Harmony- Castle Harmony
The East Somerset County Register
1911-12
Compiled and Published by Chatto & Turner
Auburn, Maine
Clarence I. Chatto; Clair E. Turner
page 118-119
Castle Harmony.
Well know throughout the county and State is the Wild
Goose Club, although now constituted mostly of out of State
people. The limit of membership is thirty-five, membership
being elective with an entrance fee of $150. It pays a tax in
Harmony on building and land of $150. This club is an out-
growth of an organization know as the Madawaska Club
which consisted on and association of Massachusetts men who
came to Pittsfield abut 1865 for duck, quail and deer shooting.
Several of these men later came to Harmony and built a club
house at the present Castle Harmony. Among the early
members of the club were Gen. A. O. Davidson, Wm. E. French,
A. Linn of Hartland, Addison Putnam, Henry Hasting, Ed-
ward Hastings and Dr. Pushor of Hartland. Maine members
of the club today are: T. Linn of Hartland, D. D. Stewart,
Esq. of St. Albans and Judge J. H. Appleton of Bangor.
The club owns about 1500 acres of land adjoining the lake,
running north and east. The present keeper of the Castle, W.
C. Harvey, has been here since the founding of the club with
the exception of one year.
Pidgeon hunting drew the club to Harmony and the loca-
tion of old pidgeon beds may still be seen. The process by
which the pidgeons were netted was by use of a spring net.
One year 2300 were netted, or seven beds were kept in con-
stant use. The club has done much for fishing in the lake by
supporting a salmon hatchery on Mainstream for several years.
Many Indian relics are found about the point and up stream.
Indians from Penobscot tribe have hunted here until recent
years in springtime. Jos. Bachelder was the first keeper of the
Castle. After his term, W. F. Sanford was keeper for eight
years, with which time W. Harvey has been in charge.
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