I find records of old roads, but the trees and marks have long since
passed away. There is a record reading like this: “Starting from where
John Mitchell lived, called the Sandhill (now owned by Archie Tozier),
across land now owned by Eli Moulton and Clarence Brown, to land of
Stephen Chase, thence across said Chase land by the burial ground to
the house of Lemuel Bartlett (now owned by Mrs. J. W. Harmon), thence
northeasterly across said Bartlett land to Woodbridge Webb’s house (now
owned by F. H. Dutton), thence to the Mayo fall down.”
Another old road ran from what is now the Waterville road, on the south
side of Sandy Stream, across land of Joseph A. Bacon to the main road.
It can be traced a part of the way today. It is said that this is the
trail followed by the early settlers mentioned in R. W. Murch’s letter
when they went to Winslow to get their corn ground.
There is a record of a road starting from Daniel Whitmore’s land,
running by Benj. Bartlett’s (now owned by G. W. Varney), by the
Friends’ church, where it intersected a road from ’Squire Hale
Parkhurst’s (now L. P. Foster’s), to Farwell’s Corner, thence to
Pettie’s Mill, thence to John Scribner’s, thence following the country
road to Hezekiah Chase’s place (now owned by E. D. Chase).
There was also a road starting from near Alonzo Bacon’s place and
coming out near F. R. Cornforth’s. The ruins of a house which was on
this road are to be seen near George Taylor’s south line.
Still another road started east from near Alonzo Bacon’s place, by the
Ordway and Truworthy places, intersecting a road to Pettie’s mill. The
birch trees mentioned have long since passed away.
A road leading from Packard’s Corner, near J. Arthur Thompson’s, by the
Samuel Webb place to D. E. Loveland’s, was discontinued when the new
road from Loveland’s to Jones’ Corner was laid out.
Nothing of value is attached to these incomplete records. I mention
them only as a matter of “ancient history.”