Fryeburg Academy - Academy Bell Yearbook (Fryeburg, ME)

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I4 THE ACADEMY BELL Stoneham is well watered and is a rather small town in Oxford County between Lovell and Albany. It manu- factures lumber, boards, shingles, shook and hoops. Many of our minerals are found here. The surface of Sumner is somewhat broken and un- even. A portion of Black Mountain, noted for its large growth of blueberries is located in Sumner. There are three ponds, known as Pleasant, Labrador, and North Ponds. Twenty Mile River runs through Sumner. Agri- culture is the chief industry. There are several beautiful ponds in Woodstock which form mill-streams and empty into the Androscoggin. There are several mills where wood articles are manufactured. Bethel is situated on both sides of the Androscoggin and contains an area of 25,000 acres. There are several good farms along the river as the surface is very fertile. The Grand Trunk Railway passes through the town, mak- ing transportation of products available. The academy, known as Gould's Academy, is located here and ranks high as an institution of learning. Newry, which is located in the western part of Oxford County, is a wild and mountainous country. Bear and Sun- day Rivers How through nearly parallel in a southerly direc- tion, falling into the Androscoggin. Hanover, in the western part of Oxford County, lies north of the beautiful Androscoggin River. It has some of the finest interval farms in the country. The surface is broken and uneven and is well watered by Howard's Pond, lying about a mile from the Androscoggin River. This pond is noted for its abundance of speckled trout. Agri- culture is the chief occupation of the people here. Milton is watered by several little ponds and by the Pushaw River, a tributary of the Penobscot. The soil is very rich and fertile. It has several good mills. Waterford is an attractive resort in the hills of Oxford County, it is the birthplace and burial place of Artemus Ward. At Waterford there is splendid bass fishing in Lake Keoka. Brownfield is an old town and one of the most pic- turesque in its section. Each year brings more and more people, vacationists and motor parties to see the beautiful spots. These hills are virtually the foothills and outposts of The White Mountains and some of the views are as ex- tensive as can be found higher up in the range. Not far away, on the border of Maine and New Hamp- shire is beautiful, historic Fryeburg, and you can see from this town the White Mountain range and many others. In the back ground is that queer ledge formation Jockey

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THE ACADEMY BELL 13 Hiram is in the extreme southern part of Oxford County. It lies on both sides of the Saco River, and it is rather uneven at the center but on the Saco and Ossipee are some tracts of pitchpine plain. The most noted moun- tains are called Bill Morrill and Mount Misery. Saco River runs through a part of the town. Ten Mile Brook, Clem- on's, Spectacle, Image, Hancock, and Bryant's Ponds fur- nish water power for mills and other machinery. The great Ossipee River separates Porter from Parsons- field. It is six miles in length and contains about twenty- three square miles. The surface is generally uneven, hav- ing many hills of considerable height. A large number of cattle are raised for market. The soil is good for raising Indian corn, potatoes, wheat, rye, and oats. There are many good orchards of natural and grafted fruit. Mine Mountain, though not very large, is celebrated on account of the mining operated there by William Towle in 1802. Small portions of iron, lead and silver have been found there, also on Rattlesnake Mountain. There are also a number of ponds. The two largest are Concord and Bickford. The former covers one hundred and fifty acres and the latter about one hundred. There are several small mills on these ponds. Denmark is situated in the southern part of Oxford County, and joins Fryeburg in the southeast. Its surface is very hilly and very stony. The principal mountain is known by the name of Pleasant Mountain, which is 2,000 feet above sea level. The Saco River bounds Denmark part- ly on the west. There are several small mills and they have enough water power to furnish these. The lumber business was formerly the chief industry, but now agriculture, fruit raising and stock raising are more important. Greenwood is situated nearly in the center of Oxford County. The surface is very broken. It is watered by nine ponds, three which empty into the Great Androscoggin at Bethel, and the other six into the Little Androscoggin. Agri- culture is the leading industry, many apples are raised and shipped each year. The surface of Gilead is very mountainous and a con- siderable portion is covered with forests. Gilead is drained by the Androscoggin River, which runs through its entire length. Wild River falls into the Androscoggin. The Grand Trunk Railway passes through this town into New Hampshire.

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THE ACADEMY BELL 15 Cap. In this town is the Fryeburg Academy, where stu- dents from many different states have received and are receiving their education. Ten miles from Fryeburg, through the pine woods and along the ridges that overlook beautiful lakes and peaks of the White Mountains, is the quiet country Village of Lovell. Lake Kezar, which Lovell borders, is over nine miles long, and in some places a mile wide, well stocked with salmon, small mouthed bass, pickerel and many other kinds of fish, and furnishes safe bathing and boating. The scenery in Lovell is beautiful 3 there is none better any place in Maine. Mount Washington, Kearsarge, and a dozen other peaks of greater or less degree are in full View and the long range of foothills make the village among the finest in this region. Within the limits of Mount Washington are: Mount Reho, McDaniel's Hill, Christian Hill, and Mount Sebatos. Mt. Sebatos is nine hundred feet high and with its tremendous cliff is one of the great sights in this section. Lovell is rapidly becoming one of the great inland summer resorts. There are one hundred forty-seven varieties of minerals in Maine, eighty-seven of which are in 'Oxford County, forty- seven of those that are used for gems. The tourmaline and topaz are found on Harnden Hill. The best tourmaline is found on Mount Mica in Paris. The red and green are un- equalled elsewhere. Practically the entire supply of the rare metal, calsium, was taken from a lipidolite mica de- posit in Oxford County. The best amethyst comes from Denmark. Beryl from Stoneham, specimens are found in every noted museum in the world. In Paris there are also feldspar mines, lipidolite from which lithium element is produced and used for medi- cine. Localities for pearls are in Stoneham, Otisfield, Waterford and Byron. Among the noted men from Oxford County are Dana from Fryebur, Ex-Governor Long, Buckfield, Artemus Ward, a writer from Waterford, Cyrus Hamlin, who was vice-president, was born at Paris. Professor Chapman of Bethel, who has done a great deal for Gould's Academy and for the music students in and around Bethel. Hannibal Ham- lin, who was vice-president of Roberts College in Constanti- nople for several years, from Paris. Albert J. Stearns, born in Lovell, is now a lawyer in Norway. Marcellus Ward Stearns, a native of Lovell, served as governor of Florida for many years. Arthur Bartlett is a reporter for the Portland Press Herald. Daniel Webster, from Salisbury, New Hampshire, was one of the first teachers in Fryeburg Academy, and was a great statesman. Warren Durgin, one of Abraham Lincoln's bearers, who has lived in Oxford