Aroostook County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Island Falls 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 29, 2007, 3:41 pm ISLAND FALLS Twenty-seven miles S. W. of Houlton, on stage-road to Patten. Incorporated Feb., 1872. Settled by Levi Sewall and Jesse Craig, from Farmington, in 1843, and named from the situation of a small island in the centre of the falls on the west branch of the Mattawamkeag river, constituting a very valuable water power. Population-1860, 132; 1870, 183; 1880, 236. Valuation, 1870-Polls, 63; Estates, $37,904; 1880-Polls, 52; Estates, $47,229. Postmistress-Sarah E. Sewall. Selectmen-B. R. Walker, David A. Sewall, Wm. D Warren. Town Clerk-George H. Donham. Treasurer-Salathiel C. Sweetser. Collector-B. R. Walker. Constables-B. R. Walker, R. C. Barker, M. L. Emerson. School Supervisor-G. H. Donham. Clergyman-George W. Stearns (Patten), Cong. Justices-Jesse Craig, July 1, 1881; Geo. H. Donham, Oct. 16, 1878, Quorum. Merchant-H. A. Webber, general stores. Manufacturers-M. C. Young, S. T. & W. W. Sewell, lumber; B. C. Perry, Wilmot S. Dow, John C. Perry, smiths; S. C. Sweetser, A. Merriman, Charles S. Perry, B. C. Sanborn, carpenters; George H. Donham, printer; John Kelso, smith and stone-cutter; Richard Sanborn, brick layer and plasterer. Barber-Victor Marquis. Steamboat-R. C. Barker. Circulating Library-Established 1869, Alphens Craig, librarian. Associations-U. A. O. of Druids-Oak Grove, first Saturday. I. O. G. T.-Charter Oak, Friday. Cornet Band-L. T. Haddocks, leader. Hotel-Sewall House, W. W. Sewall. 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/islandfa176gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mefiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb