. Northern Maine, its points of interest and its representative business men, embracing Houlton, Presque Isle, Caribou, Ft. Fairfield, Danforth, Lincoln, Mattawamkeag, Winn and Kingman. ncial aid was absolutely indispensable. It is impossible to point out with any degree ofcertainty the person or persons to whom the saving of the grant is due, or rather who found the keyto the deadlock upon all progress in the matter which had so jeopardized the Academy. Somii-historical students give the credit to Joseph Houlton, others to Mrs. Lydia Trask Putnam, mother ofone of the purchasers and very promi
. Northern Maine, its points of interest and its representative business men, embracing Houlton, Presque Isle, Caribou, Ft. Fairfield, Danforth, Lincoln, Mattawamkeag, Winn and Kingman. ncial aid was absolutely indispensable. It is impossible to point out with any degree ofcertainty the person or persons to whom the saving of the grant is due, or rather who found the keyto the deadlock upon all progress in the matter which had so jeopardized the Academy. Somii-historical students give the credit to Joseph Houlton, others to Mrs. Lydia Trask Putnam, mother ofone of the purchasers and very prominently identified with Houltons settlement and develo])ment,.while still others believe that the course of action finally adopted was not due to suggestions received, mSlORlCAL SKETCH OF EOULION. from any one person but was the outcome of the assembled wisdom of the proprietors. At all events,it is certain that the grantees mentioned in the deed made up the sum of 85,000, by saleof theirfarms and by other means, and paid it over to the academy, and that just before the five yearsexpired the required number of families settled upon the grant. From this time the work of settltment. Main Street, looking West in 1891. went steadily on, althougli slowly. Joseph Iloulton built a rough grist-mill in 1808, for theaccommodation of all who chose to use it, and few there were who did not, for otherwise they mustuse hand mills or travel to far-off Fredericton. September 5tli, 1809, is memorable as the date of thefirst petition for the incorporation of Houlton as a town, but the prayer was unavailing, as was also asimilar one made eight years later. The settlement was organized as a plantation April 21, 1826, andin 1831 Houlton was duly incorporated as a town, the first town meeting being held April 11th ofthat year. Several years before, the general government had made Houlton a military post and it is hardlypossible to overestimate the good effect this action had upon the community, for n
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