Aroostook County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Ashland 1883 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/me/mefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com May 28, 2007, 9:02 pm ASHLAND. Sixty-six miles N. W. of Houlton, by stage-road via Presque Isle, also terminus of stage-lines from Patten to Fort Kent. Settled about 1837 by people largely from Kennebec Valley. Incorporated Feb. 18, 1862, under name of Ashland. Name changed 1869 to Dalton, in honor of first settler. (Changed back to Ashland, Feb. 3, 1876). Population, 1860, 606; 1870, 445; 1880, 505. Valuation, 1860-Polls, 128; Estates, $68,830; 1870- Polls, 87; Estates, $98,531; 1880-Polls, 108; Estates, $90,725. Postmaster-A. T. Mooers. Selectmen-Z. Bridgham, Hazen Walker, R. O. Hewes. Town Clerk-Willis Bridgham. Treasurer-E. R. McKay. Constables-A. J. Flint, R. G. Kallock jr., N. Winslow. School Supervisor-T. B. Foster. Clergymen-Lionel Watson, Epis.; vacant, F. Bap.; W. H. McNally, Cong. Notary-Edward F. Garland. Justices-Edward F. Garland, May 29, 1878, Quorum; E. G. Kallock, W. H. McNally, Oct. 20, 1880, Trial. Merchants-A. T. Mooers, C. F. Clayton & Co., Hayward Bros., Dunn Bros., general stores. Manufacturers-C. W. Clayton, James A. Flint, lumber; C. F. Clayton & Co., starch; C. Murphy, harnesses; Cheese Factory Co. Masons-Pioneer, Saturday, on or before full moon. Hotels-Mrs. S. F. Smith, J. Dorman. Additional Comments: Extracted from: MAINE STATE YEAR-BOOK, AND LEGISLATIVE MANUAL, FOR THE YEAR 1883-84, FROM APRIL 1, 1883, TO APRIL 1, 1884, BY EDMUND S. HOYT. PREPARED PURSUANT TO ORDERS OF THE LEGISLATURE. PORTLAND: HOYT, FOGG & DONHAM, 193 MIDDLE STREET. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1883, by HOYT, FOGG & DONHAM, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/me/aroostook/directories/business/1883/ashland160gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mefiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb