THE KENNEBEC VALLEY- Dresden S. H. Whitney 1887 Augusta: Sprague, Burleigh & Flynt, Printers to the State. 1887 pages 113-114 DRESDEN This town is situated upon the eastern shore of the river and is within Lincoln County. It was embraced in the ancient Powal- borough until 1794, when it was set off and incorporated under its present name. The plantation name was Frankfort. It was set- tled as early as 1750. This was a noted town in the early history of the valley. In 1754, Fort Shirley was built upon the bank of the river about oppo- site Swan-island, which had been the dwell- ing-place of the rulers of the Kennebec tribe. In 1760, the county seat was established at this place, and the county buildings were erected at this point. The building in which was the court room is standing at the present time. Captain Samuel Goodwin, commander at Fort Shirley, also agent for the Plymouth Comapny, had his office in this building. Reverend Jacob Bailey resided at this place in its early days. The house that was occu- pied by Judge Bowman is still standing. Paul Hatch settled in this town near the close of the last century. (c) 1998 Courtesy of the Me GenWeb Kennebec County Site ************************************************* * * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ************************************************* * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.