Maine woods and water folk . trapping,and thousands of dollars worth of furs were taken from here each J. G. Rich, late a resident of Bethel, a famous hunter and a wellknown writer on sporting subjects was one of the earliest hunters andopened the first sporting camp in the region, at Middle Dam, which hecalled the Anglers Retreat, and which for many years was the mostpopular place in the entire lake region. The name still clings to theMiddle Dam resort. Mr. and Mrs. Rich and their little son built themselves a home on theshore of Mooselookmeguntic Lake, where they remained about two
Maine woods and water folk . trapping,and thousands of dollars worth of furs were taken from here each J. G. Rich, late a resident of Bethel, a famous hunter and a wellknown writer on sporting subjects was one of the earliest hunters andopened the first sporting camp in the region, at Middle Dam, which hecalled the Anglers Retreat, and which for many years was the mostpopular place in the entire lake region. The name still clings to theMiddle Dam resort. Mr. and Mrs. Rich and their little son built themselves a home on theshore of Mooselookmeguntic Lake, where they remained about two years,when they moved to Metalluk Point on Mollychunkamunk Lake, andafter remaining there six years again moved, going to Letter B, whereMr. Rich remained seventeen years, hunting, trapping and fishing for aliving. When Mr. Rich first landed in the Maine woods he was thirty-twomiles from a post-office or store of any kind, and his stock in trade con-sisted of thirteen steel traps, an axe, a few household utensils and eighty. 56 THE RANGELEY REGION. cents in cash. He made a good thing out of his hunting and trapping,and laid up money. Mr. Rich died at Andover, Me., Feb. i, 1897. Among the early hunters in the Rangeley lake region were Capt. Kimball, Capt. Fred C. Barker, John Danforth and George Soule, whodelight in telling their many thrilling experiences. The Rangeley of twenty or thirty years ago and the Rangeley ofto-day have very little in common except the excellent fishing and hunt-ing, which, as everyone knows, can hardly be surpassed in this country orin fact in any other. The invasion of the vast wilderness by the steam horse of advancingcivilization has wrought wonders, and though many of the old landmarksremain, there has been such progress that were it not for the lakes andmountains, the natural scenery of which cannot be effaced, the villageitself would hardly be recognized by one who has not visited it in thatlength of time. The Rangeley region was popular as
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