. The city of Bangor; the industries, resources, attractions and business life of Bangor and its . BAXGOR AXD VICIXITY ILLUSTRATED 11 He, with twentj-one other?, van out the first tract of timber hind, andwas the pioueer mill man of the reo;ion. In 1772 Solomon and SilasHarthorn l)uilt a saw mill at the mouth of the Peujejawock near thepresent site of Mount Hope cemetery. In the same year James Budge,an enterprising lumberman, erected a saw mill on ISLintawassuckstream, which enters the Penobscot midway between the Bangor WaterWorks and Eddington Bend. The period of the Revolutionar
. The city of Bangor; the industries, resources, attractions and business life of Bangor and its . BAXGOR AXD VICIXITY ILLUSTRATED 11 He, with twentj-one other?, van out the first tract of timber hind, andwas the pioueer mill man of the reo;ion. In 1772 Solomon and SilasHarthorn l)uilt a saw mill at the mouth of the Peujejawock near thepresent site of Mount Hope cemetery. In the same year James Budge,an enterprising lumberman, erected a saw mill on ISLintawassuckstream, which enters the Penobscot midway between the Bangor WaterWorks and Eddington Bend. The period of the Revolutionary war was a hard and trying one for. EASTWARD FROM CITY HALL TOWER. the people of Kenduskeag plantation. The British had control of thePenobscot river and commanded the svibjection of all the inhabitants onits banks. But the people of the little settlement were lieart and soulfor the cause of independence. A military baud of twentj white menand ten Indians was organized in 1776. Headquarters were establishedat a rough barrack built near the present Mount Hope cemeterj\ Thesemen helped drive Sir John Collier from Machias, and it was thioughtheir efforts that the i)0werful Penobscot Indians were held loyal friendsto the American cause throughout the war. The mouth of Kenduskeagstream in the Penobscot was the final scene in August, 1779, of the ill-
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