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Town of Buckport - History & Facts
"In the beginning, more than 10,000 years ago, during a blink of an eye in geological time, the great glaciers receded to the North, the land rose and lush vegetation burst from the Earth. The following historical narrative focuses on a spot of land in the State of Maine where the Penobscot River ends and the Penobscot Bay begins.
Little is known of the first humans who roamed the forests of this area, but the American Indians certainly were here when the first explorers and settlers arrived. It is not a wild supposition that one or more Viking ships sailed up the river, the Norseman’s breastplates and shields flashing in the sun. If they did tarry here scant evidence remains of their presence.
This story begins with the tale of what is known of the life of Colonel Jonathan Buck and of the people who worked with him to establish the community of Buckstown, now Bucksport"
The following history was published by the Bucksport Bicentennial Committee to commemorate the 200th anniversary , 1792-1992, of the Town of Bucksport, Maine. The following was written by the History Sub-Committee of the Bicentennial Committee: Leland Low
In 1762 a group of 352 citizens of Massachusetts and New Hampshire petitioned the English General Court of Massachusetts for a land grant of 12 townships between the Penobscot and St. Croix Rivers. Deacon David Marsh of Haverhil, Mass. Was issued the grant in the name of all the petitioners. Marsh chartered the sloop Sally to survey and explore the new lands and the petitioners each posted a bond of fifty pounds and signed an agreement that cache township, within 6 ...
Written by Valerie Van Winkle for the Bicentennial Edition
Ironically, Bucksport’s founder, a regional Revolutionary War hero, has achieved national prominence not for his service to his town and country, but because of the image of a woman’s foot and leg which appears on his memorial.
Born in Woburn, Mass., Feb. 20, 1719, Buck grew up in Haverhill, Mass. On Oct. 19, 1742, Buck married Lydia Morse. They had nine children, six of whom survived childhood....
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Bucksport's Jed Prouty Inn probably dates from 1783 and was built by Asa Peabody; he and his brother Stephen were prominent merchants in early Bucksport. The hotel was originally built as a double house; note that it has two distinctly different doorways, one with a fan light, the other with a rectangular Federal over-light. Mr. Sparhawk bought the premises around 1820, raised the roof to a peaked roof, and with these improvements took up inn keeping. ...
In 1848 the Eastern Maine Conference of the Methodist Church held its first meeting in Bangor and proposed the establishment of a seminary or what we would call a preparatory school. Bucksport offered the land and raised $25,000 for the project. East Maine Conference Seminary opened in August 1851 to a class of 13 boys and 14 girls. In 1888 the school had 526 students. It closed in 1933 after Bucksport opened its first public secondary ...