History of York County, Maine With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers . ne of them worthy the name of mountain. Near the north-east corner of the town is the point which is known by thename of Wentworths Mountain, because fonnerly ownedby Thomas M. Wentworth. This mountain is not withinthe original limits of the township. There is a strip of level land, of about two miles in width,extending across the whole town, on its southeastern side,adjoining the town of Berwick. About midway of thislevel there is a moderate swell. On the westerly side of thetown thi
History of York County, Maine With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers . ne of them worthy the name of mountain. Near the north-east corner of the town is the point which is known by thename of Wentworths Mountain, because fonnerly ownedby Thomas M. Wentworth. This mountain is not withinthe original limits of the township. There is a strip of level land, of about two miles in width,extending across the whole town, on its southeastern side,adjoining the town of Berwick. About midway of thislevel there is a moderate swell. On the westerly side of thetown this rises into a ridge of hills which extends norththrough its whole length, nearly parallel to Salmon FallsRiver. On the west it slopes to that river, and on the easttowards the centre of the town. At the termination of thelevel, near the centre, the land rises in an even swell thatextends north, leaving a valley. An eastern slope, fallingtowards Sanford, leaves a space of comparatively level landtowards the line of that town. A narrow space adjoiningSanford is broken into small hills. A strip about half a. TOWN OF LEBANON. mile in width, extending iicross the whole breadth of thetown, joining the town of Acton, is composed of steep hills,filled with broken fragments of white quartz, from whichsilver is being mined in the fixed rock, a few miles north-west. The best mica bed in the county occurs a shortdistance east of Lebanon Centre. The southwesterly part of the town is pine plains, andworth but little for purposes of agriculture, although firstsettled. On the road leading from Berwick through WestLebanon village to Acton, after leaving the flat land, arefound many good farms and fine country residences. The most profitable crop is hay, the soil in many sectionsbeing well adapted to the growth of grass. Little Riverfurnishes water-power for several saw-mills and a grist-millat Little River Falls, near the southeast corner of the large brook, running southerly through th
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