mullen, 48, Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun”.Blanche Mullen, 28Paul Bonsey, 22Eugene Hayden, 28, “Gene”, several photos, identified

on back. Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun”.Dominic Richards, 47, photos, camp, pet deer, identified

on back. Guide, camp.Nicholas E. Mulligan, 37, photos, identified on back.

Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun”.

1910 The road between Seboomook and the Pittston Farm, 14 miles, known as the “Seboomook-Pitttston” Turnpike, was started, following an old

tote road, and completed in the summer of 1911(Parker, Seboomook, page 11).

1911 The Rockwood to Pittston Farm road, 23 miles, was started and completed in 1915(Parker, Seboomook, page 13).

1912 A two mile road from Seboomook to the site of the old wooden Seboomook dam(at Seboomook Falls), was built to facilitate the rebuilding of the dam, 1911-1912(Parker, Seboomook, page 13).

1915 May 15, 1915, the Squaw Mountain Inn opens.

1915 The road from Seboomook dam to the Northeast Carry starts under the direction of Jim Sargent and a crew under the supervision of Fred Wortman. Four miles completed in 1915 to the point known as the “Five Islands”(Parker, Seboomook, page 30).

1919 December 23, Chester Cliford Worthing and Antonia “Anna” Holman are married. Anna is listed as born in Finland(December 11, 1894) and her name was Anthunia Wilhelmina Stromsholm. Her parents arrived in Portland and changed the family name to Holman. Anna went to the Carry to wait tables for the Snows at the Winnegarnock House. Chester was a guide. Information from an article written by Gene Letourneau, on Anna’s retirement from the U.S.Postal Service, Thursday, December 31, 1964. The article refers to cancelling the last letter “…late Thursday evening.” The article must have appeared within the week following 12/31/64. Trying to track down where the article appeared, Letourneau wrote in the Gannett papers, Portland Press Herald, Maine Sunday Times, Kennebec Journal, and Central Maine Morning Sentinel. Letourneau died, July 5, 1998, in Waterville, at age 90.

1920, November 18 “The Chesuncook Disaster”The poem/story was found in O. Russell “Bud” Snow’s collection of Northeast Carry information. The story is not dated or signed. The reference to Alec Gunn, the boat’s captain, is important because, Alec Gunn is described as the Captain of “The Lady of the Lake”, at Chesuncook, in “The Three Muskateers”, Chapter , Parker, Beyond Moosehead II, pages .

1920 Federal Census:Northeast CarryThe Snows, T.B.(45), Edith(43), Doris(18), Russell(17).Robert Gunn(47).The Johnson’s, William J. and Anna J. GuideThe Trombleys, Fred and Alice. GuideThe Levasseurs, Anthony, Annie M., Camille, and Sadie M. GuideThe Browns, Paul R. and Marcia. GuidePeter Derosier. GuideThe Worthings, Chester and Anna. Guide

1921 T.B. Snow, died January 9, 1921, at Northeast Carry. Grave located in Guilford, Maine(T.B. Snow shows up in Guilford, in the 1900 Federal Census).

1921 The Rockwood Pittston Farm road is improved and a cut off at “20 Mile” connects with the Seboomook road at Beaver Brook(Parker, Seboomook, page 13).

1922 The road from Seboomook dam to the Northeast Carry is extended another two miles, during the Summer, by Archie McLeod(Parker, Seboomook, page 30).

1922 Game Wardens Dave Brown(1870-1922) and Mertly Johnson, from Greenville, go missing in November, 1922, while investigating reports of poachers at Big Bog. Their bodies are found in 1923. See the video, 2 part, special report by Amy Erickson, WABI, Channel 5, Bangor. Part 1, April 29, 2009; Part 2, April 30, 2009. I found it from the WABI home page by searching for "Drowning...or Murder?" or, “Drowning or Murder?". The report interviews Bill Allen, retired Maine Lt. Game Warden and Candy Russell, Director of the Moosehead Historical Society.Dave Brown is included in a list of guides and identified as the Game Warden “who came to an untimely end in the North Branch country…”(Parker, Beyond Moosehead II, page 24).

1922 Paul Hicken Newhall enters Dartmouth in the Fall of 1922, graduated 1926.

1924 U.S. Post Office, moved from the lake end of the Carry to the river end of the Carry. Several Postmasters, Happy Nice(shown in two photos, identified on back), Bill Hodgins, Beardsley and Charlie Howard(“Pittston Farm Weekly”, December 10, 1964, Volume 3, No. 2).

Question: Where was the PO located? In the Penobscot Farm house?

1924 I have seen several Winnegarnock House ads(no dates) with “T. B. Snow, Manager” but, in a 1924 ad, “Mrs. T. B. Snow, Manager” is printed along the bottom.

Question, when did the Snow era end?(Crafts was president of the Penobscot Hotel and Trading Co., until 1926)

Question, when did the Great Northern acquire the Carry(Burbank-Northeast Carry Township)?

Question, what happened to the Winnegarnock House? Did it burn down or was it taken down?

Question, when did Bill and Floss LaCrosse start operating The Northeast Carry Inn and Cabins?

1925 The final three miles of the road, from Seboomook dam to the Northeast Carry, are completed under the direction of Jim Sargent. The road joins the Northeast Carry road at the Penobscot Farm(Parker, Seboomook, page 30).

1925 June, 1925, there is a reference to a trip by Edward Lacroix, A.V. MacNeill, and O.A. Harkness, to explore the area to Chamberlin and Eagle lakes. The guides on the trip were listed as: Frank Henderson, Nick Mulligan, Ansel Smith and Chester Worthing, all from Chesuncook(Parker, Railroads of the North Woods, page 10).Frank Henderson, Nick Mulligan, and Ansel Smith, are listed on the list of 142 guides at the Mt. Kineo Hotel(Parker, Kineo, page 34). Peter Derosier’s name was, also, included on the list.

1925-1926 Edith Snow sells Winnegarnock House and Penobscot Farm to GNPCo., per Russell Billings.

1926 Paul H. Newhall graduates from Dartmouth College. O. Russell Snow graduates from University of Maine.

1926 William J. Hodgins, Appointed U.S. Postmaster, Northeast Carry, Maine, September 3, 1926.

1927 The Great Northern builds a new Seboomook dam at Seboomook Falls(Parker, Seboomook, page 15).

1930 Federal Census

1936 May 1, 1936, The Great Northern starts work on a new(present day) dam(Parker, Seboomook, page 16).

1938 Charles W. Howard, Appointed U.S. Postmaster, Northeast Carry, Maine, April 19, 1938. A second appointment is listed as September 20, 1938.

1939 December 1, 1939, the U.S. Post Office in moved back to the Lake end of the Carry and located at the Worthing’s camp(“Pittston Farm Weekly”, December 10, 1964, Volume 3, No. 2).

1940 January 25, 1940, Mrs. Anna H. Worthing, appointed U.S. Postmaster, Northeast Carry. February 26, 1940, Mrs. Anna Worthing, commissioned Postmistress(“Pittston Farm Weekly”, December 10, 1964, Volume 3, No. 2).

Question, were there postmasters before T.B. Snow-1907 and between Snow and A. H. Worthing-1940? Anna Worthing was the last postmaster.

1940 U.S. Federal Census:Bemkins, Jack(73)Comweau, Angus(57), ManagerDerosia, Peter(62), Guide, and Anna(47)Derosia, William(65), Guide, and Mabel(47)Doyle, William(70), Widowed, GuideDubay, Joseph(54), Guide, and Minnie(57)Dumond, Frederic(46), GuideDuplissa, William(42), Widowed, GuideLacross, Wilfred J.(40) and Florence(38)

Household Members:John G. Grant(58), HelpSimon White(68-F), Help

Paquett, Phillip(25)Peat, Herbert(40)Peat, Vera(38)Peat, George(38?)Tibideau, Edward(70), GuideWorthing, Chester(54), Anna(45) and Clifford(16)

1945 Edith Snow, died, in Springfield, Massachusetts, buried with Tom in Guilford, Maine.

1946-1948 Question, when did PHN acquire the camp from Billy Doyle?

The Lacrosses were at the Carry for as long as I remember.

1950 Around this time there were three phones at the Northeast Carry: one at William E. LaCrosse’s Northeast Carry Camps(Owned by LaCrosse); one a Paquet’s Camps, owned by Vera Paquet. Phil was identified as a forman for GNPCo.; one at the Post Office, owned by GNPCo and connected to the Pittson Farm.(Anna Worthing’s name was not mentioned). At Seboomook Damn, there wasd a GNPCo. Phone at Clarence Johnson’s house. Also, there was a phone at the Game Warden’s cottage, on the Northeast Cary Road, between the Damn and Burbank Hill. (Parker, Beyond Moosehead II, page 35.)

Question, when did Bill and Floss end their operation? PHN acquires the #1 Camp, next door. Dick Crosby(Taunton, MA) acquires the #2 Camp. Anna and Lewis Wilkinson(Lew was the lab technician for PHN) acquire #3 Camp.

1964 Thursday, December, 31, 1964, the U.S. Post Office at Northeast Carry, closes. Mrs. Anna Worthing retires at the mandatory age of 70.(“Pittston Farm Weekly”, December 10, 1964, Volume 3 No. 2. Excerpt provided by C. Russell, Director, Moosehead Historical Society.)

1970 Chester C. Worthing died, July 10, 1970, in Rockwood, Maine.

1997 Anna H. Worthing died, September 9, 1997, in Portland, Maine.

2000-2001 The Great Northwoods, LLC, offers, for sale, leased lots at Northeast Carry(Old Northeast Carry Road and North Shore Road) to lease holders. The Great Northwoods, LLC, acquired the properties of the Great Northern Paper Company. Northeast Carry Township(TWP 3, Range 15 WELS) from Great Northern Paper, Inc., to Great Northwoods, LLC, is recorded at the Piscataquis County Registry of Deeds, Document #1996, Book 1191, Page 326, 4/13/1999. The specific reference to Burbank is found on Page A-4(Appendix A), which is Page 7 of 29(Entire Filing).

Question, when and from whom, did the Great Northern acquire the Northeast Carry-Burbank? Russell Billings reports that a representative from GNPCo. received a sales agreement from Mrs. Edith Snow in 1925 or 1926. According to Russell Billings, Russell Snow was not present and was very unhappy with the decision. Mrs. Snow is in two photos, in Springfield, MA, one dated, June, 1931, on the back. Russell Snow was living and working in the Springfield area at the time.

Notes on Individuals and Companies.

I have written down all the folks, during my time, those I have learned of from stories, and those I have found through research. I know very little of the current folks and camp owners, who showed up after I graduated from high school, and spent less time at the Carry, during college and after.

Berger, Eli, Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure.

Blethen, Melvin, T.B. and Edith Snow’s brother in law. Married to Edith’s sister, Lelia E. Blethen, of Foxcroft. Melvin is pictured in one photo and identified on the back.

Briggs, Homer. Owned the white, two story house, past the No.3 camp, just before the Lerssner camp. From Amherst, MA. Shows up in several ORS’s old Carry photos, identified on back. Brown, Dave. Game Warden from Greenvile. Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure. Subject of several old stories told by PHN and ORS. Died on duty at Big Bog, 1922, subject of TV special report. See the video, by Amy Erickson, WABI, Channel 5, Bangor. Part 1, April 29, 2009; Part 2, April 30, 2009. I found it from the WABI home page by searching for "Drowning...or Murder?" or, “Drowning or Murder?". The report interviews Bill Allen, retired Maine Lt. Game Warden and Candy Russell, Director of the Moosehead Historical Society.Dave Brown is included in a list of guides and identified as the Game Warden “who came to an untimely end in the North Branch country…”(Parker, Beyond Moosehead II, page 24). Also, listed in the 1907, Greenville and Lily pages of the Piscataquis County Business and Residential Directory, on the web by MEgenweb Project, part of the USgenweb Project.

Brown, Irving, Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure.

Brown, Paul, Guide, Northeast Carry. Married, had camp which may have been Jennell’s or Dubay/Sanborn’s. Seen in several photos.

Carrick, H. C., Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure.

Cody, Don, Game Warden for Burbank in the 50's. May still be alive, might be able to get info from Fish & Game. They may have records of the wardens who covered the area down through the years. Also, Maine Forestry might be a source of info for the fire wardens.

Cody, Thomas, Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure.

Crafts, Arthur Abram. Born, Auburn, Ohio, June 21, 1867. Married, September 19, 1889, at Kineo, to Rebecca Witcomb, daughter of John Henry Eveleth. Died, Portland, Maine, January 19, 1940.

Daughter, Julia Ellen, married Rennie Philip Sheridan. Julia Crafts Sheridan House, in Greenville, is the headquarters of the Moosehead Historical Society.

In 1899, Crafts established a general store in Greenville Junction, under the name of the Arthur A. Crafts Co. Thomas B. Snow worked, as a clerk, at the Crafts store.

Crafts partnered with Dr. Leonard H. Hatch, of Lynn Massachusetts, and a group of sportsmen, from Boston, associated under the name of the Hagawain Club, to construct and operate the Moosehead Lake Sanatorium, in 1901. In an undated or sourced account, provided by Candy Russell, Director of the Moosehead Historical Society, “For eight years the sanitorium flourished.” This account is consistent with information I have seen that the Sanatorium operated from 1901 to 1909, when the Dr.(assume Dr. Hatch) left and the Sanatorium closed. However, the account provided by Ms Russell, states that the Sanatorium closed after 16 years, the result of a disagreement between Crafts and Hatch. Subsequently, Crafts develops the property into the Squaw Mountain Inn.

In 1924, Julia and her husband, Philip Sheridan, assume management of the Inn. The account is contradictory in that it recounts that Crafts sells the Inn to his daughter and son in law and, also, states that they inherit the estate in 1940 at Crafts death. In 1965, The Sheridans sell the Inn to Donald C. Lewis, Sr., and his son, Donald Lewis, Jr., of Bangor. On June 30, 1968, a fire destroys the Inn, killing five and injuring fourteen.

From 1904 to 1926, Crafts was President of the Penobscot Hotel and Trading Co., at the Northeast Carry.

Daveport and his crew built in the late 50's. Think they were from the Gardner area. Remember driving the Ford tractor over at the Burbank gravel pits. The tractor was one of the crew's-Charlie Keigle(Keegle/Keagle)-great guy.

Davis, Fred. Listed as Proprietor, Winnegarnock House, in ad from a 1900-1901, “In The Maine Woods”, Bangor & Aroostoock RR. Derosia(Derosier), Peter and Anna. Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure. Pete and William were brothers. I found a “Peter Derosier” listed as one of 142 men, “Licensed Guides of Kineo”, Kineo, by Dr. Everett L. Parker, page34. Also, Pete was part of the guide party, described in Parker, Beyond Moosehead II, Cappter .We bought the old Dodge truck-had been stored in LaCrosse’s upper shed-from Anna and sold it to Dave Bartlett). They had a trailer/camp across from Davenport's where Heflie(spell?) built. Ken Billings bought camp from Anna. For many years, there were remnants of a fenced garden area, to the east and slightly behind the camp.

Derosia(Derosier), William and Mabel. Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure. Sold camp to Russell Snow. Doyle, William T.”Billy” and Ellen. Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure. Ellen's grave marker(1871) in in the garage by the generator. Billy gave the camp to Dad. Dad had helped him out during his last years and I believe he had stayed at the Wellesley house some time.

Billy’s old boat house, located at the edge of the Lake, to the right of our dock, had a lean-to shed on the right side. In the shed was an old inboard boat named the “Christy”. The boat was open without any cabin. We used to play in it. I can’t remember much about the engine which, was in the middle of the boat. If I remember correctly, Dad had it pulled out on to the ice and burned. I spent one summer tearing the boat house down and used the old Dodge truck to haul the wood to a dump spot on the Ross Farm road.

Elizabeth Leighton Davis, has added that Billy, also, stayed with the Leightons, in Waterville. Lem was called to the Bangor hotel when Billy died.

Duplissa(Duplisse), William “Bill”. Born in Canada, veteran from WWI.

Dubay, Joseph. I remember him but, not much about him. Never knew he was married. Was a pretty good inventor.

Jesse Sanborn. Acquired Joe Dubay’s camp. Knew Jesse, remember he had construction equipment/tractor. May have been in farming-think he was from Maine.

Eastman, Frank C., Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure.

Faulkner, Andrew. Clerked for the Snows and stayed in one of Tom’s cottages located on the Carry road. Son, Andrew “Emo” Faulker appears in several photos included in the “Winnegarnock House” brochure.

Gipson, Frank L., Manager of the Penobscot Hotel. In an ad, placed by the Penobscot Hotel and Trading Co., in 1902 after the Hotel burned, Gipson is listed as manager. There are no further ads or images that confirm the Hotel was rebuilt. Gipson is listed as manager of __, in 19__.

Gunn, Alec, Captain of the “Lady of the Lake”, Chesuncook. Reference in anonymous poem, “The Chesuncook Diaster”. Mentioned in the “Three Muskateers” story. Listed as the owner of a Tractor, on the ChesuncookVillage.com page.

Gunn, Robert. Member of T.B. Snow household, 1910 Federal Census, Kineo and 1920 Federal Census, Northeast Carry.

Hall, John. Guide, identified photo with 14 ¾ lb. laker caught by his “sport”.

Hayden, Eugene(Gene), Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure. Identified in several photos including FL vacation, 1915.

Henderson, Frank, Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure.

Henderson, James, Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure.

Henderson, William(Bill), guide at NEC, in several photos, identified on back.

Henderson, Tom, guide. Photos of his camp and with Lew Wilkinson.

Hill, General. Met once or twice but, don't know anything

Hoagland. Never met them or know anything about them. Asa Larrabee stayed on the Carry from time to time, at Hoagland’s camp(I think.) I don’t remember him, but I have found a reference & photo of his father, J. Asa Larrabee and wife Caroline, early owners of Camp Caribou at Ogontz(The Moosehead Lake Region 1900-1950, Everett L Parker, Pages 107 & 108. Larrabees sold Ogontz to Charles Umstead. I remember taking our boat over to Ogontz to have lunch in their dining room and a ride in their boat, the “Wannechi”(spell?).

Hodgins, William J., “Bill”. U.S. Postmaster, September 3, 1926, while PO was on the river side of the Carry.(Pittston Farm Weekly, 12/10/64 & U.S. Postmaster Appointment records.)

Howard, Beardsley. Mentioned, with Charles Howard, as U.S. Postmasters, during the 1924-1939 period when the PO was at the river end of the Carry.(Pittston Farm Weekly, 12/10/64.)

Howard, Charles W. Mentioned, with Beardsley Howard, as U.S. Postmasters, during the 1924-1939 period when the PO was at the river end of the Carry.(Pittston Farm Weekly, 12/10/64.) Record of Appointment as U.S. Postmaster, April 19, 1938, and again on September 20, 1938.

Hughes, Dick and Mary, from Waterville. Had an old Studebaker pickup truck and Scotties. Dick was retired, Mary worked at Dunhams in Waterville. Camp now owned by Hoyt.

Jenkins, Bill. Undated, un-sourced, newspaper article about, Bill Jenkins, provided by Candy Russell, Dir. Of MHS. Jenkins worked for the Penobscot Hotel and Trading Co., at the Carry, from 1902 to 1912, as”…clerk, poatmaster, freight agent, express agent, storekeeper and all-around handy man.”.

Jennell, Joe and Mable. Weymouth Ford Dealer. Around across from Worthing’s, just before Dubay/Sanborn. Torn down and replaced around 19__. New camp was being built when we were re-roofing No. 1 camp, October 12th week, 19__

Johnson, Clarence. Ran mail from Greenville and Rockwood to the Carry. He had the house next to the Dam. Right as you turn onto the dam road, the house was on the right, just before the dam. Had a phone. Taken down several years ago. Also, there was a house on the other side of the dam, just a few hundred yards, on the second bend, lake side, overlooking the water. Think it was used when GNPCo worked on the dam or when they ran the pulp drives.

Johnson, William J.“Nutty Johnson” and Anna. “Nutty Johnson” was the subject of many old stories told by PHN and ORS. Johnson owned the camp which became the Worthing’s. “Nutty” in several photos, identified on back.

Jordan, Charles(Charlie) H., Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure. Photo identified in “Winnegarnock House” brochure and photo with Browns at the “Lodge”.

Kineo and Northeast Carry Telephone Company.

LaCrosse(Lacross), Wilfred J.”Bill” & Florence “Floss”. Floss had a brother who spent time there, can't remember his name. They would spend winters in Florida. They had a residence in Brewer. Bill kept chickens in the barn, above where his Dodge Power Wagon was parked. Bill had the gas pump outside and to the right of the barn opening.

Leamann, Arthur, Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure.

Leighton, Lem and Mary. Son Bart, flew for Folsom, and appeared in the Mel Gibson movie, Man w/o a Face? Bart, D 3/4/2005, wife lives in in Waterville, summer home in Greenville(per LBoyd).Daughter, Elizabeth “Lu” Davis Leighton & Bob Davis, eld3851@verizon.net.

Lerssner. Don't know much. Owned camp between Brigg’s and No. 6. Log camp, has been added to, with new facade.

Levasseur, Anthony, Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure. Identified photo. Son, Comille.

Levasseur, Comille, Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure. Listed in 1920 Federal Census, spelled “Camille”. Father, Anthony.

Luce, George C. Owned Winnegarnock House prior to the Penobscot Hotel and Trading Co.

MacDonald, William, Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure.

McBurnie, Bert(also seen as Burt), son of Arthur A. and Lettie L. McBurnie(per Candy Russell, Dir. Moosehead Historical Society).

McBurnie, Keith(D. 1984), son of Alden H. and Vera R. McBurnie(per Candy Russell, Dir. Moosehead Historical Society). Married Marjorie Spinney.

McBurnie, Marjorie Spinney, daughter of R.P. and Blanche Spinney, who built the Tomhegan Camps prior to WWI. (Page 106, The Moosehead Lake Region). Married Keith McBurnie.

McKinnon, Martin, Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure.

McLeod, Charles, Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure.

Miller, Alfred, Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure.

Morris, Joseph. Owned farm on banks of the West Branch, site of the Penobscot Hotel and Penobscot Farm. May have been the first structure. Morris was the son of the Morris Family, who had a farm at the foot of Caribou Lake at the beginning of the 1830’s, according to Bill Geller, geller@maine.edu. The six station phone line from Mt. Kineo. terminated at the Morris Farm

Morrison. Morrison’s Tavern, reported as the first building on the Carry. The building becomes the Winnegarnock House.

Morrison Seavey, Marsha. Father was Charles “Chuck” Morrison, Burbank Game Warden. Mother, Terry Morrison, 2ndcove@gmail.com. Moved camp down from one of Bill's lots between #3 Camp(Wilkenson and Briggs), I think. There were 2 lots there that Bill Lacrosse had and he needed a structure on them (GNPCo requirement?) and Bill moved two buildings from the Ross Farm, I think.

Mullen, David, Guide, identified in photo with Mrs. Edith Snow with salmon. Similar photo of Mrs. Snow used in the “Winnegarnock House” brochure. 1910 Federal Census.

Mulligan, N. “Nick” E., Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure. Identified photo. 1910 Federal Census

Nice, Louis Evert, “Happy”. Found in several of Bud’s photos. Reported as one of the U.S. Postmasters between 1924 and 1939, when the PO was located on the river bank side of the Carry.(Pittston Farm Weekly, December 10, 1964, Volume 3 No. 2)Louis Everet Nice, WWI Draft Registration, 1917-1918.

1920 Federal Census, lists Louis E. Nice, DOB abt 1871, and wife, Angie, DOB abt 1871, residing in Piscataquis County, Maine.

Nicholas, Johnson. Indian guide, identified in 1909 photo with Dominic Richards, Nutty Johnson.

Paquet, Phil and Vera Peat. Phil worked for the GNPCo. I think on road maintenance. Ran a few guest camps. Had a gas pump and phone.

According to Elizabeth Leighton Davis, the camps were owned by Vera Peat. She had a son, George Peat(deceased), husband, Herbert(deceased). Phil Paquet may have been Vera’s tenant before they were married. (There is a reference to a Joseph Paquet, who supervised a crew working on the “40 mile” road between the Pittston Farm to Dole Brook, in 1915 and in 1922. I don’t know if there is a connection between Joseph and Phil, more research is required).

Penobscot Hotel and Trading Company Owned and operated Penobscot Hotel and Winnegarnock House. Arthur A. Crafts, President from 1904 to 1926.

Question: What was the ownership/management arrangement between PH&TC and Snows? Did Snows buy in or purchase from PH&TC?

Roberts, Carlton and Lucille, From Winthrop.Lynn Roberts(granddaughter of C & L Roberts) and Steve Reed.Leon Roberts,(grandson of C & L Roberts, brother of Lynn) reedclan@roadrunner.com.Lem Leighton(per LRR) was involved in Roberts acquiring their camp.

Ross, John.

Sanborn, Jesse.

Savage, Simeon.

Smart, Fred. Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure.

Smart, Harold. Guide, photo with Paul Brown running canoes down Chase Carry, on the Allagash River, below Churchill Lake. Photo with Melvin Blethen at Applejack Camp, Nov. 1922.

Smart, Tom. Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure.

Smith, Ansel D. Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure. Family at Chesuncook.

Smith, Charles L. Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure.

Smith, Walter. Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure.

Snow, Russell "Bud" and Doris “Dot” Snow. Grace and the Billings: Ken, Debra Snow, Rusty & Debbie.From Bud’s stories, I know the Snows kept pigs out behind the barn. I suspect the Snows kept chickens in the upper level of the barn(as did Bill Lacrosse). PHN told of shooting sheep at the Ross Farm for the Hotel’s kitchen. The Penobscot Farm was used for vegetables, among other things. Bud is listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure.

Tibideau, Edward “Eddie”. Had first camp, was WWI vet, also, think he spent time at Togus VA Hosp. Sold to Arthur Raymond, think they were from Weymouth-Quincy(we can ask Eddie)--enter Eddie and Shirley.

Twombley(Trombly), Fred. Listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure. Listed in 1900 Federal Census as member of Luce household at Northeast Carry, age 22. Letter from Mrs. William Jefferds to Down East Magazine, May, 1964 is printed under a photo of a woman feeding “Happy”, “Alice Trombley feeding deer”, is written below the photo.

Walker. Next to LaCrosse's house, the white house belonged to Walker, think they were from NH. Don't remember meeting them. This site is, roughly, the site of the old Winnegarnock House. I have seen several photo reproductions of the old Winnegarnock House, and 3-4 guest cottages, located to the east, and on the same side of the lake shore road. At the end of this row, and on the shore side of the road, is a “round”, one story, log structure, which was used as a dance hall, according to PHN(roughly the same location as the present day Davenport camp). There was a wooden board walk running between the guest cottages and the dance hall, where the current lake shore road runs, today.

Wilkenson, Lewis and Anna. Lew work as a lab technician for PHN, making bands for PHN’s orthodontic practice. Lew shows up in many of ORS’s old Carry photos. PHN may have met Lew through the Carry. I, always thought Lew went to the Carry with PHN because they were friends and worked together.

Worthing, Chester, Anna and son, Clifford. Chester listed as guide in “Vacation Fun” brochure. Listed in the “The Three Muskateers” story in Dr. Parker’s Beyond Moosehead II.Anna was Postmistress from 1940 to 1964.Mom knew Clifford’s wife, a Pew from PA(Pittsburg).Sharon Worthing Vaino(Clifford’s daughter). swvaino@yahoo.comSee email from Don Kleiner, Exe. Dir. Of Maine Prof. Guide Assn. who guided Clifford several times to Chesuncook to see Bert McBurnie(D. 1997. Wife Maggie.) who had gone to school with Clifford.

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