City/Town

Monson (1889)

Map Title

Monson, Maine.

Artist

George E. Norris

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Publication Date

1889

County

Piscataquis

Artist

George E. Norris

Lithographer

Burleigh Litho.

Publisher

George E. Norris

Dimensions

47 x 74.3 cm

Owner

Maine Historic Preservation Commission

Additional Institutional Copies

Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library
Library of Congress

Population of City/Town at Time of Publication

827

Description of City/Town

At the village near the centre of town are lumber-mills and a grist-mill. Doughty Hill is the highest elevation of land. Much of the surface is low and stony, and has never been cleared, but perhaps half the area is a light, loamy soil, of an excellent quality for the crops raised—hay, oats, wheat and potatoes. The principal business is slate mining, in which four or more companies are engaged.

A Gazetteer of the State of Maine, George J. Varney, 1881, 1886

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Recommended Citation

Courtesy of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission.