WESTON, MAINE

PHOTOS OF ALL PRESENT BUILDINGS ALONG RTE. 1 will be posted soon.

*NOTES:

Weston, Maine officially became a town in1835.

US Route 1, which passes through Weston, was referred to as County Road or the Houlton / Baring Road.

(US Route 1, originally, did not pass through Danforth, Maine. At the top of the hill, entering Danforth from the North, the origional road turned to the left, then completely bypassed the Danforth town center.)

The Weston Church building came from Green Hill, New Brunswick, Canada. It was moved to Weston in ...........? and was first used as a temperance hall, meeting house and Church.

Please consult the following publication;

WESTON, MAINE SESQUICENTENNIAL MEMORIAL

HISTORY OF WESTON

1835 -1985

Compiled

by

Basil E. Kinney, M.Ed.

It can possibly be found in the Danforth Library or the Cary Library in Houlton, Maine.

The old Foss homestead house was built by Joel and Allie Smith-Foss. A picture of the homestead house can be seen in Weston Town Hall, on a shelf above the bulletin board.

Some of the old Weston family names include; Foss, Brackett, Putman, Stinchfield, Hinch, Butterfield.

Legend has it that Benedict Arnold assembled a group of Indigenous peoples (possibly Mallisete) and French soldiers. They travelled by water, from the St. John River, Eel River, First Eel Lake and along the St. Croix watershed headwaters of present day North Lake, Grand Lake, Chiputneticook Lake, Liddle Lake and finally along the St. Croix River to the Bay of Fundy to meet with other forces. However, they arrived too late, after the battles had been fought.

*Duane, thank-you for sharing.